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Title: *****in Camaro
Post by: FUNKED1 on January 14, 2004, 03:17:04 PM
Video (http://newrides.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=8)
Title: *****in Camaro
Post by: Pooh21 on January 14, 2004, 04:43:58 PM
The La7 is AH equivelent of the 80s red camero
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Post by: Creamo on January 14, 2004, 04:51:43 PM
They looked like they were towing a plow.
Title: *****in Camaro
Post by: midnight Target on January 14, 2004, 05:24:54 PM
Looked like driver error....
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Post by: RightF00T on January 14, 2004, 11:04:14 PM
Speaking of Chevrolets..anyone know the name of the Yellow truck/car thing that pulls a reverse at 60mph onto a car hauler in the Chevy commercial.  2004 El Camino? lol
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Post by: WldThing on January 15, 2004, 12:23:42 AM
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Speaking of Chevrolets..anyone know the name of the Yellow truck/car thing that pulls a reverse at 60mph onto a car hauler in the Chevy commercial. 2004 El Camino? lol


Chevy SSR.
Starting at $41,995*

Part roadster. Part pickup. A vehicle that transforms from a fully-enclosed roadster to convertible in less than 30 seconds.

Standard features include an aluminum-block Vortec 5300 V8 engine with 300 horsepower, ZQ8 Sport Suspension with a five-link layout for the rear and four-wheel disc brakes with ABS.
Title: *****in Camaro
Post by: Lazerus on January 15, 2004, 06:30:51 AM
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Originally posted by WldThing
Chevy SSR.
Starting at $41,995*
 


I've seen three so far. All of em about 46k. Pretty tight little truck. I didn't think I was going to like it until I got up close and sat in one.
Title: *****in Camaro
Post by: gofaster on January 15, 2004, 07:55:21 AM
He missed a shift!  He missed a shift!
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Post by: gofaster on January 15, 2004, 07:56:57 AM
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Originally posted by Lazerus
I didn't think I was going to like it until I got up close and sat in one.
You've gotten closer to one than I have, then.  The only one I've seen up close and in person was the purple mock-up at the auto shows.  It was up on a platform with a model babe acting as security to keep people from touching the paint.
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Post by: AcId on January 15, 2004, 08:34:28 AM
SSR is pretty sweet, for a while I couldn't decide on which to get. It was either wait for the SSR or buy my current truck. I'm glad I bought what I did. I wouldn't be able to have this kind of fun in an SSR. :D
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Post by: FUNKED1 on January 15, 2004, 11:14:37 AM
Nothing "little" about the SSR.  Almost 5000 lbs worth of road-whale (road-sloth?) and room for only two people and not much cargo.  Worst space efficiency I have seen from GM, and that is saying something.  A sign of impending doom for the domestic auto industry.

PS Acid as much as I dislike the H2, you made the right choice, big time.
Title: *****in Camaro
Post by: J_A_B on January 15, 2004, 03:15:30 PM
The saddest part of all is GM used to the opposite, Funked.  My 1990 Caddy has a mammoth interior (the BACK seat has more legroom than most cars FRONT seats), yet the car weighs in at a rather modest 3400 pounds.   This is comparible to something like a Subaru WRX, which has considerably less space for its occupants and still weighs better than 3000 pounds.  

For additional comparison, a Ford Taurus weighs within 100 poinds of my Cadillac (a little over 3300 for a Taurus), yet is a much smaller car inside.  Heck, the poor Ford doesn't even get the V-8  that my Caddy has to lug around....that probably explains most of the weight difference.

Where is that weight going?   I have nothing against large cars, if there's a POINT to it.....however, too many new designs seem to be gaining weight for absolutely no reason.  I swear, the domestic automakers (especially GM) are determined to run themselves into the ground.  Weight-gaining and price inflation aside, most of the newer models are butt-ugly too.  



J_A_B