CAMARO6 - View Single Post - Has anyone ever downgraded from V8 to V6 or 2.0?

SteevK · 12-07-2018, 04:08 AM

I must admit that, after I watched a few reviews of V6 Camaros on YouTube, I was tempted to downgrade. This was after trying to find a set of all-season run-flat tires for the SS's staggered wheels. If I had a RS, all 4 are 245/40 and Goodyear makes A/S RF Eagle F1's.

Let me start at the beginning: Didn't get my license until I was 18 (parents didn't want to lose the house in a lawsuit) when friends of parents gave me a '61 Dodge Lancer - my only 4-door/MoPar/Amer 6-cyl. That POS lasted me about 5 months, until I smashed it into a wall at the gas (only) station I was working at. After a couple of chastising months riding the bus and returning/finishing HS, parents offered to split down-payment on a store-bought used car.

I chose (my 1st) '67 Olds 442. Beautiful triple-black conv - a true muscle car I got in '73 - a couple months before graduation - so they wouldn't have to lend me mom's '73 Cutlass, for Sr prom.

Anyway, that led to '71 Impala coupe w/350, 2 more 442's, a Pontiac LeMans 350. I then bought my first NEW car, an '82 Z28 (305 w/145 HP - at the crank!) followed by '85 IROC, '86 Buick Grand National (new, stolen!) '87 IROC demo.

Then I went Japanese for ~28 years with 2 Eclipses ('90 my only stick & '91 when I got sick of shifting), a '96 Eagle Talon, and a used '99 Eclipse - all were 2.0T w/AWD. Last 2 were G35 & G37- best car I've ever owned, kept it for 10 years, with only mod Injen short-rams.

Beings I'm '64, this is the last car I'm ever gonna buy. I had dreams of a decent G37 or '14-15 Q60 w/AWD that wouldn't just spin the back wheels when I slap on a Stillen or ProCharger. When I couldn't find one, and figured I could just get a 2SS (wanted new '18, settled for used 2017) with 455/455 from the factory. After initial buyers' remorse, I'm loving it now!

12-07-2018, 04:08 AM	#58
SteevK Drives: 2017 2SS Hyper blue A8 NPP MRC Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Flourtown, PA Posts: 74 View My Garage	I must admit that, after I watched a few reviews of V6 Camaros on YouTube, I was tempted to downgrade. This was after trying to find a set of all-season run-flat tires for the SS's staggered wheels. If I had a RS, all 4 are 245/40 and Goodyear makes A/S RF Eagle F1's. Let me start at the beginning: Didn't get my license until I was 18 (parents didn't want to lose the house in a lawsuit) when friends of parents gave me a '61 Dodge Lancer - my only 4-door/MoPar/Amer 6-cyl. That POS lasted me about 5 months, until I smashed it into a wall at the gas (only) station I was working at. After a couple of chastising months riding the bus and returning/finishing HS, parents offered to split down-payment on a store-bought used car. I chose (my 1st) '67 Olds 442. Beautiful triple-black conv - a true muscle car I got in '73 - a couple months before graduation - so they wouldn't have to lend me mom's '73 Cutlass, for Sr prom. Anyway, that led to '71 Impala coupe w/350, 2 more 442's, a Pontiac LeMans 350. I then bought my first NEW car, an '82 Z28 (305 w/145 HP - at the crank!) followed by '85 IROC, '86 Buick Grand National (new, stolen!) '87 IROC demo. Then I went Japanese for ~28 years with 2 Eclipses ('90 my only stick & '91 when I got sick of shifting), a '96 Eagle Talon, and a used '99 Eclipse - all were 2.0T w/AWD. Last 2 were G35 & G37- best car I've ever owned, kept it for 10 years, with only mod Injen short-rams. Beings I'm '64, this is the last car I'm ever gonna buy. I had dreams of a decent G37 or '14-15 Q60 w/AWD that wouldn't just spin the back wheels when I slap on a Stillen or ProCharger. When I couldn't find one, and figured I could just get a 2SS (wanted new '18, settled for used 2017) with 455/455 from the factory. After initial buyers' remorse, I'm loving it now! __________________ 2017 Hyper Blue 2SS 8A K&N Typhoon w/Spectre blue filter, Vitesse throttle control, 2019 Camaro twisty rims with blue lugs, Blue "SS" badges Last edited by SteevK; 12-18-2018 at 04:15 AM.