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Old 11-25-2015, 05:47 AM
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Awesome. I had to DD the camaro again this week, and it was below freezing, no heat, had a hat, gloves and winter coat on, and was trolling everyone with their heat, quiet, heated seats, bluetooth BS.
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I can relate to the 5% tint. It's one of the first things I did to my car. As a result, I turned my car right into a concrete based light pole in a dimly lit K-Mart parking lot because I could not see it. The upside is that I looked very, very good doing it.
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I can relate to the 5% tint. It's one of the first things I did to my car. As a result, I turned my car right into a concrete based light pole in a dimly lit K-Mart parking lot because I could not see it. The upside is that I looked very, very good doing it.
Well....at least you're able to laugh about it, now.....

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Well....at least you're able to laugh about it, now.....

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It definitely sucked at the time, but I was styling right up to the point of impact. That was around 20 years ago. Now that I can't see even under the best conditions, and assuming I ever get my car off the jack stands, I will probably be running into everything.
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Originally Posted by bufmatmuslepants
Awesome. I had to DD the camaro again this week, and it was below freezing, no heat, had a hat, gloves and winter coat on, and was trolling everyone with their heat, quiet, heated seats, bluetooth BS.
this was me this morning, was 19* when I left my house, no heat in the car. but man does a cammed lt1 sound good on cold start at that temp
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i swear the poor bastards who write these kind of articles either bought a car to try and get laid and/or didn't get any until the age off 35.
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I never understood the stigma that surrounds F-bods. Mine have always been rather nice, rattle less than other cars, handle better, and get compliments everywhere I go.

Then again, I tend to take better car of my vehicles than most. While my 300C SRT8 is more "luxury" with the seat heaters, giant bolsters, etc. - I still pick the Z to drive for the most part. But some times I'll come home for lunch and drive one of the others back to work to keep them happy.
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Originally Posted by SS RRR
i swear the poor bastards who write these kind of articles either bought a car to try and get laid and/or didn't get any until the age off 35.
I agree 100%
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Looks like this was written by Mr. Regular of Regular Car Reviews. AWESOME YouTube channel, I highly recommend it.
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Originally Posted by $750 L98
I never understood the stigma that surrounds F-bods. Mine have always been rather nice, rattle less than other cars, handle better, and get compliments everywhere I go.

Then again, I tend to take better car of my vehicles than most.
Same here........ I was kind of sad, when I sold my '96 Z/28, but in all honesty, I just wasn't driving it all that much, any more.
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I enjoyed the article. These cars are underrated, I like it like that though.

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Originally Posted by SS RRR
i swear the poor bastards who write these kind of articles either bought a car to try and get laid and/or didn't get any until the age off 35.
+1. What an idiot. I watched about half of it and couldnt watch anymore bashing.
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I have to roll my windows down at night to see my side mirrors lol. The dill-hole who owned it before me put nearly pitch black limo tint on it, probably 3%, so you can't see the side mirrors through it at night.

Looks badass though, and kept it a ton cooler then other cars during the summer back when it was a driver .
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Lol you guys can't take a joke. Regular Car Reviews is satire, lighten up. My Roadmaster is on there.
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I love my girl. Id only sell it if I ran out of places to park it.
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The stigma is from a cheap horsepower platform that ran for 35 years that always used an engine that responded well to mods. The mustangs of the 70s and 80s took more to make fast and the sbc under the hood of the camaro was always a head/cam swap away from being a good street fighter. If the nova or Chevelle had lasted as long it would have the same stigma, or if the mustang responded as well to boltons it would too.
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They could have picked a cleaner, better maintained example of the breed. Sheesh, that thing is beat..
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Originally Posted by HellTeeOne
They could have picked a cleaner, better maintained example of the breed. Sheesh, that thing is beat..
I agree!!


Had I known that they were looking for a 4th gen Camaro to "road test", I would have contacted them, myself....
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It's a POV drive meaning a spur of the moment kinda thing. Probably someone random he ran into who offered a test drive.


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