Modern Muscle

Picked up my 2010 2LT/RS Camaro yesterday. Back in October I couldn't find a local dealer who would agree to no markup's, had allocations left for pre-orders and would honor GM Supplier pricing. So I ended up picking the car up in Dallas which ate up about 1/3 of the savings from the GM Supplier discount.

This car is a blast to drive. Very strong acceleration even though it is one heavy pig at over 4,000 pounds [Rant1]

Since this is going to be my daily driver I went with nearly all options on a V6. This is my 3rd Camaro and by far it has the best interior and comfort.

Some shots of the new car along with my 2000 Z28.

http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/back.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/back1.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/back2.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/d_side.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/d_side2.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/dallas.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/front.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/fronts.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/fronts1.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/fuel.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/nav.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/openroad.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/side.jpg
http://www.geoffrion.org/2010/sticker.jpg

V6!!??! Your Man card has been revoked. [Weight]

Does the Z28 kick the new Camaro's ass?

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Originally Posted by Graves

V6!!??! Your Man card has been revoked. [Weight]

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you mean the 305 horse V6?

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Originally Posted by PsyKo

you mean the 304 horse V6?

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fixed.

Yep, coulda had a V8. A slightly better version than what came from the factory with my 06 GTO.

Nice! Is the LS1 yours too?

I don't know,,, That 160 would have been a little to tempting in My youth.... (Proud former owner 1975 Camaro LT) (Yes, it was heavy also, and Yes, I did peg the speedo on a couple of occasions..)

You should have got a little bigger motor and taken a little smaller pics...

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Originally Posted by Graves

V6!!??! Your Man card has been revoked. [Weight]

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Yep a 304HP V6 is what I went with. For a daily driver I figured I'd take the leather interior, sunroof, fancy paint and stripes over a barebones 1SS. I've still got my Camaro so that puts my car cylinder count at 14 [Tooth] The options is what did it for me and I couldn't justify 7k more to get a 2SS with the same setup.

Now if in a year or two GM comes out with the rumored Z28 model I may just have to trade this one in.

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Originally Posted by HandKBRad

Nice! Is the LS1 yours too?

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Yep the 2000 Z28 is mine also.

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Originally Posted by Sturtle

Does the Z28 kick the new Camaro's ass?

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Once I get the tranny fixed or replaced it will be a fair amount quicker then a stock 5th gen SS in the 1/4 mile. Of course the Z28 has heads/cam, intake, bunch of suspension work, 12 bolt with 4.56 gears and some racing slicks. Now in a road course or just on the street the new ones have IRS and just handle so much better. If my Z28 was stock the new SS's would be a fair amount quicker.

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Originally Posted by Marlin

I don't know,,, That 160 would have been a little to tempting in My youth.... (Proud former owner 1975 Camaro LT) (Yes, it was heavy also, and Yes, I did peg the speedo on a couple of occasions..)

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The things we do when we are young. My first Camaro was a 97 and had a governor at 118, well one day I found that you can set the cruise control to just a hair below 118 [LOL]Between my 97 Camaro and 00 Z28 I'm amazed I made it out of my 20's.

they musta added the governor in 96 (ODB II?) or so when they changed them a bit, my 94 topped out at around 150 with the 4L60E.

im trying to like the new ones, but the curb weight is making it very hard. nice looking though. now if only i could get my hands on an engine/tranny/computer setup for my '52 chevy ;)