Kudos to those that daily their camaros

WiggyB · 07-06-2025, 12:28 AM

Just like the title says...... I'm doing an engine swap in the Avalanche so I have daily my Camaro. 2 thing.....:
1. How do you guys not get a ticket every day?
2. I will never do an engine swap again. Long gone are the days of pull out a 305 and drop in a 350.Things use to be so simple. Anyway back to the reason for the post.... I have been daily driving my Camaro the past 2 weeks and if it wasn't for my radar detector I would have lost my license by now. just can't seem to keep my foot out of the pedal. Needless to say I need to get my truck back on the road and ASAP.

tortilla-flats · 07-06-2025, 12:59 AM

If you don't daily your car, what are the circumstances you do drive it?

Smokin19 · 07-06-2025, 07:49 AM

I have the same problem only I am retired. Every time I get the Camaro out I can't help thinking I am in Mexico somewhere. They say you revert to your childhood as you get older, I guess that's why I like to play with all that power. It is a lot of fun.

SSShark · 07-06-2025, 08:10 AM

My '23 was a daily driver up until 3 months ago. Man did I have so much fun everyday. The sound of those blurps and burbles always gets a giggle out of me. You're never too old

arpad_m · 07-06-2025, 09:25 AM

I have acquired a taste for not pushing the car hard yet enjoying it in every corner, or doing lane changes, or pulling away from a light, you get the picture. Of course, when the road opens up, so does the pedal often, and it's glorious.

Dynamical · 07-06-2025, 09:37 AM

If I DD my car it wouldn't be fun anymore. It would be more like routine or a job. Instead it's like a dessert that I'm only allowed to enjoy during the nice sunny weather mainly half the year. I appreciate it more like this. Besides, my track exhaust would get old pretty quick

FlukeSS · 07-06-2025, 10:22 AM

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How do you guys not get a ticket every day?

That's why I go to the drag strip. To get it out of my system, so don't do stupid shit on the street.

cgdelena · 07-06-2025, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by WiggyB

1. How do you guys not get a ticket every day?

My biggest problem with this car is how easy it is to gain speed when getting through highway traffic.

With five speeding tickets in six years my insurance rates are a real problem.

IndyZrider · 07-06-2025, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by tortilla-flats

If you don't daily your car, what are the circumstances you do drive it?

When it's nice out...when it's time to go on a rally run...car shows...when I feel like livin' life a 1/4 mile at a time! I already drive like a lunatic in my DD modded vdub...if I drove the Z everyday I'd be in jail.....

SSShark · 07-06-2025, 11:29 AM

tortilla-flats · 07-06-2025, 11:39 AM

I daily mine right now (literally). My habits are fairly lightweight though. Work is about 10 minutes or less, driveway to parking lot. I live near a highway so a lot is highway cruising.

That said, I'll be ramping up campaigning my car at the strip starting this fall. It's going to get old real quick swapping the car back and forth from street/strip trim.

Over the winter I'll be getting a trailer and tow vehicle and the tow vehicle will likely be my daily and I'll leave the car in strip trim most of the time.

RIPws6 · 07-06-2025, 11:43 AM

I daily mine and I never get tired of it. I have driven my wife’s car during inclimate weather and miss my car almost immediately. When I get back in it I feel like I hadn’t driven it for months when it’s only been a few days.

FlukeSS · 07-06-2025, 01:55 PM

Also... Big Sad for me, no one ever wants to race me.

I'm doomed to be humbled by the 1000hp guys.

N Camarolina · 07-06-2025, 03:12 PM

Back to the OPs question, I track it on road courses to let the beast out.

Spend 1 or 2 days of a weekend at the track (high G turns and repeated WOT acceleration to >125mph), and you'd be amazed how long that fun carries over to not feeling the urge while driving on public roads.

I know that here on this forum we are probably a mix of enthusiasts for straight-line acceleration vs windy roads. But if you haven't done a road course HPDE event before, you owe it to yourself to take your Camaro to one and give it a try. The thrill you get from controlling something near/at the limit of tire adhesion going around a high speed corner can not be easily replicated. Anyone with an SS or above can do this with a bone stock car, just by upgrading their brake fluid.

07-06-2025, 12:28 AM	#1
WiggyB Drives: 2022 Camaro 2SS 1LE Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: NC Posts: 377	Kudos to those that daily their camaros Just like the title says...... I'm doing an engine swap in the Avalanche so I have daily my Camaro. 2 thing.....: 1. How do you guys not get a ticket every day? 2. I will never do an engine swap again. Long gone are the days of pull out a 305 and drop in a 350.Things use to be so simple. Anyway back to the reason for the post.... I have been daily driving my Camaro the past 2 weeks and if it wasn't for my radar detector I would have lost my license by now. just can't seem to keep my foot out of the pedal. Needless to say I need to get my truck back on the road and ASAP. __________________ d1sc factory box w/ stage 2 intercooler, Lt4 fueling, JMS BAP, lt2 intake, kooks 1/78 longtube headers w/ h/f cats, alky meth kit, thpsi port injection Last edited by WiggyB; 07-06-2025 at 11:56 AM.

07-06-2025, 12:59 AM	#2
tortilla-flats Drives: 2023 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Nov 2024 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 323 View My Garage	If you don't daily your car, what are the circumstances you do drive it? __________________ Camaro SS - (almost) FBO/E85: Tuned by Snackbar Tuning/21st Century Muscle Cars

07-06-2025, 07:49 AM	#3
Smokin19 Drives: 19' ZL1 A10, w/pdr Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: S.W. ohio Posts: 1,700	I have the same problem only I am retired. Every time I get the Camaro out I can't help thinking I am in Mexico somewhere. They say you revert to your childhood as you get older, I guess that's why I like to play with all that power. It is a lot of fun. __________________ BTR Stg II cam w/ 38% fuel lobe, ARH 2" headers into 3" w/Gesi cats, Kong X port, Weapon X triple ht exchangers, NW 103, Rotofab big gulp, DSX lowside, TCM tune, BMR Lockout, Mustang dyno 720 rwhp, 634 rwtq on 93 pump.

07-06-2025, 08:10 AM	#4
SSShark Drives: '23 1SS Sharkskin A10 Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,503	My '23 was a daily driver up until 3 months ago. Man did I have so much fun everyday. The sound of those blurps and burbles always gets a giggle out of me. You're never too old __________________ Kooks 1-7/8" Long Tube Headers l Kooks Hi-Flow Cats l Kooks X-Pipe l Borla S-Type NPP Exhaust Rotofab CAI l Mishimoto Catch Can l DSX Flex Fuel Sensor l 93/E85 Tune l GM Lowering Kit Ported LT2 Intake Manifold l Ported 95mm LT5 TB l BMR Rear Cradle Lockout Kit Halo Tunnel Brace l MRR 1LE Wheels l Goodyear SC3 1LE Tire Package l 480whp/467wtq

07-06-2025, 09:25 AM	#5
arpad_m Drives: 2018 Camaro 2SS A8 Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 13,151 View My Garage	I have acquired a taste for not pushing the car hard yet enjoying it in every corner, or doing lane changes, or pulling away from a light, you get the picture. Of course, when the road opens up, so does the pedal often, and it's glorious. __________________ 2018 Camaro 2SS — G7E MX0 NPP F55 IO6 735 rwhp \| 665 rwtq Magnuson TVS 2300 80mm pulley \| Kooks 1 7/8" LT headers \| JRE smooth idle terminator cam \| LT4 FS & injectors \| TSP forged pistons & rods JMS PowerMAX \| DSX flex fuel kit \| Roto-Fab CAI \| Soler 95mm LT5 TB \| 1LE wheels \| 1LE brakes \| BMR rear cradle lockout \| JRE custom tune 1100 - 1/30/18 \| 2000 - 1/31/18 3000 - 2/06/18 TPW 2/26/18 3400 - 2/19/18 \| 3800 - 2/26/18 4300 - 2/27/18 \| 4B00 - 3/01/18 4200 - 3/05/18 \| 4800 - 3/14/18 5000 - 3/16/18 \| 6000 - 3/19/18

07-06-2025, 09:37 AM	#6
Dynamical Drives: 2022 Camaro LT1 A10 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: new england Posts: 570	If I DD my car it wouldn't be fun anymore. It would be more like routine or a job. Instead it's like a dessert that I'm only allowed to enjoy during the nice sunny weather mainly half the year. I appreciate it more like this. Besides, my track exhaust would get old pretty quick __________________ 2022 Camaro LT1 A10 - Drag Pack/Corsa double X pipe/AWE track axleback -11.849@118.67MPH/1.798 60' 2001 Camaro SS A4 - HCI/Stall/Bolt-on/Gear/Tune/DR/Diet - 429HP/392TQ - 10.99@123.58MPH/1.584 60' 1998 Camaro Z28 A4 - Bolt-on 1999 Camaro Z28 A4 - Stock

07-06-2025, 11:29 AM	#10
SSShark Drives: '23 1SS Sharkskin A10 Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,503	__________________ Kooks 1-7/8" Long Tube Headers l Kooks Hi-Flow Cats l Kooks X-Pipe l Borla S-Type NPP Exhaust Rotofab CAI l Mishimoto Catch Can l DSX Flex Fuel Sensor l 93/E85 Tune l GM Lowering Kit Ported LT2 Intake Manifold l Ported 95mm LT5 TB l BMR Rear Cradle Lockout Kit Halo Tunnel Brace l MRR 1LE Wheels l Goodyear SC3 1LE Tire Package l 480whp/467wtq Last edited by SSShark; 07-07-2025 at 06:29 AM.

07-06-2025, 11:39 AM	#11
tortilla-flats Drives: 2023 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Nov 2024 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 323 View My Garage	I daily mine right now (literally). My habits are fairly lightweight though. Work is about 10 minutes or less, driveway to parking lot. I live near a highway so a lot is highway cruising. That said, I'll be ramping up campaigning my car at the strip starting this fall. It's going to get old real quick swapping the car back and forth from street/strip trim. Over the winter I'll be getting a trailer and tow vehicle and the tow vehicle will likely be my daily and I'll leave the car in strip trim most of the time. __________________ Camaro SS - (almost) FBO/E85: Tuned by Snackbar Tuning/21st Century Muscle Cars

07-06-2025, 11:43 AM	#12
RIPws6 Drives: 2019 2SS Riverside Blue Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 417	I daily mine and I never get tired of it. I have driven my wife’s car during inclimate weather and miss my car almost immediately. When I get back in it I feel like I hadn’t driven it for months when it’s only been a few days.

07-06-2025, 01:55 PM	#13
FlukeSS Drives: 2020 Camaro 2SS A10 Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Here Posts: 1,809	Also... Big Sad for me, no one ever wants to race me. I'm doomed to be humbled by the 1000hp guys. __________________ 2020 Camaro 2SS A10 \| Rebuilt by: CBI Street Cars \| 2" SE LT Headers \| 3" SE X-Pipe \| 3" MBRP Axle-Back \| Pri & Sec Cat Deletes \| Roto-Fab CAI \| LT2 Ported \| 95mm ZR1 TB \| LSA crankshaft conversion w/modified crank gear \| LS1 thrust bearing \| Gen V Hinson Plug Wire Set \| BTR 220 Stage I Cam \| ARP Rod Bolts \| Delphi Lifter set \| NGK LTR6IX-11 spark plug set \| DOD Delete \| VVT Limiter \| ECM, TCM & E85 \| Retuned by: Justin L. \| Dyno: 510 rwhp 472 rwtq \| Best 1/4 Time: 11.639

07-06-2025, 03:12 PM	#14
N Camarolina Drives: 2021 2SS 1LE Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 960	Back to the OPs question, I track it on road courses to let the beast out. Spend 1 or 2 days of a weekend at the track (high G turns and repeated WOT acceleration to >125mph), and you'd be amazed how long that fun carries over to not feeling the urge while driving on public roads. I know that here on this forum we are probably a mix of enthusiasts for straight-line acceleration vs windy roads. But if you haven't done a road course HPDE event before, you owe it to yourself to take your Camaro to one and give it a try. The thrill you get from controlling something near/at the limit of tire adhesion going around a high speed corner can not be easily replicated. Anyone with an SS or above can do this with a bone stock car, just by upgrading their brake fluid.

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