General Car Talk Discussion Thread
75k for that Z28 is not bad at all. I know it's difficult to get past the "it's a Z28" thing - but realize that is essentially a street-legal race car. Not a bad price at all for a brand new race car, at that performance level.
I have no issues with the Z28 thing, I was actually hoping chevy was going to make a beast of one.
I just find it odd that the Z28 is a stripper model (thats still 3800lbs) and it will be just as fast around a track as the lighter Stingray. At least in the Stringray I can blast Godsmack and get my ass cooled by the ventilated seats.
It's really too bad. I should have held out for a Focus ST without the sunroof. I bet I would be sitting here much happier and not considering getting rid of it if I had stuck to my guns.
It is what it is. But I can absolutely feel the car creaking in a way that I didn't in my Jetta wagon. And for a $30k MSRP, it just really grinds my gears that it's worse at 13k miles than my Jetta was at 77k.
It is what it is. But I can absolutely feel the car creaking in a way that I didn't in my Jetta wagon. And for a $30k MSRP, it just really grinds my gears that it's worse at 13k miles than my Jetta was at 77k.
The thing with the Camaro is that you start with something that looks like shit inside and out. So once you add the improvements of the ZL1/Z28, it's a hell of a car, but it still looks like shit inside and out. If you can get past the looks, those cars are a great deal. But for that kind of money, I'd have to think my car looked great in addition to performing great.
I would probably be better off just getting a '14 ST without the roof. Which I considered.
So what is still wrong with your ST? Or are you just over it already?
The thing with the Camaro is that you start with something that looks like shit inside and out. So once you add the improvements of the ZL1/Z28, it's a hell of a car, but it still looks like shit inside and out. If you can get past the looks, those cars are a great deal. But for that kind of money, I'd have to think my car looked great in addition to performing great.
But if the Challenger hadn't been offered in a stick, I would have probably ended up with an SS.
Of course, I would have also probably already sold it, too...
It occasionally has the idle issue but the larger issue is that the interior build quality just stinks. It creaks and rattles more at 12k miles than my Jetta wagon did at 75k miles. And considering it's less than a year old and I paid as much for it as I did my Audi five years ago, I am just at the end of my tether with this car.
It occasionally has the idle issue but the larger issue is that the interior build quality just stinks. It creaks and rattles more at 12k miles than my Jetta wagon did at 75k miles. And considering it's less than a year old and I paid as much for it as I did my Audi five years ago, I am just at the end of my tether with this car.


It occasionally has the idle issue but the larger issue is that the interior build quality just stinks. It creaks and rattles more at 12k miles than my Jetta wagon did at 75k miles. And considering it's less than a year old and I paid as much for it as I did my Audi five years ago, I am just at the end of my tether with this car.
I haven't contacted Randy @ FSWERKS in a few months, so I emailed him asking for the latest version of his tune and I installed it over the weekend. Seems there is a good improvement in power and throttle response. Damn, is it spring yet? Traction control kept kicking in on my way to work this morning as I would barely touch the gas and the tires would spin in this winter crap on the ground.
This car is so much fun.
It occasionally has the idle issue but the larger issue is that the interior build quality just stinks. It creaks and rattles more at 12k miles than my Jetta wagon did at 75k miles. And considering it's less than a year old and I paid as much for it as I did my Audi five years ago, I am just at the end of my tether with this car.
It occasionally has the idle issue but the larger issue is that the interior build quality just stinks. It creaks and rattles more at 12k miles than my Jetta wagon did at 75k miles. And considering it's less than a year old and I paid as much for it as I did my Audi five years ago, I am just at the end of my tether with this car.
So while they might not be widespread, it doesn't make me feel like that plant has full shifts of conscientious workers.
Yummy, read this and learn. It corners like Elise and Cayman. 
BRZ vs GTI
http://www.autoguide.com/car-compari...-gti-3645.html

BRZ vs GTI
http://www.autoguide.com/car-compari...-gti-3645.html
Yummy, read this and learn. It corners like Elise and Cayman. 
BRZ vs GTI
http://www.autoguide.com/car-compari...-gti-3645.html

BRZ vs GTI
http://www.autoguide.com/car-compari...-gti-3645.html

Like I said before, learned something new! Still, I'm partial to the M3. So, there.













