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Originally Posted by GenSix2SS
I always hear people talk about the late 60's being the golden era of muscle/sports cars and I just can't help but disagree. I just bought a sports car that has 455HP, is loaded with technology/safety features, surprisingly comfortable for city/highway trips
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Congratulations! And very very well put.
I was born around the time that the "Golden Age" of Muscle Cars was coming to a close in the early 70s. A fair amount of my high school years were spent feeling like I had been born too late to enjoy the big horsepower age, and though my first car was a 1970 El Camino, I don't miss the quirks and idiosyncrasies of owning an old muscle car. Doors/glass that didn't seal, rattles and vibrations, hand cranking windows, cold starts with a carburetor, oil/water/fuel leaks, constant replacement of anything made of anything that deteriorates.
But I'll be damned if computers, computer-aided machining, and a lot of other advanced manufacturing practices didn't bring us all another age of bigger horsepower. You can buy 10-second production cars with full warranties, and that's amazing.
It sounds like you bought a Camaro that's nearly a twin of my own, and I daily drive mine and love every minute of it. I've put an obscene number of miles on my car in the 9 months that I have owned it (putting new tires on it Friday) but I have absolutely no regrets.
I could have had this Camaro, or a Corvette... and I bought a Camaro.