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Originally Posted by arpad_m
If these cons seriously matter to you, that is, you didn't just list them for completeness' sake, you will forever regret not getting the top trim (2SS) and its goodies, especially the safety/visibility ones.
This may not be the popular opinion, but I'd say try to swallow the $8k and get the 2SS. You will amortize the difference over x years anyway, and if you get the LT1, I bet you will be lurking here and other venues in no time for a cluster swap, Recaro swap, mirror swap, new wider tires, new wheels, etc.
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You got right to the heart of the matter. Heck my LT1 spec includes Recaro too. Safety/visibility is the top one giving me pause. The rest I would 'like' but I do think I will miss them honestly. So it is $49 for the LT1, $55.7 for 2SS and lose the Recaro which I really want or $57.5 for 2SS with Recaro. That's $8k for the safety bits. It is not that I can't afford $8k. It's more like: is a Chevy Camaro worth $60k to me (with some light personalization added)? That is a tough one. For ~$60 I start to wonder what else I should look at. For context, I drive a 2012 Audi A6 3.0T Prestige (top trim) which has great safety options including adaptive cruise control which disappointingly you can't get on any Camaro and I said I'd never buy a car again without. But here I am for the V8, stick convertible which I have wanted since a kid. What else is there? Mustang I suppose but they seemed a bit more $ and I do not like the look as much. Also I am working from home a lot now so I feel like I can get away with something more fun and less practical.
(I'm ruling out the 1SS, not cheap enough and not complete enough)