Camaro fanboy dilemma...

[garagelogic]

If I was married for 37 years, then divorced my wife, only to get remarried 7 years later, would my next anniversary be my 45th? I don't think so. It might be the 45th year since the first time I married my wife, but we certainly cannot honestly tell anyone we have been married for 45 years. I get that Camaro fans need something to feel good about, but pretending like the car has been around, continuously, since 1967 is disingenuous, if not plain dishonest.

Anniversary, from the Latin adjective anniversarius ‎(“returning yearly”), from vertere ‎(“to turn”), + annus ‎(“year”).

The Camaro did NOT return yearly for 45 years. There is no debate.

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[garagelogic]

The "look" war and people here and there saying how ugly is the other car is a non sense.

Looks like everybody thought the 5th Gen Camaro was ugly? I wonder why it outsold so badly the Mustang and the Charger.

Looks are subjective. But saying any of this car is "ugly" or "hideous" and taking this as a fact is ridiculous.

Might not be "your" taste, but it was like 500 000 individuals' taste...

Besides, tell your uncle that when your mother gives you a good education, you're supposed to say "i don't like it" and not "it's hideous". Cause you're not supposed to impose your views to the people talking with you

That's a basic rule

Example: don't say: the new mustang is a fcking ugly and looks like a Fusion coupe.
Say: i don't really like the fact the Fusion and mustang are sharing somehow similar lights and grille despite different proportions.

Another Camaro troll, come to set us all straight!

 

[Sturmler]

You forgot to subtract the 2003-2009 years. Can't have 45th anniversary Camaro until 2055. 2002 was only 35years production.

I'm sorry but I'm afraid the definition of the word "anniversary" has nothing to do with "continuation":
For example:
2. A date that follows a certain event by a specified amount of time

Practical example: the Tour de France 2013 was called the "Tour of the centenary" despite the fact no Tour de France happened from 1915 to 1918 and from 1940 to 1946 (Tour de France was created in 1903)

Other examples: we celebrate on Christmas the birth of Jesus Chirst despite the fact he is dead, we celebrate every year the anniversary of Peral Harbor despite the fact the attack and the war are over ...

An anniversary is the annual celebration of an event. That event can be the creation of a car, of a brand, even if there was no continuation.

Thus, the Camaro can have a 45th anniversary on its 37th year of production.

Moreover, I'd say some Mustang generations were such a shame (pinto?) that maybe it would have been better to have no continuation than such horrible cars in the historical lineup

 

[Sturmler]

Another Camaro troll, come to set us all straight!

Camaro guy? yeah somehow. Wouldn't spit on a 1971 MAch 1 though ...

Troll? I don't think so.

Do you feel uncomfortable with contradiction?

 

[Sturmler]

If I was married for 37 years, then divorced my wife, only to get remarried 7 years later, would my next anniversary be my 45th? I don't think so. It might be the 45th year since the first time I married my wife, but we certainly cannot honestly tell anyone we have been married for 45 years. I get that Camaro fans need something to feel good about, but pretending like the car has been around, continuously, since 1967 is disingenuous, if not plain dishonest.

Anniversary, from the Latin adjective anniversarius ‎(“returning yearly”), from vertere ‎(“to turn”), + annus ‎(“year”).

The Camaro did NOT return yearly for 45 years. There is no debate.

Your marriage maybe.

Still if you want to celebrate your first weeding, you'll be forced to admit it's 45 years old, so 45th anniversary.

I'm pretty sure nobody at GM ever said "the 45th edition celebrates 45 years of continues production".

It just celebrates the fact the Camaro was created 45 years ago.

There's no debate about that.

Is that such a problem to you?

Honestly, 45th is a non sense anyway, I would wait for 50 to make it round number ....

 

[garagelogic]

Moreover, I'd say some Mustang generations were such a shame (pinto?) that maybe it would have been better to have no continuation than such horrible cars in the historical lineup

That horrible Mustang won the Car of the Year award at it's introduction. What does that say for the Camaro that was around that same year?

 

[classicrockr]

Your marriage maybe.

Still if you want to celebrate your first weeding, you'll be forced to admit it's 45 years old, so 45th anniversary.

I'm pretty sure nobody at GM ever said "the 45th edition celebrates 45 years of continues production".

It just celebrates the fact the Camaro was created 45 years ago.

There's no debate about that.

Is that such a problem to you?

Honestly, 45th is a non sense anyway, I would wait for 50 to make it round number ....

A LOT of camaro people agree with you on the 50 th anniversary thing. The dealer gave it to me for free - got mine below msrp so I took it. Otherwise the AE cars don't mean much to me.

 

[garagelogic]

Camaro guy? yeah somehow. Wouldn't spit on a 1971 MAch 1 though ...

Troll? I don't think so.

Do you feel uncomfortable with contradiction?

Ghhaaaa...they're coming out of the woodwork! Serenity now!

 

[classicrockr]

Ghhaaaa...they're coming out of the woodwork! Serenity now!

Well for the record, I just posted on C6 that you guys here ain't shi**ing your pants over the revving video like someone claimed you were, and I told them I thought they were crazy for getting so excited about it.

 

[Sturmler]

A LOT of camaro people agree with you on the 50 th anniversary thing. The dealer gave it to me for free - got mine below msrp so I took it. Otherwise the AE cars don't mean much to me.

Actually, you could drive a "43rd Anniversary edition" on the XX whatever year of continuous production that would be fine with me.

You drive a car you like and enjy, and that's what pony/Muscle car are about: useless ridiculous amounts of power for people who want to have FUN

You having fun with a Camaro? Nice! You having fun with a Mustang? Great!

Why all this need to bash American brands? American cars? American engineering? American jobs?

The ones spitting on Camaros will be the ones to cry when they will finally have the choice between Toyotas and Nissan!

why this need to drag down others to make yourself happy? Why can't people just enjoy what they have instead of looking into their neighboor's yard to make sure what he has is not better?

Such a lack of self esteem, self confidence and love for other people.

That's sad. That's not what america is supposed to be about.

The "pursuit of happiness" has never been meant to be the "pursuit of having more than my neighboor"

 

[04SloSnake]

Well for the record, I just posted on C6 that you guys here ain't shi**ing your pants over the revving video like someone claimed you were, and I told them I thought they were crazy for getting so excited about it.

There was literally nothing intimidating about that video.

 

[Sturmler]

That horrible Mustang won the Car of the Year award at it's introduction. What does that say for the Camaro that was around that same year?

I must admit I really hate when people cut my posts.

I'm torn between this being a lack of respect and/or admitting what was cut was right and that you can't admit it so prefer to forget it

 

[Sturmler]

There was literally nothing intimidating about that video.

I think you guys are not really nice. I mean, we have all been kids absolutely amazed by the toy we were given even if it wasn't the most beautiful in the world.

I honestly don't like the new Camaro, I admit it easily. But I don't feel like being hard with guys just enjoying life! Enjoying what they see and hear. If they're happy with the car, why this need to drag them down?

I mean, if your best friend is getting married to a ugly girl, will you say him on his wedding day his wife is ugly?

No, you'll just be happy for his own happiness. Anyway, he marries her, not you ... you won't buy the car, they will.

(this post is not specificaly for you, it's a global thought)

I'm happy reading posts on forums where people enjoy! I kinda hate comparison threads that are actually bashing threads

 

[Tm@c1965]

This ....

I will say though, that the current mustangs headlight setup is much better than the older ones. For a long time, the mustang (to me) had a "deer in the headlights" look from the front. The newer ones have much more personality.

This proves my point. The new Mustang looks better at every angle...but the one thing that many Stang Fans wanted was round headlights.

Some people, who live in their mom's basement, and watch too many Transformer movies will prefer the comical look of the Camaro. Ricer and Donk fans would also like it better.

But most people, the type who think Ricers and Donks are silly, would not like any Camaro made from 2010 & later. It is gaudy.

 

[Taneras]

I'm sorry but I'm afraid the definition of the word "anniversary" has nothing to do with "continuation":
For example:
2. A date that follows a certain event by a specified amount of time

Practical example: the Tour de France 2013 was called the "Tour of the centenary" despite the fact no Tour de France happened from 1915 to 1918 and from 1940 to 1946 (Tour de France was created in 1903)

Other examples: we celebrate on Christmas the birth of Jesus Chirst despite the fact he is dead, we celebrate every year the anniversary of Peral Harbor despite the fact the attack and the war are over ...

An anniversary is the annual celebration of an event. That event can be the creation of a car, of a brand, even if there was no continuation.

Thus, the Camaro can have a 45th anniversary on its 37th year of production.

Moreover, I'd say some Mustang generations were such a shame (pinto?) that maybe it would have been better to have no continuation than such horrible cars in the historical lineup

The Tour de France committee wasn't the democratically elected group of individuals tasked with determining what is and what isn't an anniversary, so I'm not sure what they have to do with this. Likewise, I'm not sure what Christmas has to do with this discussion as I've never seen someone actually put an anniversary number on such an occasion. As far as Pearl Harbor goes, the anniversary is the yearly memorials held in remembrance of that attack and not of the attack itself.

Your opinions on certain years of the Mustang heritage don't matter as they sold enough units to justify a continuation of production - in other words enough of the public liked it to buy it. The Camaro didn't. It failed. I'm not sure why people should celebrate failure. I'm with garagelogic, it's a bit like celebrating a marriage that failed for nearly a decade. Yea, you're remarried now and that's cool, but you weren't married for 45 years.

I'd laugh my ass off if Ford decided to re-introduce a 2018 Model T and call it the 110th anniversary as would most everyone else. That'd be lame as hell. The same goes for the Camaro.

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