Firehawk owners, prepair to puke...
02-24-2009, 05:47 PM
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My fellow Firehawk owners, prepair to puke... 
Is there some way to prevent this dishonor? What a George Lucas thing to do, totally screw up a great thing just because you're too brain dead to get over your past glory and come up with something new. If you buy one of these and see a real red Firehawk cruising NW Houston, don't try and waive, if I do respond it won't be nice.
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02-24-2009, 05:54 PM
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Also, now I know how Mustang fans felt back in the '70s when Ford starting slapping Mustang onto those cool looking long hood fastback Pintos.
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02-24-2009, 06:19 PM
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Is there some way to prevent this dishonor? What a George Lucas thing to do, totally screw up a great thing just because you're too brain dead to get over your past glory and come up with something new. If you buy one of these and see a real red Firehawk cruising NW Houston, don't try and waive, if I do respond it won't be nice.
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02-24-2009, 06:25 PM
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I hope there aren't many of you.
Nothing wrong with building a nice car, but don't ruin the name by plastering in on totally opposite vehicles. I guess a Trailblazer SS based Firehawk would have been cool with you? I mean with enough HP it's all good right?
I don't mind modifying my cars either, so I got something for it, no shame in bettering a good thing, just demeaning it.
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Nothing wrong with building a nice car, but don't ruin the name by plastering in on totally opposite vehicles. I guess a Trailblazer SS based Firehawk would have been cool with you? I mean with enough HP it's all good right?I don't mind modifying my cars either, so I got something for it, no shame in bettering a good thing, just demeaning it.
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02-24-2009, 06:42 PM
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I hope there aren't many of you. Nothing wrong with building a nice car, but don't ruin the name by plastering in on totally opposite vehicles. I guess a Trailblazer SS based Firehawk would have been cool with you? I mean with enough HP it's all good right?
I don't mind modifying my cars either, so I got something for it, no shame in bettering a good thing, just demeaning it.
Vernon
Nothing wrong with building a nice car, but don't ruin the name by plastering in on totally opposite vehicles. I guess a Trailblazer SS based Firehawk would have been cool with you? I mean with enough HP it's all good right?I don't mind modifying my cars either, so I got something for it, no shame in bettering a good thing, just demeaning it.
Vernon
02-24-2009, 06:45 PM
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i dont really agree with the name due to the fact that FIREHAWK is associated with a firebird/trans am not a 4 door sedan? i donno......im really on the fence..
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02-24-2009, 08:40 PM
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I guess that is where we differ. I don't really think it matters what platform it is on as long as it is right in spirit. Don't get me wrong, I love my f-body (I have had 3), but the G8 is better in pretty much every measurable way. End of Story.
I respect your opinion, I just disagree. If I could afford it, I would buy one. But I can't, which is why I drive an old LT1!
I respect your opinion, I just disagree. If I could afford it, I would buy one. But I can't, which is why I drive an old LT1!
02-24-2009, 08:54 PM
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I wish they could of just come up with a different name...Whats next? the G3 Firehawk? i mean i thought half the reason they called a Firebird a Firehawk was cause it had to do with birds and being a meaner sounding name...and the Firebird looked like a swooping mad bird...This looks like...a mean BMW.
02-24-2009, 09:53 PM
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Why would it be locked? Thinking one car is better in any way than another is someones opinion, not fact. I don't really know why you think that car is so much better than any real Firehawk. I think my opinion is more important than yours. LOL I would rather have a high performance pure Pontiac G8, that way I wouldn't be ripping off the Firehawk name to improve my cars image in the minds of people who think names aren't a way to identify specific things but rather a way to say "Firehawk" is a spirit name that possesses whichever Pontiac that SLP decides to soup up this year. That is a opinion that seems kind of lame to me, but to each his own. "SLP" lets you know it's spirit, the name should be model specific, that's my opinion.
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02-24-2009, 10:21 PM
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After giving it a little thought, if you wanted to find a way to mark a G8 as a Pontiac based performance vehicle with spiritual significance then Perhaps "FORMULA G8" would have been a better choice. There have been Formula performance packages on Firebirds, Sunbirds (1978-9'ish like a Monza Spyder), and Fieros. Few would have objected to that and many would have loved the Formula name still holding a place in Pontiac's performance models. I myself would have thought that really cool.
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02-24-2009, 11:01 PM
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Manic have you even seen this sticky? It's 45 pages of what alot or owners and not firehawk owners think. Just in case you didn't know.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/pontiac-g...8-discuss.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/pontiac-g...8-discuss.html