03-14-2024, 04:50 PM | #29 | |
Drives: 2018 2SS M6 Hot Wheels Camaro Join Date: Mar 2017
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Gotcha. Thank you! It didn’t look like there was to them, but whenever it’s for my car, I’m coming here to make sure. 👍🏻
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Previous cars: 2017 1SS Nightfall Gray Metallic w/A8 and NPP 1988 IROC-Z (tons of mods), 1995 Z28, 1998 Z28, 2006 GTO, 2010 Camaro 1SS, 2015 Subaru STI, a couple Acuras and multiple Jeeps. |
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03-16-2024, 06:39 AM | #30 | |
Drives: People crazy with my sexiness Join Date: Jun 2023
Location: Northeast Ohio
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I was ready to tear my gearshift off and throw it out the window just on the drive home from the dealer. The lockout is like fingernails on a chalkboard and doing the song and dance and loopty loop and do-see-do to get around it “naturally” is just like putting earmuffs on so you hear the fingernails not as harshly.
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Received and purchased 9/8/2023 2024 2SS 6MT coupe Sharkskin/Light gray Moonroof/Navi/NPP/Mag Ride/Red Brake Calipers Gray painted split spoke wheels Illuminated footwells/illuminated bowtie |
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03-16-2024, 09:00 AM | #31 |
It's in the hole!
Drives: '11 2SS L99 SGM, '18 2SS, M6, HWSE Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Kentucky
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I put skip shift eliminator on my '18 SS a few days ago. I had already done on a 5th gen SS and 2 C6 'vettes. This 6th gen Camaro was by far the hardest to get my hand up in there to remove the wire harness clip. Works like a charm though and now it shifts where I want when I want.
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05-22-2024, 09:26 AM | #32 |
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Drives: 2023 Camaro 2SS Convertible Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Montana
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Sure you could do this, but why drive the way GM wants you to drive, and not the normal way i want to drive. When putzing around town it's awkward to act like your racing in order to use 2nd gear. I hate it!! Been driving clutch for 50 years. It's a terrible feature and doesn't belong on the car. Who buys an SS camaro to save fuel??
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05-22-2024, 09:40 AM | #33 |
Drives: 2017 Mosaic Bk ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: South of Raleigh, NC
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IIRC, CAGS on the manuals and AFM on the autos is what prevents a gas guzzler tax on the SS. No such luck on ZL1. Best part of GG tax is that you also get to pay sales tax on it. A tax on a tax! What a country!
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05-22-2024, 10:39 AM | #34 | |
Drives: 2016 Black 1SS, M6, NPP, Mag Ride Join Date: Nov 2023
Location: Houston
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Lot of times on purpose I go from 1st to 3rd and 5th anyway when I get lazy. Also, if you just pause for a split second in neutral when the lockout comes up, then it will go into 2nd gear without a hitch. |
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05-22-2024, 12:02 PM | #35 |
Drives: LT1 Join Date: Mar 2022
Location: Florida
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After almost 2 years of driving without the eliminator, I was pretty good at avoiding the lockout but every so often it would trigger and annoy me. Installing the skip shift eliminator is such a quality-of-life improvement that I'm actually sad I didn't get it sooner.
If I could go back in time I would've just installed this eliminator during the first oil change. while waiting for the oil to drain. |
05-22-2024, 12:31 PM | #36 |
Drives: People crazy with my sexiness Join Date: Jun 2023
Location: Northeast Ohio
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We have to be happy at least Tremec made it easily defeated. It’s almost as if they thought this through ahead of time lol
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Purchase order submitted on 6/23/23
Received and purchased 9/8/2023 2024 2SS 6MT coupe Sharkskin/Light gray Moonroof/Navi/NPP/Mag Ride/Red Brake Calipers Gray painted split spoke wheels Illuminated footwells/illuminated bowtie |
06-20-2024, 11:48 AM | #37 | |
Drives: Cheverolet Camaro Join Date: Jan 2023
Location: Richmond
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Also I prefer 1st to 3rd instead of 1st to 4th when merging into road/traffic and there are other cars ahead or behind - as the Skip Shift Eliminator only blocks 2nd gate for a short interval, 3rd is still open. |
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06-21-2024, 08:59 AM | #38 |
Drives: 2021 SS 1LE SHOCK Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Austin
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Installed it a couple months ago. I was ok with the lockout for 3 years, either rev it higher or a short pause before going to 2nd in traffic.
Anyway, should have installed when I bought the car. I realized I now do the “pause” or rev up habitually and now have to “unlearn” it. |
06-21-2024, 09:13 AM | #39 |
Drives: 2017 Mosaic Bk ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: South of Raleigh, NC
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never crossed my mind to learn new driving habits in order to avoid spending $12 after buying a $65k car, lol.
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06-21-2024, 09:25 AM | #40 |
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Drives: 2023 Camaro 1SS Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: United States
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No way was I getting my hands between the trans and tunnel to reach up to grab the solenoid harness and unclip it. I was able to do it with two long screwdrivers though, easy peasy.
I didn't mind CAGS too much and mostly drove so it wouldn't lock me out of 2nd. Now I don't have to worry about it, or have to explain it to someone if they drive the car (over my dead body, of course). |
06-21-2024, 01:28 PM | #41 |
Drives: People crazy with my sexiness Join Date: Jun 2023
Location: Northeast Ohio
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Words to live by
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Purchase order submitted on 6/23/23
Received and purchased 9/8/2023 2024 2SS 6MT coupe Sharkskin/Light gray Moonroof/Navi/NPP/Mag Ride/Red Brake Calipers Gray painted split spoke wheels Illuminated footwells/illuminated bowtie |
06-21-2024, 03:19 PM | #42 | |
Drives: 2023 Camaro 1SS M6 Join Date: Mar 2023
Location: Northern NJ
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If I really need to accelerate onto a highway, my rpm is way higher than the lockout would be, and when driving more normally, I skip gears anyway. 1-3 is common for me, I rarely do 1-2 around town.
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Ordered: April 2022-----Built: July 2022-----Delivered: September 2022 -Dual-Mode Exhaust (NPP) -Red Painted Calipers (J6F) -5 Split Spoke Bright Silver Painted Aluminum Wheels (56W) -Chrome Camaro Logo Fender Badge -Second Generation Front Splitter in Satin Black |
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