VenomTruck
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About a year ago, the same day I got my truck, my wife saw a black Camaro on the lot and traded in her Avalanche on it.
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It was the base model V6, and no matter what me or the salesman said, she wouldnt go for the SS. I tried and tried and tried to tell her that if your gonna buy a sports car, at least get the V8. She wouldnt budge, something about gas mileage blah blah. So I was all about my truck and pretty much ignored the Camaro for a while. Then I started doing little things to it here and there, rims and tires, exhaust, intake, misc little stuff. I tried to like the Camaro, I wanted to like it. But it just wasnt there, not only because of the V6 which actually surprised me a little bit (over 300hp stock) but just the car itself. Cramped, small, HUGE blind spots, not very comfortable on trips. The only thing it had going for it was looks:
So eventually I even got my wife to hate it, after all it was a royal pain in the ass to get a baby in and out of. SO now that I got the wife on the bandwagon, I started looking for something a little more family friendly. I went by a local dealership that had just taken in a 2008 Envoy on a trade. It had 40xxx miles on it and it was CHEAP. Im talking like it must have had no motor, no trans cheap. So I inquired. Apparently a woman whos husband had just departed just wanted to get rid of it because it reminded her of him every time she saw it. Sad story, but I was still curious. Test drove it, carfaxed it, gave it a good once over, and it wasnt even a question. Camaro was gone and this was the new ride:
Im really happy with it. It has an inline 6 thats quicker than I thought it would be, and it has all the wood grain, leather, buttons for everything luxury that was very inviting after that lame ass Camaro. Only question is, should I leave this one alone? It has this crazy intake thats more like a puzzle that anything. Anybody mess with one of these? Known problems? I havent jumped on their forums yet, hoping I wont have to. Only plans so far is to strip that chrome junk off the side and get some TBSS wheels. Thanks in advance for any info. :rock:
View attachment 2012-05-10 18.14.37.jpg
It was the base model V6, and no matter what me or the salesman said, she wouldnt go for the SS. I tried and tried and tried to tell her that if your gonna buy a sports car, at least get the V8. She wouldnt budge, something about gas mileage blah blah. So I was all about my truck and pretty much ignored the Camaro for a while. Then I started doing little things to it here and there, rims and tires, exhaust, intake, misc little stuff. I tried to like the Camaro, I wanted to like it. But it just wasnt there, not only because of the V6 which actually surprised me a little bit (over 300hp stock) but just the car itself. Cramped, small, HUGE blind spots, not very comfortable on trips. The only thing it had going for it was looks:
So eventually I even got my wife to hate it, after all it was a royal pain in the ass to get a baby in and out of. SO now that I got the wife on the bandwagon, I started looking for something a little more family friendly. I went by a local dealership that had just taken in a 2008 Envoy on a trade. It had 40xxx miles on it and it was CHEAP. Im talking like it must have had no motor, no trans cheap. So I inquired. Apparently a woman whos husband had just departed just wanted to get rid of it because it reminded her of him every time she saw it. Sad story, but I was still curious. Test drove it, carfaxed it, gave it a good once over, and it wasnt even a question. Camaro was gone and this was the new ride:
Im really happy with it. It has an inline 6 thats quicker than I thought it would be, and it has all the wood grain, leather, buttons for everything luxury that was very inviting after that lame ass Camaro. Only question is, should I leave this one alone? It has this crazy intake thats more like a puzzle that anything. Anybody mess with one of these? Known problems? I havent jumped on their forums yet, hoping I wont have to. Only plans so far is to strip that chrome junk off the side and get some TBSS wheels. Thanks in advance for any info. :rock:
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