PewterCam
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- 2001 Z28 Camaro and 2015 Ecoboost Mustang
Yup. I'm John and I've been driving 4th gen Camaro's exclusively since 1997. I'm not a Chevy Guy at all Its just the LS powerplant Plus the, at times, scary raw f-body is just intoxicating to drive but now with my Z28 having 150K on it and getting a bit rusty, rough, and not soo reliable its time for a new car... Something capable of at least mid 12 sec 1/4's with mods on street tires, decent mileage, not Wrong Wheel Drive, and looked and felt great to drive. Which I figured would be easy right??
After test driving all kinds of cars from the 5th gen Camaro's (crap interior and seating position and gigantic heavy), Used Vettes (felt too stuffy old man in them and too much $$$), Used BMW's (blah styling and $$$ for a decent performance model), FRS/BRZ (Love the look and how they feel behind the wheel but horribly disgustingly grossly underpowered), 370Z (Decent power but hate the styling and the driving was not fun enough to get past the look) and several Wrong wheel drive cars I nearly gave up. Then I test drove a '14 Mustang 5.0 which felt great on all points but wasn't sure on going with another v8 as I spend $300 a month on gas driving back and forth to work in the Camaro. Then came the '15 Mustang redesign and the Ecoboost Announcement. After driving one and watching as the tuners got their hands on the car I was sold and put in my order for a White Ecoboost Auto PP car. Now the waiting game.
Just a bit on my Current Z28.. I bought it in 2004 with 14K on it. I personally hate the styling of the front car but damn it is a scary sledgehammer of a beast to drive and super easy to work on yourself which makes up for the many other faults. Its been all over the place from a street/strip drag car that has ran as fast as 10.60's with Heads/Cam on the bottle and still drove it every day, to its now more tame state with a mild cam and stock heads that will still do bottom 12's on street tires with ease. Ohh I also enjoy Photography..
Being my only car It gets driven in the Chicago winters... lowered and plowing snow.
I'm still not totally sure if I will keep the Camaro and do a teardown and rebuild of it into a street strip beast but I do know the Ecoboost is going to be a Hell of a nice and fun car to drive every day. I've never had a new car either so its a new experience to actually order one.
After test driving all kinds of cars from the 5th gen Camaro's (crap interior and seating position and gigantic heavy), Used Vettes (felt too stuffy old man in them and too much $$$), Used BMW's (blah styling and $$$ for a decent performance model), FRS/BRZ (Love the look and how they feel behind the wheel but horribly disgustingly grossly underpowered), 370Z (Decent power but hate the styling and the driving was not fun enough to get past the look) and several Wrong wheel drive cars I nearly gave up. Then I test drove a '14 Mustang 5.0 which felt great on all points but wasn't sure on going with another v8 as I spend $300 a month on gas driving back and forth to work in the Camaro. Then came the '15 Mustang redesign and the Ecoboost Announcement. After driving one and watching as the tuners got their hands on the car I was sold and put in my order for a White Ecoboost Auto PP car. Now the waiting game.
Just a bit on my Current Z28.. I bought it in 2004 with 14K on it. I personally hate the styling of the front car but damn it is a scary sledgehammer of a beast to drive and super easy to work on yourself which makes up for the many other faults. Its been all over the place from a street/strip drag car that has ran as fast as 10.60's with Heads/Cam on the bottle and still drove it every day, to its now more tame state with a mild cam and stock heads that will still do bottom 12's on street tires with ease. Ohh I also enjoy Photography..
Being my only car It gets driven in the Chicago winters... lowered and plowing snow.
I'm still not totally sure if I will keep the Camaro and do a teardown and rebuild of it into a street strip beast but I do know the Ecoboost is going to be a Hell of a nice and fun car to drive every day. I've never had a new car either so its a new experience to actually order one.
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