Keep the bird or trade in for a GTO?
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the new 05's look a little better, and hopefully they will continue to progress. i think ill wait til 08 and get a camaro(or a new bird) and if i decide i dont like them when the time comes, ill pick up an 05/06 gto with the ls2 for under 20.
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Originally Posted by prince xizor
....., "Sorry, I mistook it for a blue Cavalier."
Like Chirs said, just my 2 cents.
Good Luck either way!
Ant
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Originally Posted by abnam68173
The car and Driver comparison was with the 05 GTO. 50 more horsepower and better brakes etc. on the 05 are great but that doesn't make our 04s great. We have to live with the fact that we took GM's rebates rather than wait a couple of weeks to get the really improved version at full retail. I am amazed at the claims that if you add 400 lbs. and put on narrower tires with the same LS1 engine in the Camaro and GTO that suddenly the heavier GTO is a faster, better handling car. Must be the new leather fumes. My Z had no rattles but my GTO has a bad rattle in the passenger door that the Pontiac tech said he fixed this morning but on the drive home it was still there. So much for superior quality.
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Originally Posted by abnam68173
and put on narrower tires
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SS Camaro came with 275 in 17 rim and with a BFH with right offset rim some have run 315. I have not read of any GTOs having the wheelwell space to run that big a tire. I certainly would like to know rim offset and tire width if they are.
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Originally Posted by abnam68173
SS Camaro came with 275 in 17 rim and with a BFH with right offset rim some have run 315. I have not read of any GTOs having the wheelwell space to run that big a tire. I certainly would like to know rim offset and tire width if they are.
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Yea, i do love my cars stance and styling, its very aggressive, more so than almost all the cars out there i think, other than some exotics. cfdemarco, your car looks awesome, i always thought about putting black wheels with the a polished lip on my car but had no idea what it would look like on NBM. looks sick man
#50
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well i just test drove the new GTO today, it does NOT have my TA's good looks, lousy shifter (compared to the TA), ugly and hard to get used to smaller steering wheel, no real comfortable right arm rest (love the TA's arm rest), and the biggest annoyance was the ride height/profile while in the driver seat. i like the ride height/profile/feel in the trans am, left arm up high, sit low.. BUT, it was still very nice.
plus, id never hear the end of it if i traded the TA in..
plus, id never hear the end of it if i traded the TA in..
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Originally Posted by 98NBM_TransAm
Yea, i do love my cars stance and styling, its very aggressive, more so than almost all the cars out there i think, other than some exotics. cfdemarco, your car looks awesome, i always thought about putting black wheels with the a polished lip on my car but had no idea what it would look like on NBM. looks sick man
I always said they would bring them back in 5 years or so. Let people really want them, then do a small production of them, then make them a specialty car and make the big bucks people would pay...and with some horsepower and looks, we'd pay. Don't think they didn't know what they were doing when they closed that Canadian plant, but...they were also hoping the GTO was going to be a hit...NOT. Or at leastthe original, ugly, no horsepowered ones.
We'll see in 2007.
Adieu...George
#52
I have been bitching for a week about rattles and bad ride, blaming it on the car. I was wrong. The dealer left 50 to 55 lbs. air pressure in the tires. I have been riding on bowling *****. So embarrasssing not to catch it sooner. Thanks again to whoever posted their similiar experience.
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Originally Posted by abnam68173
I have been bitching for a week about rattles and bad ride, blaming it on the car. I was wrong. The dealer left 50 to 55 lbs. air pressure in the tires. I have been riding on bowling *****. So embarrasssing not to catch it sooner. Thanks again to whoever posted their similiar experience.
This reminds me of another tip: Periodically check the air pressure in your spare tire. The compact spare tires are usually supposed to be filled to a high pressure such as 60 p.s.i and over time the pressure drops. Weak or loose valve stem? I don't know. But get in the habit of checking and reinflating the spare tire so you don't get a surprise at a bad time. Twice in my life I've puchased used cars and both times the compact spare tire had maybe 20 or 25 p.s.i. in them. If I had a flat then the spare would not have helped me much!
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KEEP THE BIRD !!!!!
Put a ram air hood on it ..Mod it...Love it
I have owned many cars..seen many and drove many . I cant think of anything south of 60k I'd get rid of my TA for .
The TA looks better and im sure you have the Payoff low enough to do some real work to it beings your thinking about trading it in for a High dollar GTO .
Whatever you do I hope your happy with it But I think you would regret it shortly after the decision .
Put a ram air hood on it ..Mod it...Love it
I have owned many cars..seen many and drove many . I cant think of anything south of 60k I'd get rid of my TA for .
The TA looks better and im sure you have the Payoff low enough to do some real work to it beings your thinking about trading it in for a High dollar GTO .
Whatever you do I hope your happy with it But I think you would regret it shortly after the decision .