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Originally Posted by Akumu
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I do this INSANE thing called driving on twisty roads. (What a lunatic, I know.) I have ZERO interest in 0-60, 0-100, quarter miles, roll racing, burn outs or sitting at the Starbucks masturbating over my V8 engine. That said, I don't mind the V6 as much, but if every gas stop I'm going to have to deal with some chump asking me to give my 'V8' some revs for them or some shit I'll just go Fiesta. I don't care to be harangued about 'not a real Camaro' 'not a v8' or people laughing every time I stop moving the damned car. Is this the case?
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I'm like you. IDGAF about 0-60, quarter mile, roll racing, burnouts, or any of that type of stuff. I'm all about flying down a curvy mountain road (occasionally I like to attend track days at road courses too).
The SS 1LE is the trim that attracted me to the Camaro but I ended up buying a V6 1LE instead. I felt like the SS 1LE is not well suited for what I do most. On a tight, curvy mountain road, the extra power of the v8 is mostly unusable. And when the road opens up, it's too fast IMO. Redline in 2nd gear and it'll be at 80mph. Redline 3rd and its at ~110. I like to speed but I don't like to be too irresponsible with it. It seems like the SS really needs to be on a road course to be enjoyed (unless you give zero f*cks about speeding excessively).
The V6 is fast enough to be enjoyable on a curvy road and slow enough that I can run it hard through a few gears (1-3) on a public road without worrying too much about breaking triple digits. If I did more road course events, I would have went with the SS 1LE hands down.
As for being harangued about it not having a v8; yep, it'll happen. Most people will assume it's a V8 anyway (not many people outside of Camaro owners / enthusiasts know the visual differences between the LS/LT and SS), but when they ask about it and you tell them the truth, every 3rd person will mention how they could never own a Camaro without a v8 or something to that affect.