On my home from work, I saw three new Camaros headed westbound on I-90. All with in a 10 Min time frame. It was about 20 minutes to 2 PM (early out day today, YEAH!)
The first one and third one were red and being driven. The second one was being trailered and still had the protector vinyl on it.
The looks of the new Camaro have grown on me, but the over 3800 lbs. curb weight and the $ 36,000 (ish) price tag for a V-8 model will keep me away.
I would rather get a Corvette with my Option 1 discount. I can't afford that either, but if I could.....

And I have been kicking myself for selling my 84 Z-28 Camaro. But I had to pay the Doctors.

Just to update you all, I had my Gall Bladder removed six weeks ago, and I got a promotion and a raise at work.
My two youngest sons have earned straight A's for the 3 rd Quarter in school and are maintaining that grade level with the 4 weeks to go for them.

I have no project car at this time. I am looking. But I am not finding what I am looking for.

So I just been zipping around in my Saturn SC2 for now.
God! Does it get great gas milage!

Congrats on the job. Most of us are lucky just to have jobs, much less getting promotions.

Great news on the kids
bock

Great to hear that work, your family, and your health is doing good.



I love those little Saturns. I took an off-ramp at 50MPH last night (posted 25mph), way faster then I thought it would ('97 SW1). It's like a really cheap Miata with room for hauling stuff and it burns a little oil

Spotted an "orange" SS sitting in front of Wal-Mart the other night. It was the tail lights that gave it away...Nice looking car....I didn't even think they were out yet. I imagine the guy paid a pretty premium for it though....

A small dealer that I drive past everyday has a red RS sitting at the edge of the lot next to the road. I should drive my Camaro to work one day and stop on the way home to check it out. How much do you want to bet it's an automatic?

Saw a silver one in my local dealership on the showroom floor on my way to work this morning.

saw a gorgeous yellow one driving through my town. I belive it was being test driven. Beutiful car in motion!

They're at the local dealers now.

BTW, I was talking w/ Sam Strano yesterday, and he said that actual weight will be nowhere near the weight we're hearing about.

The RS I saw on 20's was at least 2" higher than my stock sprung SS. Looked wider too.

Meaning that they will be heavier or lighter?????

According to the salesman referance Book at Bud Weiser Chevy here in Beloit, they listed at well over 3800 lbs. curb weight.
Bud Weiser had a black one. Looked pretty sharp.
Could sit lower though.

Saw my first one last night.

Black RS with grey hood stripes. Nice looking car. Saw it as I was driving by....no way to see it up close.

Maybe I can locate it tonight and check it out closer.

I saw a yellow one at a local dealer. Sure looked damn ugly to me.

My buddy stopped by with his Black 1SS /RS Memorial Day weekend. Looks pretty sweet.

We spend 5 minutes looking for the battery and finallly gave up. Owners manual sends you in circles.

Had to cut costs SOMEWHERE......manuals written in Chinese and then POORLY translated......LOL

I knew it was big, but didn't know it was THAT big! But this is a Camaro - just look around the cooling system, you'll find it!



Jason

My dad told me the dealership in my old home town is charging a 10K premium over sticker. They must not be too concerned about that 'dealer closings' thing...

My buddy ordered his last year - was supposedly one of the first in the area to order. Since he ordered it he paided sticker, right around $30K. I don't think that is a bad deal at all. He's considering selling it for a 10K profit, which he should since he is very very very in debt, but he won't because, well, thats the reason he is in debt.

The battery is in the trunk

GOOD! he doesn't have to move it

That is not going to last very long in this economy. Not with all the great stuff on the market for that price. Hell, you can get a couple year old CPO M3 for less and it is way more car.

I've heard that dealers are slapping markups on the car(s) in inventory, but they'll order one for MSRP. The reason is that the Camaro in inventory generates foot traffic and probably sells other cars. I can't blame them. Also, when you have $10K profit possibilities for people like Stan's buddy, it's hard to expect the dealers to not play the same game.

my local dealer has one for test drives, I got to drive it over the weekend. It was a base v6 model. I was not overly impressed with the 300hp, didn't seem like it had that much to me. There was a awefull throttle lag from the pedal to the throttle body, transmission downshift and upshift seemed to lag as well. Maybe it's just me not being used to an automatic, but that's my opinion. Handling wise, the car sticks pretty good, I threw it into some high speed turns and I couldn't get the rear to break loose, and there wasn't much push to it either despite it's size. I hated the twin gauges on the dash, They were blocked by the steering wheel, and I had a hard time seeing the speedo. Now if I can only get them to let me take the awesome blue ZR1 they have out for a "test" Sticker $118K, not gonna happen.

The local dealer in my town had an orange SS w/auto. Why? I guess it was the only one they had and they placed it out front to attract people. I liked it....but I couldn't find the battery and the tach and speedo gauges look "trick" but seem tiny and really hard to read...hmm. I'll have to drive one.. I do sorta like the other gauges being in front of the shifter. Its a neat touch, I guess.

Saw one in my driveway, and then garage, yesterday. Imperial Blue Metallic 2SS/RS manual, no sunroof.



the photo album

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v469/Hugger1LE/PRINCESS/

Definitely a "show, shine and cruise" car. I doubt many will make to the transition to RRAX duty.

Suh-weet!

bock

got this link from some friends....

New Camaro race team:

http://www.camaroz28.com/articles/momentum...oup2009release/


bock

So how long until it's ESP ready?

whats that "ring" around the front rotor on the pad surface? Am I seeing things or is that a circumferential groove?

Did you guys see this?
http://www.carriagehousecustoms.com/CHCA/2...SS/2010-SS.html

I just flew into Ontario California yesterday and noticed that Avis has them for rent, so if you want to see how it autocrosses.... :-)

Sad day, first wreck. The guy is lucky to be alive.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31883