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Originally Posted by WheelmanSS
I wasn't originally going to make this thread, but after browsing through the forums and seeing the daily "I'm crying cuz someone parked next to me" and "where do I put change in my camaro?" and "how do I tie my shoes?" I had to let if fly.
I have grown to really dislike 5th gen camaro owners. Sorry if this hurts people's feelings, but I'm gonna get this out.
In addition to the mostly pointless nonsense on the forums, my local car show has also left me annoyed. I have been going to this show for 10+ years. Since I got my 5th gen, I have continued to park with some of buddies I have made over the years, ranging from a 4th gen LT1 to an old Nova to a straight up army Jeep. We walk around the show and check out all the cars, chat, share stories, and hang out.
Then we have the 5th gen crew. They constantly wave me over to park near them when I roll in, but I snub them every time.
They gather at the show, created their own section away from everyone else. They take up more parking spaces than necessary (surprise surprise) and try to prevent others from parking in "their area". They have their own lame "5th gen" tshirts, and congregate in a little huddle like a high school clique. They don't make an effort to walk around the show or talk to others. A few of them need to start their cars and rev their awful, raspy sounding home brew exhaust. Not even the pro-street Chevelles do this. The king of their group actually has a cold air intake that he installed himself! Whoa! The appearance master of the group has a camaro that has every possible appendage and body piece converted to chrome. The car blinds people when it is sunny out. All the while, they look down and act smug towards the car show visitors that don't have muscle cars that just came to enjoy the night. As the show concludes, they incessantly rev and peel out of the parking lot, leaving on an even more obnoxious note.
Not sure what it is about this car, but this crowd is very disappointing. The 5th gen camaro is just another muscle car. It is not "better" than anything else out there, it's just another platform. Being one of the tens of thouasans of people that owns one does not put you in some sort of exclusive club. It is still just a car. Get over yourselves.
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Wow I do know how you feel I guess....... I thought Camaro 5 was getting a little out of hand with the same things you say, then we had a cool idea and I was one of the first 10 to be a founding member of our local Camaro club that has over 900 members yeah over 900.....
Some of them I know and some I don't, and what I do know is we are a family oriented club that has events Local and not so Local to the Chicago land area every weekend during the summer and fall and spring and even have an annual Christmas AKA after Christmas party for our members. Its something we enjoy not only our cars but the new Friends we have made on the way. I would also like to invite you out to the Track events we have set up. We have several all summer from Drag racing to auto cross, it's really a way to hang out with some people that love the car, yes some of us like the attention it brings and so forth, but hey when you can get a free T shirt and represent the local club at all kinds of events and talk to 1000's of people about the car, I say don't let a few people that 1% deter you from your Camaro... I love the Mods and power yours has, I say if you want to race it come out and join us. I for one am inviting you and I know once you actually meet and get to know us we are a great Camaro family.
www.Chicago5thgen.com is a local club and I am very proud to be a part of a great Camaro family!