I read all of the magazine articles, test drove the first ones delivered in '04, and was hooked, just like the first time I felt and heard a high-performance V8 at WOT. I had to have one. Almost bought an '04 in early '05; but, could not get enough out of my POS MBZ C230 coupe trade. About a year later, bought an '06 that makes me smile every time I turn the key. No bad service stories in 15,000 miles; its never been back (unlike my trade-in). I don't know what it is? Can't really describe it? I am never getting rid of this thing.
A test drive was all the advertising I needed.
I hear ya.....
I show mine nearly every week and I've talked to quite a few doubters of this car, (some are old school 65' era GTO owners), and until they got in and drove one or drove in them they didn't care much for it either. They talk all positive about it now. Ya drive one and your hooked.
The tide is turning as new 06's dry up. Fire sale deals are all gone from talking to a few dealers in my area that still have inventory and were unloading GTO's in March for a few grand below MSRP (before rebates) when I purchased. Now they've dug in for full sticker ... and the used GTO's on the lot, asking price is more than what I paid for mine in March.
Last I'd read, GM wasn't going to produce the GTO or TA again unless Camaro sales justified offering another version of that platform. At this point in time anything out there contrary to that fact is purely a tease to stir up marketing feedback. I predict, until all this new CAFE standards crap has been set in stone they won't commit anytime soon and will leave us wondering with concept drawings, etc. If the new fleet efficiency requirements are passed, that will limit future production numbers and models offered of muscle cars and kill a Pontiac version of an 8 cylinder performance coupe while the G-8 sedan is in production. That should provide for our 04~06 GTO's to gain in sizable appreciation in the muscle car market within a relatively shorter time frame than the old tin experienced.
Currently the resale price of our goats appear to have stabilized with gas prices hovering around $3 a gallon. So, for now we own the last goats of what was intended to be a limited 3 year production run which fell short of hitting the projected sales estimates by a few thousand for each year. As an owner, yeeha! In the automotive industry plenty of finger pointing can be done, but none will point in the direction of lacking performance and fun to drive factor. This will result in a price rise for our cars at some point in the future as the number of 04~06 GTO's decrease from attrition, because we know once behind the wheel and feel the power ... your hooked!
Red.
Last edited by Red Bearded Goat : 08-02-2007 at 02:01 AM.
Dinosaurs
Vinyl Records
8MM Real to Real
VCR's
Black and White TV's
NON Remote TV's
Non Computerized Autos.
49 cents a gallon for gas
GTO's
Dinosaurs = I feel like one!
Vinyl Records = Have 720 & turn table, slowly recording them via CD burner.
8mm Real to Real = Have a 4 channel, replaced by the multi disc CD player.
VCR's = Have a couple & RCA video disc machine. Cable DVR is the way to go.
Black and White TV's = 1 palm size hand held portable for power failures.
Non Remote TV's = 13" dial channel selector, in work shed for football season.
49 cents a gallon for gas = 27 cents when I started driving.**see dino above.
GTO's = I got mine!!!!
Dinosaurs = I feel like one!
Vinyl Records = Have 720 & turn table, slowly recording them via CD burner.
8mm Real to Real = Have a 4 channel, replaced by the multi disc CD player.
VCR's = Have a couple & RCA video disc machine. Cable DVR is the way to go.
Black and White TV's = 1 palm size hand held portable for power failures.
Non Remote TV's = 13" dial channel selector, in work shed for football season.
49 cents a gallon for gas = 27 cents when I started driving.**see dino above.
GTO's = I got mine!!!!
You kill me Red LOL
I am expecting to see in the near to not so near future... A movie with Conan the Barbarian before his political days..... driving a GTO as he rides in to battle. Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
A commercial with Cavemen driving a GTO.
The caveman driving watching B&W TV, turning it off to listen to a 45 then turning that off and then viewing himself as a baby caveman on 8MM, Seeing a dinosaur walk past his abode, running to his caverage, jumping into his GTO stopping into his friendly local fueling depot and filling up for 40.00 a gallon, and chasing the dinosaur. He stops because he sees a new GTO on the rock lot. He thinks ahhhhhh they brought the GTO back AGAINNNNN!!??!!?? He trades his GTO in on a new one and continues on. Finds the dinosaur slays it can't fit in the trunk cause theres no room in it..... gets pissed off cause his struts failed, and the rear end whines... takes it back and says I want you to buy it back and get a new one......Is told sorry they discontinued it again. The caveman then throws a hissy fit and storms out of the place and drives off into the sunset with parts of a dinosaur hanging out the trunk and windows.... With the caption........... So easy to drive even a caveman can do it....
Well I wanted one of these cars sence 2002 when I first heard about them. Now that I got one I'm never gitting rid of it. I bought it for a weekend toy, but it is hard for me to stay out of it, sometimes if I'm just going around the corner I fire that thing up just to drive it. I don't care about the value it might be worth in the future because those days is long gone. If you don't have an rare ment condition car that was produced back in the day it is not worth keeping for an investment. I did not buy this car for an investment because I think cars is the worst investment.
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