GTO Future Value - Page 3

thecommish16 · 03-31-2007, 06:50 AM

I try to explain to people how EASY my LS1 camaro fish tails in ANY rain on turns. Rain to these RWD muscle cars is like snow....gotta take it EASY!

Hanks06gto · 03-31-2007, 08:25 AM

I remember my first test drive in a 05 gto. the dealer just let me have the keys and me and my girl took it out on our own.(not the brightest idea i was 18 at the time ) i took it pretty easy, got on the highway and floored it, got to a hundred and slowed down. drove around. let my girl drive it for a bit see if she liked it. when we switched out in a parking i noticed the t/c was still on and turned it off, pulled out of the parking lot on the the road and just hammered it. sure enough she got all kinds of side ways and hopped a curb.(thank god they put killer brakes and nice steering in the car cuz i was heading for a fence.

before i could counter it and get back on pavement. i stopped and checked, no damage. it was at that point i had every ounce of respect for the power in that car. its too bad that it takes a close call liek that to gain the respect. but i know im better for it now, some people arent as lucky as i was, and now theres less gto's out there because of it. i agree with those who say that younger kids dont respect these cars for what they are, becasue they can be dangerous in the wrong hands.

CPO's GTO · 03-31-2007, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by foxtrot7

My first car was a 79 camaro on my 16th bday...The second day I owned it I got a ticket...the 3rd day I owned it I wrapped it around a tree. 10 years later I have had 0 accidents and 0 tickets since then...I wished I had learned my "Don't drive like an idiot" lesson on a honda...I miss that car

Amen...My thoughts exactly. I would have been 'stupid' in my gto as
a first car. Although the thoughts race through my head when I'm behind
the wheel of my goat (in traffic), I never do a 30 to 90 burst of speed.
But, there are those times when everything is perfect, and....

It's nice to be thrown back in the seat!

06BLUEGTO · 03-31-2007, 08:58 AM

Yah, same here. I am 20 years old too. Although i do like screwing with ricers on the highway. Im used to the HP. The 06 GTO is slow compared to my built-up 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. My GTP is pushing about 425WHP. The GP is my race car, the GTO is my every day driver

MJGTOWISH · 03-31-2007, 11:29 AM

How hell you get all that in a gtp???

06BLUEGTO · 03-31-2007, 12:45 PM

LoL...GTP's are alot more dangerious and faster than everybody thinks. 3-4,000.00 worth of mods, can easily get a GTP in the mid 11sec range on a quarter mile. I know someone who is pushing 512WHP in a GTP, also someone is has 800WHP in their GTP and runs 9.4 in the 1/4 mile.