01-19-2017, 10:56 PM | #15 |
Drives: 2023 CT5 Blackwing Join Date: Sep 2016
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Welcome to the family!
Be fun to see someone else coming from FWD.
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01-19-2017, 11:17 PM | #16 |
Drives: 2011 Cayman R 2017 1LE Join Date: Jan 2017
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Great car! Also a thumbs up to Becky, I am really impressed with all the love you get, I know where I am buying from when it's time!
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01-20-2017, 06:35 AM | #17 |
Drives: 2019 ZL1 1LE, MN6, SGM Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: North Carolina
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So badass man, CONGRATS!!
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01-20-2017, 06:46 AM | #18 |
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Congrats!
I hope to be doing the same thing in late February early March for my ZL1.... Becky is the greatest!
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01-20-2017, 08:53 AM | #19 | |
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Drives: '17 1SS 1LE Join Date: Feb 2016
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For sure driving different powertrain layouts is fascinating, learning their driving styles. The on-track learning curve shouldn't be too tough, given my soon to be for sale turbo Miata is kind of a 4/5ths scale 1LE. The first thing I did with the car after leaving work yesterday was parallel park at dinner. I need to get used to such a wide car, but I found that using the rear camera lines really helps with perspective and I nailed the parking job perfectly on the first try. My commute is mostly urban Interstate (I-696 from Novi to Berkley for the SE Michiganders), and the 1LE is an amazing cruiser. The MRC is lovely and I love the calm soothing purr of the LT1 in 6th gear. This morning it's raining cats & dogs and 32°F, and the Supercar 3's are understandably slippery, and the traction control in Tour mode is *really* good. It successfully attenuated me from intentionally trying to drift around a median turn-around. It allowed a few degrees of slip and reigned in the rest. Very cool. Thankfully I have a set of winter wheels/tires in the garage. I'll put those on this weekend.
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01-20-2017, 03:17 PM | #20 |
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Drives: STI, Land Rover and future 1LE Join Date: Aug 2015
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Damn that blue looks so good.
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01-21-2017, 10:28 AM | #21 |
Drives: '19 SS 1LE/'19 Rubicon/'20 AT4 Join Date: May 2015
Location: USA
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Miss my hyper blue 1SS... looks even better with the 1LE pkg. I can't believe you think the Camaro only feels 25% bigger than the miata, I'd think it felt more like double. You definitely came from a small car background, wow. I've looked at a lot of those but just couldn't quite pull the trigger on any of them. Only small car I've had is a boxster and I only kept it a month lol.
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01-23-2017, 08:17 AM | #22 |
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Beautiful Car! Welcome and Congrats!
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I test drove a 2SS last year and enjoyed it immensely, however I have to be honest the 1LE is distinctly more focused as a track car. The Track setting on the 2SS MRC feels roughly comparable to the Tour setting on the 1LE. Admittedly this may be too firm for some [most?] people, but it's rather comfortable for track rats like me that are used to crazy high wheel frequencies.
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03-14-2017, 04:07 PM | #24 |
Hot Dog
Drives: '17 1SS 1LE Join Date: Feb 2016
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Woah I need to update this thread!
IMG_0123.jpg by Ryephile, on Flickr IMG_0127.jpg by Ryephile, on Flickr IMG_0135.jpg by Ryephile, on Flickr IMG_0137.jpg by Ryephile, on Flickr This was at a friend's shop for a big get-together. They insisted I pull the car in and rev it up for some loud NPP goodness. They literally applauded afterwards, very exciting! IMG_0159.jpg by Ryephile, on Flickr IMG_0160.jpg by Ryephile, on Flickr IMG_0167.jpg by Ryephile, on Flickr Here's my winter setup: Verde from Tire Rack, 19x8.5 et15 front and rear with Pirelli Sottozero 3's in 245/45-19. Nice and narrow for cutting through the snow, but definitely missing a bunch of dry grip compared to the Supercar 3 steamrollers! Weekend by Ryephile, on Flickr
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03-14-2017, 04:14 PM | #25 |
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Drives: 2017 1LE(Traded In for a truck) Join Date: Oct 2013
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Man that blue looks amazing. Congrats!
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03-14-2017, 04:17 PM | #26 |
Hot Dog
Drives: '17 1SS 1LE Join Date: Feb 2016
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At 941 miles I did a break-in oil change.
*AC Delco PF64 filter *10 quarts of Pennzoil Platinum 5W-30 Dexos 1 [it's winter and I'm on the street, don't panic!] *2.7 quarts of AMSoil Manual Syncromesh transmission fluid. Incidentally about 2.5 quarts drained out via gravity, which was a bit below the bottom edge of the fill plug. Now the fluid is basically level with the fill plug. The AMSoil Syncromesh is a trans fluid I've been using in my track cars for years, um, getting closer to decades. It handles heat very well and makes syncros work better than most other fluids, even the Motorcraft Unicorn Tears and the magic cocktail of Pennzoil and Redline. In any case the factory TR-6060 fluid refused to let me put the car in 2nd when it was stone cold with ambient's less than 30°F. Immediately after the fluid change, 2nd gear is no longer an issue. Perfect. As usual. I will comment that almost exactly 10 quarts came out of the engine, so for the break-in there was essentially zero consumption. I also sent a sample to Blackstone. I don't have a postable scan handy but the long and short is the copper and iron ppm was quite low for a factory fill, emphasizing that the engines are dry run long enough for a majority break-in and then fresh oil is put in. Also my factory fill was a xW-20 weight, with an 8.35 cST at 100°C.
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03-14-2017, 04:18 PM | #27 |
Drives: '19 RivrsdBlu 1LE ('17 1LE HB sold) Join Date: Nov 2016
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looking good, this is my first blue car and first Camaro ever and I am also very happy with it so far. I liked the winter setup also
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03-14-2017, 04:23 PM | #28 |
Hot Dog
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Ok, just for the record my car's name is "Astro", with a license plate to match.
The 1LE was involved in his first controversy a few weeks ago when I helped my co-worker drop off his now-illegal VW Golf TDI [6-speed manual!] for the Dieselgate buy-back. Admittedly he was reimbursed very well given the car had north of 150k miles on it. IMG_0206.jpg by Ryephile, on Flickr
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