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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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Default Drove a G8 today
Love it! Can't decide but the T/A may be leaving for one.
Just a super car stops and turns nice!
The dealer over here has a black one, but I don't want black so I am going to keep looking.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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Before you make your mind up wait for the GXP model to come out. G8 + LS3 =
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Before you make your mind up wait for the GXP model to come out. G8 + LS3 =
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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Before you make your mind up wait for the GXP model to come out. G8 + LS3 =
I know, I am just salivating over the one I drove today.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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Before you make your mind up wait for the GXP model to come out. G8 + LS3 =
Oh snap!
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 11:15 PM
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I drove one on Tuesday with my buddy down in Tacoma...very nice car. He ordered the blue one with a sunroof yesterday so it is mod time very soon
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Hiatt in Tacoma has a red one. I was drooling too. The wife was less impressed. Damn it!!
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Hiatt in Tacoma has a red one. I was drooling too. The wife was less impressed. Damn it!!
Yeah they had to unwrap that red one for us (we weren't about to drive the gray/silver v6) and we put the first miles on it. I turned the traction control off in the rain and the sales guy just about **** himself when I pulled a few evasive maneuvers

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Originally Posted by Mr.MartyStone
Yeah they had to unwrap that red one for us (we weren't about to drive the gray/silver v6) and we put the first miles on it. I turned the traction control off in the rain and the sales guy just about **** himself when I pulled a few evasive maneuvers

Marty
Thats kick ***!! Scaring the car salesman is always cool.
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I saw one at the Gator Nationals, VERY nice looking cars. Basically a GTO with a back seat you can get into & a BIG trunk. Outperforms the Charger R/T in every respect according to Car & Driver...wish they'd have made them 2 yrs ago!
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I'll really have to look into them when it gets closer to kiddie time. Right now I'm leaning towards an '05-'06 CTS-V...but ya never know
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what were the GT's priced at?
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a little under 30k msrp...
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They have a couple in Auburn, marked up way over MSRP. They are definitely a nice car. The magazines are giving them anywhere from 13.6 to 13.8 with the fully loaded 4100 lb test cars. Over on ls1gto there is a thread where a brand new bone stock w/o sunroof or 19" wheels(keeps the weight down to 3995) ran a 13.39. After just a tune the same car pulled a 13.12! It doesn't seem possible until you look at the dyno. Even though it peaks 39hp and 15ftlb less than the LS2(361/385 vs 400/400) it actually has more area under the graph due to more torque from 1k to 4k+ rpm. It will be a great car for sure.
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My sister is thinking about getting one, she asked me about it, and I told her, everything I heard so far was pretty good about it. I have yet to see one though.
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http://www.fquick.com/videos/Pontiac_G8_Track_Run/5298

I dig it. When is the GXP out?
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Hiett has it marked up 7k over MSRP so $38K is the sticker price after mark up Can't wait to see a black or the blue one and also the GXP when it comes out.
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Originally Posted by gtpilot
Hiett has it marked up 7k over MSRP so $38K is the sticker price after mark up Can't wait to see a black or the blue one and also the GXP when it comes out.
You have to be stubborn but all of that will come off if you speaka da engrish correctly. PM me if you want to know what my buddy is paying for his at Hiatt.

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And then there is the G8 pickup with the ls2...............

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And then there is the G8 pickup with the ls2...............

I wish it was coming out sooner, I need something I can haul with.
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