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Originally Posted by Kamero6
Update. Went to a dealer today to test drive a manual and see the numbers. What a painful experience. So I will have to dump 18k to swap... a new 2023 LT1 for a 2022 1SS that smells like cigar, interior is deteriorated and drives bad. Something is wrong with it.
Note on the M6: I haven't driven manual in 2 years and got to drive it for 5 minutes.
In overall it felt underpowered. I know it's because of the longer ratios but, the A10 camaro feels lighter and quicker.
I think it's just matter of getting used to again.
Regardless of my desires, losing 20k is not an option so, we'll see what the future brings. I can always get a ZL1 M6 later on.
Question to keep the debated heated up... This is the 2nd or 3rd manual car I found with less than 5k miles. Do people purchase them, and find out the hard way it is a lot of work and trade them in?
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I think
that settles it.
Learn to love the A10, you'll find plenty of fans of that trans here to begin with
, and perhaps build your LT1 into a monster with that extra $18k.
In fact, what I'd do (and did) is improve the car in increments, that way it always felt almost like getting a new car. For example, the 1LE wheels and PS4S tires I upgraded to pushed my SS into a different realm of cornering and maneuvering capability. The supercharger alone added a cool 200 crank hp, then later the forged engine bottom end, upgraded fuel system, LT headers, cam, flex fuel etc. ( everything else you see in my sig) added another almost 200 hp overall—every time you add 50 hp or more, you will feel the difference.
Of course this whole shebang and having it done in steps cost me way more than $18k, but this is just an example, not a verbatim recommendation
and I now have my perfect forever Camaro.