[cmeJATT]

no real remorse .. i just wanted to test drive the Golf R ( i know totally different class ) .. but i was torn between the 2 .. and no one had gold R in manual for me to test drive.. so ended up getting the camaro.

[katrinacop]

Originally Posted by Whis

Buyer's remorse already from the widely reported issues(which I am admittedly dont fall in most of the time ) to the paint issues, to the mylink issues. i dont know. felt fine buying the car assuming it had no first year/new plant issuesl... or few(build date feb) but seeing all these gd problems posted... i have some.

i love driving the car, it performs to spec(as far as i can tell) but leaving your car at a dealership for like 7 days for an oil change, rattle inspection, ad HVAC feet stink fix(which DID NOT WORK btw) makes you kinda wish you never got the thing.

i love this car a lot, really. what i do not like is GM and the scummy dealers with sales associates younger than the pine tree outside of my house and just business as usual that they provide. havent read a lot of good experience about dealers except of course from becky. We can't all live near her though for maintenance !!

Amen Brother!

[neenja_jenkins]

Originally Posted by 00 Trans Ram

Look at it this way. You spent ~$60k on the car (round numbers are easier to work with). Let's say you keep it 6 years. After that time, It'll probably be worth 25-33% (1/4-1/3) of what you paid. So, you'll sell it for $15k-$20k.

In other words, you didn't pay $60k for a toy, you only paid $40k-$45k for it!

Haha!

Originally Posted by Racerman27410

My best friend was killed on his job the week before Thanksgiving.... he had no idea that morning that he wasnt going to make it back home that afternoon.

I took a powerful lesson from his passing..... money and planning for the future is all well and good but there is no promise for the future other than we all will eventually die.... either sooner or later and you dont get to take anything with you to play with when you leave.

Life is fragile and we all take a lot for granted but we do have right now... make the most of it and have some fun..... the bottom line is you have to enjoy things here while you can.

I bought my Camaro in December.

No regrets!

Man, I'm sorry. My condolences. This has always been my mentality as well, but I guess growing up poor has a way of messing with your head. I felt guilty when I bought my house too. Felt guilty when I bought my motorcycle. I felt guilty when I built my gaming computer. So maybe I just feel bad spending money on ME stuff?

Originally Posted by Norm Peterson

I wouldn't call that 'remorse'. That sounds too much like 'regret'.

More like lack of confidence in your decision. Not the same thing, more like you've stepped out a little past your comfort zone. I think you'll get past this soon enough.

Norm

Thank you. You're right.
This is a big purchase for something that no one else gets to see or enjoy, and that's where some of the guilt stems from probably.

[Techn9cian805]

[Marty McFlew]

Originally Posted by Zack46

Buyer's remorse is the sense of regret after having made a purchase. It is frequently associated with the purchase of an expensive item such as a car or house. It may stem from fear of making the wrong choice, guilt over extravagance, or a suspicion of having been overly influenced by the seller.


I truly love my 2016 2LT RS V6. It is my first Camaro. Long time fan of the car going back to the 2nd GEN in the 1970s, the IROC series back in the 1980s and so forth. BEST car I have ever owned. I get so many looks and compliments about my car, I have never been so happy with any purchase in my life. When I ordered the car I just felt that being my first Camaro I wanted to play it safe with the power of the new 6th gen (V6) but more importantly, the total cost of the car. I had to set limits. But, now owning the car for 7 months, Unfortunately, a little buyers remorse has settled in. I Kinda wished I got the 2SS.




I know my 2LT V6 RS is a fast car. A lot faster than most cars on the road. I keep looking at the facts, 0-60 with the automatic 5.1 seconds and just 1.1 seconds behind the 2016 SS. (4.0 seconds). 13.5 seconds in the 1/4 mile compared to 12.3 seconds for the SS. I have put as much mods on my car as I possibly can. (front splitter, rear blade spoiler, splash guards, window tint, black bowties, etc.) I just wish I would've got the NPP exhaust!!!!!

So, all in all not too shabby. I am already counting down the days or more like 3 (three) years before I can trade up to the V8 model. So, in the meantime I will just enjoy my badazz ride.

Anybody else have a little buyers remorse settling in?

The V6 should be plenty of power for you, you probably would enjoy it more with a stick, if you don't already have. But yes nothing really feels like a V8, they just wind out effortlessly.

[Marty McFlew]

Originally Posted by Rsblueblood

I understand where you are coming from. I unfortunately didn't have a say with the choice of the car this was my 45th birthday gift from my wife and mother in law. The upsetting part was the dealership didn't even tell them about other options because where they bought it they wasn't a Camaro dealer they was a truck dealership they only had 4 Camaro on the lot. So now I'm pretty much sol because in opinion GM screwed their customers by not letting us upgrade and the defrost vent issue. Ugh but still love the car.

You got the 6 because it came from your wife and and mother inlaw. Just think if it had come from your Wife and Father inlaw you may have gotten a free V8.

[Lafourche1]

The SS is truly hard to rationally, justify. The highest posted speed limits (85MPH in parts of Texas, Montana, Idaho and South Dakota) are just barely out of second gear. It burns more gas and the tires, which melt away at an alarming rate, cost dearly. You are your insurance agent's best friend, that he never calls. You can easily be on a first name basis with every LEO within a 100 mile radius.

All of that stated, I love mine. I spend hours washing and waxing it so it can look its best. I nearly always look back when walking away. I often stop and admire when I am walking up to it. OK, I am a teenager trapped in a retirement age body.

[Rsblueblood]

Originally Posted by Marty McFlew

You got the 6 because it came from your wife and and mother inlaw. Just think if it had come from your Wife and Father inlaw you may have gotten a free V8.

Oh no my father-in- law isn't a sports car fan or a v8 fan he's a big truck fan with a diesel engine. He was very upset that i went back to a car. LOL

[draph]

See if you can spot the opportunities for buyer's remorse in my car buying history past and present:

1. First car choice (during poor college student years) year 1987: My brother's 1972 Olds 442 Special edition Hurst 4 on floor hood scoops, 350 V8, gold with black stripes for $700 (needed some work on ignition system, gas tank and floor boards) OR literally my Father's Oldsmobile, 1984 Ciera Brougham 4.3 Diesel for $2000, Crushed blue velour, wire wheel covers - 99000 miles, looked brand new, Dad had major services done before selling it to me. I picked the diesel because I didn't know at the time another 1300 would have got me HE ignition, new gas tank, floor boards..and the car would have been worth 6 figures today. Diesel was cheaper at 88 cents/gallon with 40 mpg, and I was really a poor college student. One warning ticket for speeding in 4 years of ownership...no major mechanical problems until 1991 when I sold it for $1200 (after spending $300 on new injector pump).

2. First new car...1991: Honda Accord EX Coupe..vs a myriad of other cars in the $15K price range at the time...Wanted a Grand Am HO Quad 4 with a stick 190 hp a lot back then..or Grand Prix with MT...neither to be found for test drive. Honda fit and finish compared to domestics was impressive and obvious...but only 130 hp out of an admittedly smooth 4 cyl for its time. The low cowl, airy greenhouse, double wishbone suspension and the Honda stick feel sold me on "less power but more refinement". ...but after a few years that 130 hp, while a ton more compared to that diesel felt weaker and weaker by the month.

3. 2nd new car....1995: Paid dearly for limited availability Azure Blue Green Pearl Prelude VTEC ($26K)...Could have had a Trans Am for less money (190hp high strung new tech engine vs. 275 old school V8...I was enamored in high revs and continued Honda suspension and fit and finish refinement...some time later got tired of being beat off the line by pushrod V6 minivans unless I dumped the clutch at 4000 rpm.

4. Sedan years...2001, 2007, 2010...All MTs...Maxima 20th AE edition, BMW 335 with 1st generation twin turbo 6, TL SH AWD 6MT...A fair number of competitors for less or same money...2007 was one of last years for an Accord V6 with 6MT but splurged on a wasteful leased BMW. Planned to buy at end of lease, but burning oil, disappearing coolant, and failed fuel injector during the lease scared me away.

5. Now...still 2 years away from no longer having back seat riders....Test drove 2SS after setting my heart on SS sedan...SS sedan feels so old now (G8 GXP almost happened in 2010 but market went crazy for the last few 2009 MTs still on lot in early 2010 so I had to pass - SS sedan same exact 10+ year old drive train)...kids only ride in car to the bus stop...one can ride in front with seat moved up for one in the back of the Camaro.....but still driving TL about to turn over 100K...still a lot to like about that car, unexpectedly fast to most fellow commuters. ELS kicks Bose butt, SH-AWD awesome year 'round...no car payments for a long time now has been nice, insurance and excise tax based on car value is low. Main fear is SS power novelty is short lived to be taken over by claustrophobic ergonomics and visibility and tens of K dollars flushed away when I know the TL can easily go another 100K miles...and the biggest opportunity for buyers remorse is GM comes through with my pipe dream of a $40-50K alpha sedan with LT1 V8 and 6MT to backfill the SS sedan after 2017.

[soldes]

In Belgium : with a 5300$ first registration and 3200$ yearly tax on top of the 55000$ purchase price for a V8, the gouvernment decided what to buy for me lol. I've been driving RAM's the past 9 years (2006, 2010, 2014) because they are exempt from those ridiculous taxes it being a 'van' not a people carrier. Although no sports car, it had a V8. I'll miss the sound for sure bit at least I'll still be driving a American car (2.0T) which still has the better looks then 99% of all other cars on the road and will still be faster then the vast majority
I'm just happy I can buy a Camaro.
Nick

At least I can still enjoy the rumble during the weekend :

[donlx90]

I'm 53 years young, I've had a Shelby cobra, 2 other supercharged cobras, 29 other mustangs and 5 ls1 powered z28/trans am cars as well as countless motorcycles,4 wheelers, boats and such.
I REALLY wanted to like the 4.cyl turbo or the v6 in the gen6 but couldn't get past it mentally. I rarely drive fast but for some reason (maybe my generation) but a muscle street car has to have a v8 in my warped brain. I would have loved to not spend the cash on the 2ss but did. Zero regret



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[Zeke.Malvo]

Originally Posted by soldes

In Belgium : with a 5300$ first registration and 3200$ yearly tax on top of the 55000$ purchase price for a V8, the gouvernment decided what to buy for me lol. I've been driving RAM's the past 9 years (2006, 2010, 2014) because they are exempt from those ridiculous taxes it being a 'van' not a people carrier. Although no sports car, it had a V8. I'll miss the sound for sure bit at least I'll still be driving a American car (2.0T) which still has the better looks then 99% of all other cars on the road and will still be faster then the vast majority
I'm just happy I can buy a Camaro.
Nick

At least I can still enjoy the rumble during the weekend :

Very nice vette, I like those years. Not a huge following but I think they've held up really well. Clean, and nice color! 👍

[MaroMayhem]

I had major regrets. Traded 17 2LT RS with 1200 miles, for a 17 2SS with 6 miles. Don't ask what the "regret" cost me.

[SDecker190]

i am just about to find out i just went up from a 2016 RS V6 1 LT to a 2017 2SS i can tell its a little much for the street the first time i got on it. But love that sound and effortless acceleration on the low end.