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Old 08-17-2012, 09:09 AM
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I'm sorry, but the Mustang is a much better vehicle; the new Boss 302 (444hp) is all you need. And next comes rear independent suspension.

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Old 08-17-2012, 10:17 AM
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In the Camaro 1SS cloth seats 2SS leather and 4 pack gauges infront of shifter.
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Old 08-17-2012, 10:31 AM
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Blue_SS- Yes the big stumble was disappointing..

jaymz- I'm not into the "Blue Oval"..


Originally Posted by HHR~SS~Panel
In the Camaro 1SS cloth seats 2SS leather and 4 pack gauges infront of shifter.
Thanks for the enlightenment, this one had Leather Seats (would love those for my Panel) & guages were infront of shifter..
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Old 08-17-2012, 11:19 AM
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Good to know about the Camaro. I'm not big on the style of it. For the price, I would look for a five to eight year old Corvette instead. I did however test drive a 2011 Charger srt8 and that is a really, really sweet car. Lots of room to!
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Originally Posted by Tyler Harvey
Good to know about the Camaro. I'm not big on the style of it. For the price, I would look for a five to eight year old Corvette instead. I did however test drive a 2011 Charger srt8 and that is a really, really sweet car. Lots of room to!
Tyler- From things I heard about that Camaro, I expected more. 425 hp didn't feel like it to me.

I'd prefer an older Vette (now) also..

My wifey is into Mopars, the Charger is a Nice ride !!!
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Old 08-17-2012, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by jaymz
I'm sorry, but the Mustang is a much better vehicle; the new Boss 302 (444hp) is all you need. And next comes rear independent suspension.

Jim
I'd do it. The Boss is alright. I'm not giving GM a pass. The HHR rocks and they cancelled it. Maybe GM can tear itself from the death-kiss of big government and get back to building stuff we want instead of lame-a$$ Volts to decorate my rear view mirror.
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Old 08-17-2012, 11:51 PM
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GM killed off my Pontiac too :-(. Really...... The G8 was an amazing car and based on a similar holden platform to the Camaro. The solstice gxp lnf..... Gahh.... At least they are bringing back the g8 and putting a Chevy front and rear end on it aka the new SS.
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Good luck with that. The styling of the G8 doesn't really speak to me. Steal the looks of the Saturn Sky, pump up the LNF, and give it a manly name....
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Old 08-18-2012, 01:39 AM
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Performance wise though looks aside the g8 was an amazing car especially the gxp with the 415hp 6.2 liter. Even the standard 362 hp gt was a very quick car. Both had one of the nicest interiors outside of modern second gen cts that GM had ever offered us. I liked the Saturn sky also, actually agree I preferred it's looks over the solstice. And both accommodated a v8 swap easily. But honestly with the lnf it's easy to get big HP so why bother.
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Old 08-18-2012, 12:28 PM
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Question breadfan. After reading your post you do know the G8 was the 4 door sedan based on the holden commodore and not the two Seat roadster that shared underpinnings with the Saturn sky aka the solstice. The 2014 SS is basically the same as the G8 and utilize a shortened form of the just released Chevy caprice ppv cop car.
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