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Hi guys/girls! I just bought my GTO this past Saturday, it's "Torrid Red" with the black interior, white racing stripes across the top with the GTO logo on the hood, and automatic. I know the automatic is lame, but I have to drive through Pittsburgh traffic everyday for work and it's either coffee in the morning or the stick shift...brain says coffee wins, unfortunately. Anyway, I have never owned a car that's even close to this one in performance, although I love cars in general and you can't imagine how joyful I am to have this thing now. I read alot of car magazines and have read about this car for the past year or so and everytime I saw it, I thought, "Yay, a fast Grand Am...whee!!!" and wrote it off as yet another stupid GM move. I was always a fan of American cars till about the mid-90's when it became perfectly clear to me that they are generally poorly built and tacky looking. So I have mostly been driving German cars and didn't think I would ever own another GM or American car again.
Like I said, I read the magazines and was well aware of how much car experts just love the GTO. I still didn't pay much attention. But then, about 3 or 4 weeks ago, I saw one in person for the first time in a dealers lot, from my car along the road and I couldn't believe how fantastic it looked! None of the pictures I had seen truly did it any justice, it was so tight...streamlined...I don't know how to describe it, basically "German" I guess. So my interest was peaked and started doing some research on it and kept loving it more, test drove it on Saturday...and drove it right home!
I say anyone who says, "Meh, it's a souped-up Grand Am" hasn't actually looked at it in person. They DEFINITELY have not seen the interior, sat in a seat, or even just closed the door with it's satisfyingly-european "thunk". Once you see it up close, sit inside it, and hear and feel that engine, you will never see it as anything but a "GTO" from that point on. It's too bad there just aren't that many on the road, most have yet to really see one.
Ok, so a question. Like I said, I have never owned a car this fast and have never really had anything to race with at a stoplight...not that I haven't, just haven't had anything serious. So what is the proper way to take off? Should traction control be off so the wheels don't spin or is the wheel-spinning a desired effect to maximize your speed? I know this is a retarded question, but I just dont' know.
Do I just put the pedal through the floor and hope for the best, do I ease into it, or hold the brake and rev up and let it go? I'd love any pointers for this.
This is a great forum so far, thanks to the board owner for doint a great job!
Like I said, I read the magazines and was well aware of how much car experts just love the GTO. I still didn't pay much attention. But then, about 3 or 4 weeks ago, I saw one in person for the first time in a dealers lot, from my car along the road and I couldn't believe how fantastic it looked! None of the pictures I had seen truly did it any justice, it was so tight...streamlined...I don't know how to describe it, basically "German" I guess. So my interest was peaked and started doing some research on it and kept loving it more, test drove it on Saturday...and drove it right home!
I say anyone who says, "Meh, it's a souped-up Grand Am" hasn't actually looked at it in person. They DEFINITELY have not seen the interior, sat in a seat, or even just closed the door with it's satisfyingly-european "thunk". Once you see it up close, sit inside it, and hear and feel that engine, you will never see it as anything but a "GTO" from that point on. It's too bad there just aren't that many on the road, most have yet to really see one.
Ok, so a question. Like I said, I have never owned a car this fast and have never really had anything to race with at a stoplight...not that I haven't, just haven't had anything serious. So what is the proper way to take off? Should traction control be off so the wheels don't spin or is the wheel-spinning a desired effect to maximize your speed? I know this is a retarded question, but I just dont' know.
Do I just put the pedal through the floor and hope for the best, do I ease into it, or hold the brake and rev up and let it go? I'd love any pointers for this.This is a great forum so far, thanks to the board owner for doint a great job!
