NC01TA

I guess this makes it official. Our cars are just not seen that much anymore. We just completed a two week vacation up to Cape Cod, MA and back to NC in our '01 T/A and we did not see one other Firebird anywhere. Not in parking lots, the interstates, back roads, just nowhere. We sure looked too. Always on the lookout. Not too many comments on ours in the northeast. We usually get many here in the south. One older nice lady on Martha's Vineyard asked if we rented it for our trip. I'm glad she thought it looked new & nice but I don't think the rental companies have many Pontiacs left in their inventory I posted some photos of the car and trip in the 'vert section if you want to take a look. https://ls1tech.com/forums/convertib...l#post19973741

blackbyrd

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Sad fact, they are few and far between thse days especially nice examples.

In my area cash for clunkers wiped out a majority of them at the time. There is a small handful of them in my area still but most aren't in great or even good shape.

lees02WS6

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Why do you think that is? Initial cost, putting it between the corvette, camaro and mustang? Lower production numbers? The looks being more over the top relative to those other cars putting off conservative buyers?

silverformula

I'm from a small town and theres probably 6 or 7 in town but I don't see them because they are parked in the garage. I bet thats is want is happening in alot of towns.

sjsingle1

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just like you dont see any 1st gens....2nd gens....or 3rd.......on the streets anymore ......sad

JohnJPnj

I occasionally see a couple Firebirds during my daily commute to work. Same ones, they must still be used as daily drivers.

JohnnyBs98WS6Rag

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I still see 4th gens, nearly daily, but usually more Camaros than Firebirds. Once in awhile I'll see a 3rd gen. When I do see a 1st or 2nd gen, its usually a big enough deal I have to run them down just to say "Hi! Sweet car!!" (even though they may be a little beat up). At one time, there were 3 4th gens parked at work (an SS and two WS6s, one being mine). The guy w/ the SS no longer works here, and the guy w/ the WS6 still drives his on occasion (as do I). But there are quite a few Challengers and Mustangs and Vettes on the lot these days. Most notably, a GT350, C7 and a C6 Z06 (we used to have 2, but the one guy retired ~6 mos ago). Just last week I spotted a yellow '67 GTO on my way home from work, and I've seen a black '70 GTO 'vert multiple times over the last few years (only in the summer).

RPM WS6

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@NC01TA ,

I'm just glad that you were on a trip this whole time rather than impacted by all the flooding. I don't know how far west the water reached, and I hadn't seen you post in a while so I was getting worried. I'm happy to see that you're safe, and hope that your home is in proper order.

As for the topic at hand, I almost never see other 4th gens in my area unless I'm at a car show, and even then it's not all that common to see one. I guess I might see Camaros slightly more often than Firebirds/TAs, but generally they are both extinct in terms of daily driving in this area. Even seeing a V6 car is a big deal/rare sight around here. Cars don't last long in the Chicago environment, so it would have to be a model where a TON of them were built to still regularly see them at 16+ years old (such as various trucks or SUVs), or cars which originally appealed to retired folks who barely used them for the first decade or so.

MaSTi

Funny you say that. In our small town of 11k, we have at least 4-5 firebirds. One town over has a few camaros, all 4th gens. Even when I commuted 150 miles per day I rarely saw anything. Most times I see them they are parked in driveways.

NC01TA

Thanks for all the responses. I just finished detailing the T/A to make it all nice again, mostly getting any sea salt off the car. Spending the nights outside was rough to see as the car was soaking wet each morning from the humid ocean air.
RPM WS6, thanks for the concern but we are so far west in NC that my neighbor said we barely received any rain at all. We are just 1 hour from the Great Smoky Mountains (Tennessee) and just 30 minutes from the north Georgia line. In fact just 30 minutes from where Deliverance was filmed. I thought that might be a proper reference since we just lost Burt Reynolds and his ties with Trans Ams. RIP.

MaSTi

Yeah, that's the hard part for us!! I want to live by the ocean, but the ocean water will kill us. It's a constant wash and wax all day long. LOL Hence why I look at houses on the beach ONLY with a garage....otherwise I have to keep my inland house just for storing the TA. LOL

NC01TA

That's for sure! If I ever could afford a home on the ocean, a garage would be as important as any room in the house. I had the opportunity to spend a full summer in Truro when I was a teen. I had a new Schwinn bicycle to get around but had to leave it outside every night. By the end of the summer I had a rust bucket. It's amazing how fast it can happen with the salt air. Lesson learned.

MaSTi

WOW.....just got home from picking up my daughter from school. Guess what I saw in the pouring rain.......a black firebird! LOL

br549

2 weeks ago I drove mine from Las Vegas NV, to York, Pennsylvania. I only seen 1 maybe 2 on that trip. I've put 42,000 miles on mine since I bought it 18 months ago.

RockinWs6

LOL I seen 3 today and 2 were exactly like mine WS6 metallic blue! Guess here they is still plentiful on the roads.

NC01TA

That's amazing mileage compared to my trip. Your observations certainly coincide with mine.

OnA Fan

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I see 4th gen birds daily around here. Some are v6's , but still plenty of TA's around (Formulas are more elusive). Also saw a pretty rough 2nd gen bird 2 weeks ago. 3rd gens, I only see Camaros.

70T/A400

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The 4th Generation WS6's are getting rarer to see driving on weekends. I see many 5th Generation Camaros and Corvettes and the new Mustangs and Challengers but the C4 Corvettes and WS6's are getting harder to spot although I think they are the best cars to buy and enjoy. They are not difficult to work on, not terribly complicated and are easy to drive with no distractions.