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Akirasoft · 03-18-2018, 07:42 AM

I joined this forum 10 years ago and I guess I finally have a Camaro?

Went in to the dealer looking to buy a Nightfall Gray ZL1 and in typical dealer shenanigans they didn't tell me on the phone that it was sold. I had always wanted a 1LE anyways since my focus will be HPDE events anyways and this thing was looking all mean in the showroom, so here we are...

I've had a weird journey with performance cars:
2002 Subaru Impreza WRX, ordered when the order books first opened
2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, wrenched on this car myself, poorly, eventually ruined it to the point where I sold my project to a buddy to finish, I won't do that again!
2009 Nissan 370Z, after trying to take a break from fun cars again, I ended up with a Z. Handled great but the VQ motor sapped a ton of the fun out of the car.
2011 GT500, my friend had an 08 GT500 that kind of sucked but after all the improvements to the 2011 with the SVT PP, I took the plunge. Loved this car but Ford really didn't treat me very well. I had an issue with boost dropping in 4th gear and 3 dealers couldn't or even worse, WOULDNT attempt to fix it for me. eventually had to once again take a break from cars again to save for a new house...

Well, last summer we moved into our new house so I began a car search again. My choices were all over the place. I was keeping an eye on 911 GT3 pricing but as I'm sure every car guy knows they are on an upward trend. I drove a 718 Boxster S which was very nice but not quite special enough for me. I was eyeing GT350s as soon as they came out but wasn't interested in paying ADM or dealing with Ford again. So, now here we are.

Sorry for the novel above but I was in the mood for some typing in the form of an introduction...

03-18-2018, 07:42 AM	#1
Akirasoft Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE, 2015 X3 x35i M-Sport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Inverness, IL Posts: 43	So I got a new toy yesterday... (ZL1 1LE content inside) I joined this forum 10 years ago and I guess I finally have a Camaro? Went in to the dealer looking to buy a Nightfall Gray ZL1 and in typical dealer shenanigans they didn't tell me on the phone that it was sold. I had always wanted a 1LE anyways since my focus will be HPDE events anyways and this thing was looking all mean in the showroom, so here we are... I've had a weird journey with performance cars: 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX, ordered when the order books first opened 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, wrenched on this car myself, poorly, eventually ruined it to the point where I sold my project to a buddy to finish, I won't do that again! 2009 Nissan 370Z, after trying to take a break from fun cars again, I ended up with a Z. Handled great but the VQ motor sapped a ton of the fun out of the car. 2011 GT500, my friend had an 08 GT500 that kind of sucked but after all the improvements to the 2011 with the SVT PP, I took the plunge. Loved this car but Ford really didn't treat me very well. I had an issue with boost dropping in 4th gear and 3 dealers couldn't or even worse, WOULDNT attempt to fix it for me. eventually had to once again take a break from cars again to save for a new house... Well, last summer we moved into our new house so I began a car search again. My choices were all over the place. I was keeping an eye on 911 GT3 pricing but as I'm sure every car guy knows they are on an upward trend. I drove a 718 Boxster S which was very nice but not quite special enough for me. I was eyeing GT350s as soon as they came out but wasn't interested in paying ADM or dealing with Ford again. So, now here we are. Sorry for the novel above but I was in the mood for some typing in the form of an introduction...