I should start by saying my name is Mike, I'm 19 years old, I go to college in NorCal, work 4 - 5 days out of the week and do not have a GTO yet.
I never really followed the GTO when it came back in '04. I wasn't really even following the car scene since I didn't need a new vehicle. About 7 or so months ago it hit me... I am bored with trucks! My first truck was a 2000 Toyota Tundra SR5. I cannot tell you how much I loved that truck... perhaps only because it was my first vehicle. I now drive a 2005 Silverado and am bored to tears with it and trucks overall. During this time I started looking at sporty cars. Of course the immediate ones that went through my mind were 350Z's, Mustangs, G35's and last-gen Firebird Trans - Am's. (I still love those Firebirds by the way.) Anyhow one day after school I dropped by my local Pontiac dealer just to check things out... there it/they were. Two 2005 GTO's. One IBM/Blue A4 and a Torrid Red/Red M6. I was talking to salesperson who didn't look to be over 22 about the car... actually he was talking to me, but I wasn't listening... the car had my full attention. Next thing I know I'm sitting in the drivers seat taking in the interior. Amazing! I hop out and am ready to leave when IT happens. The salesman runs inside and comes out with the keys.
I am riding shotgun with him at the wheel. He takes me out of the dealership and down a long straight road. He turns into the Intel parking lot and tells me switch sides. Now keep in mind I'm used to trucks, so my idea of power was tainted at the time. I drive out of the parking lot and onto the main road normally. He tells me to jump onto the freeway and to drive it like it was mine. This is when I KNEW I HAD to have it. I wouldn't say I mashed the pedal down, but enough to think "Holy sh!t I think I'm in love!" A few moments later I'm in the fast lane doing 120MPH with the salesman looking out the window like this was normal. I drive it back to the dealership knowing I would have a GTO someday.
Well, it's February now. The way things are going I will be buying an '06 sometime in the June - August region. The car has been on my mind every day. It's getting worse as time goes by. To those of you that own this car, I salute you.
Damnit, I want a Torrid Red on red so bad it hurts.