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Originally Posted by Need4Camaro
I too am of the belief that a SS will always drive heavier than a 1LE V6. I do believe the 1LE V6 will outhandle an SS due to the weight advantage but I look at it this way... One offers a fun ride that you can toss and whip around and constantly asks for more, the other offers a absolute monster that will throw you back in the seats and still does a very nice job at maneuvering.
When you say smile test against your research, what do you mean exactly as in what were you hoping for?
When I first got my 2SS, 17 - 19 MPG was the best I could do city / highway.
Currently 23 - 24 is the best I can do 80% highway 20% street and thats driving normal.
Not sure how these people are getting 27 - 32 MPG in an SS.
On a long road trip no street I think I can crack maybe 26.
Yeah. I get what you mean, one of my biggest peeves about the SS is the thing is so amazingly over powered that its really difficult to really open it up without absolutely obliterating the law and drawing a bunch of unneeded attention to yourself meaning you almost never get a "sane" opportunity to hear her sing, or a opportunity to just really rip through the gears, 98% of everything you need can be done below 3k RPMS on the street and if you get foot happy while turning out infront of someone she will start getting sideways real quick.
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The smile test, hmm... let me try to explain. I wanted the best performance bargain, and I thought that the well mannered characteristics of the camaro would be perfect. I really wanted the BEST i could buy in the budget, and that meant performance.
The funny thing is, just because it is the best doesn’t mean it’s the most fun. At the end of the day, we purchase these things for fun. It, for me, was more run hooning around in a wild beast rather than a tame one.
Sounds bizzare. The stang has worse handling, and the steering wasn’t perfect. But it was crazy fun. Maybe because it was tail happy? Maybe because that motor just revved so crazy fast. I have no idea. All i know is the car felt so crazy fun even though on paper it’s worse than the camaros
*Stick a coyote motor in a camaro and I think you’d have something very interesting