Venom Power
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Aside from performance you can get a GTO to look REALLY nice. I saw a charcoal gey one the other night with black wheels/chrome lip. It was lowered some and had a real deep mean sound. That thing was N A S T Y...
My Son bought a GTO
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viperhauler said:
You are correct Dan, if you scroll thousands of posts on this site, you will see most members have referenced the British as " Brits" The Australians as " Aussie" which I also did in this thread. The Canadians as " Canooks" and of Course the Japanese as " Japs" and Germans as Kraughts". What that is is a slang way of conversing through a keyboard and taking a short cut in the same sense of an acronym.
Granted when I first joined this site I made a joke about the presidents gardner being fired over requesting a couple of 100 year old gardening implements, that should have been posted in the " Offensive" catergory. I may be a dickhead
but I am definately not a racist or a bigot. Now most have a prejudice Me included as does Silver:marchmellow: But we also have freedom of speech! I started this thread because My 22 year old bought a good deal with $ that he made from the sale of his previous vehicles. I am proud that he does not utilize credit, in lieu of hard work. Dan thanks for seeing my posts for what they are/were.:congrats:
thewelshm
it's all just words on a screen to me...in this case...
no harm, no foul...
ain't worth gettin yer panties in a bunch over
no harm, no foul...
ain't worth gettin yer panties in a bunch over
Hatedonmostly
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04 was the first year correct, They were slower compared to the newer ones.
Bigworm has a GTO ask him, He can give you some info
Bigworm has a GTO ask him, He can give you some info
04-05 was the first, and 5.7L...late 05-06 went to the 6L...then they stopped...
Hatedonmostly
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Yeah thats what I thought 5.7 to the 6.0. I almost bought a gto when I bought my truck, A black one. But picked the truck, I like both tho.
THEWELSHM said:You are correct Dan, if you scroll thousands of posts on this site, you will see most members have referenced the British as " Brits" The Australians as " Aussie" which I also did in this thread. The Canadians as " Canooks" and of Course the Japanese as " Japs" and Germans as Kraughts". What that is is a slang way of conversing through a keyboard and taking a short cut in the same sense of an acronym.
Granted when I first joined this site I made a joke about the presidents gardner being fired over requesting a couple of 100 year old gardening implements, that should have been posted in the " Offensive" catergory. I may be a dickhead
Dan thanks for seeing my posts for what they are/were.:congrats:
thewelshm
Paul, I think the difference is that the Japanese do not refer to themselves as "Japs", nor do the Germans refer to themselves are "Kraughts". The British and Austrailian people do refer to themselves are Brits and Aussies.
If you watch any war movie you will see/hear the terms "Japs" and "Kraughts" used in negative contexts. In fact I cannot think of a single time that I have heard those terms used in a positve context.
I grew up in a home where both my father and older (and only) brother were pretty racist. I hated it from the time I was old enough to know better. In fact, I had to tell both of them at times that their jokes were not welcome in my house, and especially in front of my daughter. Thank god I was able to not follow in their footsteps.
And if I had seen the thread where the term "Kraughts" was used, I would have made a statement on that thread.
So in closing, yes, maybe I am a little sensitive about this. I hope you are being truthful in that you are not a racist or bigot, and it's all just a misunderstanding.
Congratulations to your son on his GTO.
Silverback said:
No problem, I can understand somewhat your point of view. My type was never to belittle or demine any race.and as posted above. In fact I was at a charity event last week with Lee Roy Selmon.
Regards
Paul
viperhauler said:
I think it then became the G8?
thewelshm
Hatedonmostly
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THEWELSHM said:
Yeah I think your right.
JAYSSRT
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I love watching them in my rear view mirror trying to keep up
THEWELSHM said:
Different car altogether...4 door sedan...good lookin car though..
JAYSSRT said:I love watching them in my rear view mirror trying to keep up
thewelshm
well...THEWELSHM said:
yes and no...it was supposed to be the saving grace with the flop of the goat...i really think if they would have called it somethin...anything else...the car would have done great...but i think the goat-a-philes were all disappointed in the bland styling...you think the new challenger or camaro would have been such a good seller if it looked like a squashed vw bug????
but the g8 is a fantastic car...great handling, really good styling, IMO, and a vette motor...what more would you want...compared with the M5, E55 AMG, or even the cts-v....it's a bargain...you can spend the other 30K on an M3 for the track...now i know it's not the same build quality...don't get me wrong...but it does the same thing ...takes the kids to school in the morning, and hauls ass to the grocery store....still would rather have a gen I cts-v tho
Glad to see that the conversation has mellowed back to the topic of the cars.
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Got that right.:rock:Django said:
Hatedonmostly
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I liked the G8 GXP. Never got to see one in person tho.
Hatedonmostly said:
Saw one yesterday......... Din even know wtf it was at first.... Thought it was a GTO til I saw the back badge.
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Hatedonmostly said:
I see 1 or more almost every day..just saw 2 black ones today...The local Pontaic dealer loaded up on them before he closed shop..ran a big sale..
Hatedonmostly
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TNVIPER said:
Damn really, I see gto's here all the time and the normal g8 but not the gxp yet. I'm sure I will one day.
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