I bought a pony car missing half the bangers
On Saturday, I bought a new 2017 Camaro Coupe 2.0L turbo with a six speed manual transmission. Exterior paint is Nightfall Gray Metallic and interior is Jet “Focking” Black. The only option is the Technology Package which replaces the 7” center stack screen with an 8” screen and upgrades the base stereo from awful suck to merely not good.
The main reason this post took so long is that I kept making attempts at writing up my buying experience. It was…involved. I’ll leave details for another time, but at the end, I bought the car with the best deal I could work. It was about $2,500 better than anywhere else, but I think I may have left up to $1,000 on the table…even if there was no way anyone would have given it to me. Whatever, I bought a new car exactly how I wanted it (well, if Krypton Green didn’t exist) for about $19k. The big catch was that I had to drive from DC to Elyria, OH, about 375 miles one way with the possibility that the deal might not work out. But it did. And 300 of the miles back in the Camaro were in light snow. There are a couple things about the deal that aren’t completely sitting well with me:
Despite the weather, the drive home went fine. Traffic wasn’t too bad.
But how does it really drive? Despite putting 400 miles on it, I’m not really sure. I didn’t really get on it, but it seems like the turbo is quite laggy compared to the FoST. When it comes on, it comes on a lot harder. But I still haven’t gone WOT. The shifter feels a little on the rubber side. At moderate speeds, body motions feel well controlled and everything is balanced, but no enough experience to really draw conclusions. The steering wheel is leather wrapped and the leather is very, very smooth. I’d prefer some texture. We’ll see how it gets with use. The steering is a lot slower than the FoST’s and that takes some getting used to. It’s electronic power and feedback doesn’t seem great, but it’s not nearly as dead and unfeeling as the FoST. It’s mind blowing to drive something again where steering and throttle feel so independent of each other. Overall, I’m not sure how easy it will be to live with this car. It feels good to drive it. It seems really eager to play. I’m looking forward to that. I am happy I bought it and am excited to see what happens next. And odd thing, the mental picture I have of the car looks like a Challenger, not a Camaro. Not sure what that means. |
Get those round mirror thingies for the exterior mirrors ... sounds cheesy but I had them on the Vette with its big blind spots and it made life so much better.
A lot of what you described is really just getting used to a new and totally different car. Please post some pics when you get some time ... Chevy did a great job on the design ... every time I see one I just think what a beautiful and bad ass looking car. Congratulations !! |
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Good luck that everything will work out - sounds like it should. Just may need some babysitting and massaging. Good luck with the car itself as well. :) |
Cool.
Also cool: Listening to people who have never been to Elyria trying to pronounce Elyria. |
Congrats!
Does it have performance tires? How fun was that driving in snow? EDIT: Just saw it has all-seasons. Phew. |
Thanks, all!
It doesn't need the little mirror things. The FoST had similar auxiliary mirrors built in and they were great. In the Camaro, both side mirrors are convex enough to offer fantastic coverage as they sit. When the mirrors are set properly, there's no blind spot. It's learning to trust them without being able to directly confirm with a glance over the shoulder. The Mopar thing, when we were 14 or 15, my best friend that lived a couple blocks up the street bought a 1951 DeSoto Coupe. I learned how to appreciate them then. He wouldn't let me touch it to work on it at all, but he let me ride in it after we had licenses. Comes stock with GY Eagle Sport M+S rated all seasons. To listen to people on the Camaro forum, they do reasonably well. Not sure I heard anyone at the dealer pronounce it. "El-EE-ri-ah" or "EL-I-rah" are the two I can think of. I'd probably use the latter. |
Ok cool ... how about some pics :D
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Mazel tov!
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I thought you had your sights on a ZL-1 ??
What'd I miss ?? |
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