Camino LS6

1LE interests me far more than the COPO does - I love road course racing. I'd even say that it edges out the ZL-1 for me.

Good luck!

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I've found quite a few worthy candidates. But I search in strange places. I can find them, but I think the window of opportunity will close in about a year or so.

The details don't matter, the results do.

Wow Ted, that's really something!

Nah, they do nothing for me. I'll always have a 4x4 on hand, but I don't need one every day. And, I have to have another manual.

Yep, very cool. Found this one myself a few days ago and almost posted it here. That color is one of my all-time faves.

BS. I don'r have to accept anything. The fact remains that GM has mishandled this for years, and failed to take advantage even where they could. My gripe isn't about the predominance of appliances, it's the complete failure to broaden the scope - even when they have it in their worldwide portfolio, and even when they have already spent the time,money, and effort to establish an import regimen and federalize the cars. That's just stupid.

Interesting, but I can't say that I'm quite ready to sign on to the idea.

A young guy owns this truck, I think you could get it for next to nothing. Stashing it somewhere while you save for repairs would be a good plan - a clean one will cost you 4k. It's a bit rough as I recall, but filthy cheap.

Crumple zones, what amounts to posi-traction, and Cadillac's ferro-magnetic suspension - Acura is just sooo cutting edge!

Yup! Laughed out loud the first time I saw it. Can't find the one where they lay claim to their version of magnetic ride control - it's just as glaring.

Another:

One example:

Acura does the same thing...

I remember that issue.

I have been telling this for the last 2-3 years but few listen. Either way the Zeta is getting old and you can only update so much to the point and then a new clean sheet is a much better choice. Most of your fumble and tease was pre Chapter 11 and while a RWD was nice GM had greater issues at stake line the much higher Cruze and Malibu. These are the cars that make the RWD possible, While there is a customer for RWD it is a much smaller group then the applicance cars. Sorry but boring cars are the high volume profit centers. I wish to it were different but we are in the minority here. I wish I could live on cake and ice cream everyday too but thats not wise either. I will stand by my claim the next gen Zeta will be replaced in time by a much lighter and updated car that will make the present one easily outdated. It will be improved in all areas and will not just be a Holden but a Chevy and who knows what else. Be it based on a Alpha or Omega. While the new car standard worry me they are getting companies to build better performance cars by removing the mass and that has been long overdue. I think your eyes will be opened when you see the new standard ATS road test and take a test drive. When you are driving remember the performace one is still to come. My eyes have been open for a very long time, and what they see remains the same - a failure to follow through on GM's part. No matter how great Alpha may eventually be, the utter wasting of Zeta since 2006 is not forgivable. If we had the Zeta cars here and available, I'd have little argument with the way things are. But we don't, dribs and drabs and half measures don't qualify. No future virtue of Alpha or Omega will make up for it - especially if it is only at Cadillac. I don't want a Cadillac, and likely never will. So an ATS sedan doesn't get me too excited. GM has had the good stuff in their back pocket for years, and still we don't have it.

But then again, those around the car forums seem quite certain that the new NASCAR Chevy will be a VF Commodore on Zeta II. And that it will be in showrooms in very limited quantity. Not good enough by half, but something.

Vaporware applies. GM's record on RWD: Tease, Promise, dither, delay, fumble, waffle, and finally cancel. Rinse and repeat. Even the Camaro had to be shoved down their throats.

Meh, I don't fear Alpha. But until I see it in showrooms, it is just more vaporware from GM while they let Zeta rot. No mercy from me on that.

It was actually quite late in the sunset that day, the light was sooo strange! Thanks for the cropping advice!

Back to photography, would you care to apply your critical eye to this, CD? http://www.cheersandgears.com/topic/78669-i-have-a-question/page__pid__692826#entry692826

I remember it, what a strange reality it tried to create...

Lately I've been considering just what sort of serious vehicle purchase will come next for me. And by serious, I mean one that isn't a project or so old as to be impractical as a daily driver. At some point, I will need to replace the Tahoe and the ROPOS with a half-decent truck that I can plow with and use for all of the things I do workwise. But that can happen over time since the Tahoe now owes me some miles (and I like it). The vehicle I am considering will have to be better on fuel than the Tahoe (not hard to do), be a manual, and be something I can enjoy when I drive it. It will also have to be low-mileage and long trip worthy since I am way overdue for some good road trips. Sedans are out of the question, as are asian brands, and the price should be in the 10-15,000 dollar range. I'd love to find a Solstice coupe, but it would rapidly become too rare for me to drive with abandon and without guilt. And, would cost too much to begin with. Now I loved my GTO, and would have a hard time saying no to a good deal on one if I ran across it. But, being honest with myself, it wasn't too easy on fuel (even on highway trips). So, I keep going back to the 98-2002 f-bodies as the most sensible option for me. They are a ball to drive, and can get near to 30MPG on the highway. If you look carefully enough, low-mileage examples are to be had at reasonable prices, and enough special versions exist that finding something interesting, and well-preserved , really isn't all that hard to do. I'm still thinking it over, but another F-bod just might be in my not too distant future. I'll be clearing out the projects (or at least thinning them down) first, but another LS1 6spd. may be just what I need.