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Posted: 7/19/2022 6:45:03 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: always thought these were handsome... this is a cool one too.. https://barrettjacksoncdn.azureedge.net/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/224626/224626_Front_3-4_Web.jpg My cousin had a GTA TransAm that would smoke my IROC every time. |
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Posted: 7/19/2022 6:50:15 PM EST
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My favorite of the era
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Posted: 7/19/2022 6:54:28 PM EST
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Quote History@Mblades Dude...that is gorgeous. Where do I get one? 
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Posted: 7/19/2022 7:05:37 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Italian Retard Out Cruisin’ I Reek of Colonge |
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Posted: 7/19/2022 7:06:28 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Here's my '89 L98. Sounds like it is similar to OP's. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/86969/20190809_210410-2456066.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/86969/20190707_130500-2456067.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/86969/20190320_220626-2456068.jpg Had the same 89 only in the deep Burgandy, wish I still had it! |
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Posted: 7/19/2022 7:24:38 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I had the poors Tempest version of this. Probably one of my top choices I let get away. Either that or my ‘73 Z-28. I derserve to be flogged for not grabbing a ‘68 bench seat, column shift two door post sedan Tempest in fantastic shape except for a dead original 350 HO in it about ten years ago. I could just have dropped a 455 in it. They are epic. All Chargers were called Chargers even if they were not R/Ts. All Chevelles were called Chevelles even if they were not SS. And probably drives their relative cost up some because of it. But snagging a Tempest… Damn I should have |
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Posted: 7/19/2022 7:26:04 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My favorite of the era https://barrettjacksoncdn.azureedge.net/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/225892/225892_Side_Profile_Web.jpg I repeated their performance for the time, And objectively understood why some people loved them- But subjectively- To this day their looks still make me gag. |
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Posted: 7/19/2022 7:34:46 PM EST
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I had an 88 GTA. I've thought about getting another. Two of my sons in that picture when they was little in Newport News.
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Posted: 7/19/2022 7:36:09 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I always preferred the Formula over the IROC. They are even harder to find in nice shape now. Drooled over the thirdgen Firehawks when I was in high school. There was one on bringatrailer a few years ago, so I snagged some pics. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/61196/20200903_064151_jpg-2456043.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/61196/20200902_221917_jpg-2456045.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/61196/20200902_221832_jpg-2456047.JPG My good buddy has one has like 22000 miles on the clock. |
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Posted: 7/19/2022 7:36:57 PM EST
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Quoted: Aside from my Cutlass Supreme aprox 1970, I had a black IROC-Z with the logo in red on the side doors. One of the best cars that I owned. I miss it.  What was your favorite? I had a white one. Old lady took it out pulling out of a gas station. |
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Posted: 7/19/2022 7:38:33 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 80's cars: zero to sixty in like 30 seconds. YeAh, BuT wE LoOk CoOl DoInG iT!!!  Attached File Attached FileMid engine for the win! After 10 minutes to get there....... |
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Posted: 7/19/2022 7:41:08 PM EST
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1988 Trans Am GTA with tpi 350 and digital dash with steering wheel controls. I used to sex the Mrs. when we were teenagers in it back in the late 90s.
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Posted: 7/19/2022 9:40:17 PM EST
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1987 mustang gt , 5 speed, all the fun go fast goodies.... back in the day. Tore up Camaros all day long.
 Attached FileMy toy now, 1972 mustang  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 7/21/2022 6:35:05 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1987 mustang gt , 5 speed, all the fun go fast goodies.... back in the day. Tore up Camaros all day long.https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/133165/273470691_10108556640021771_365206745268-2459435.JPG My toy now, 1972 mustang https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/133165/280196229_10159794254709787_432620761976-2459440.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/133165/20220227_162443_jpg-2459448.JPG I can picture you pulling out the radio and calling a buddy from the payphone before heading into the mall like it was yesterday. |
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Posted: 7/21/2022 6:49:45 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: YeAh, BuT wE LoOk CoOl DoInG iT!!! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/64832/IMG_8866-HDR_jpg-2459294.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/64832/IMG_8891_jpg-2459295.JPG Mid engine for the win! After 10 minutes to get there....... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 80's cars: zero to sixty in like 30 seconds. YeAh, BuT wE LoOk CoOl DoInG iT!!! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/64832/IMG_8866-HDR_jpg-2459294.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/64832/IMG_8891_jpg-2459295.JPG Mid engine for the win! After 10 minutes to get there....... I had an 84 2M4……… I wish I had kept it. It was reliable and I never had a problem with it…… chicks liked it too |
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Posted: 7/21/2022 6:53:36 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My first ride was a 86 Monte Carlo SS. Sexy as fuck Mine was a powder blue with white vinyl top ‘77 Monte Carlo I bought from my grandfather with only 43,000 miles or so. Car a BEAST of a machine and I wish I’d never sold it to buy a POS ‘87 Honda Accord… Looked like this  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/21/2022 6:55:07 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Still a good looking car..... https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/qNZqL/s1/low-mileage-1985-chevy-camaro-iroc-z-28-up-for-grabs.jpg |
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Posted: 7/21/2022 6:56:24 AM EST
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my favorite so far: the newer style Impala-- 2014+
tons of power )305 hp very comfortable "sporty" looking for a 4 door great mileage for that kind of power huge trunk room for full size folks in rear seats it was a win for GM....thats why its cancelled. |
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Posted: 7/21/2022 7:05:19 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I wish I had bought an 87 Regal Grand National or a GNX Quote HistoryQuoted: I wish I had bought an 87 Regal Grand National or a GNX I had a 87 WE4. One of my favorite cars. Hauled ass & floated like a cloud. Always wanted a 88 GTA Turbo. Quoted: always thought these were handsome... this is a cool one too.. https://barrettjacksoncdn.azureedge.net/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/224626/224626_Front_3-4_Web.jpg The fastest factory F-bodies. |
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Posted: 7/21/2022 7:08:13 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My 86 iroc that I still have after all these years https://i.imgur.com/jXAv31m.jpeg And my '18 ZL1 https://i.imgur.com/RWImqT2.jpeg Nice! Didn’t you start a thread back when you were looking at the 1LE or just bought it? I’d love to take mine to a road course if there was one close & I had the time. |
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Posted: 7/21/2022 7:29:11 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Still a good looking car..... https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/qNZqL/s1/low-mileage-1985-chevy-camaro-iroc-z-28-up-for-grabs.jpg Other Resident had a black one just like that. May have been an '86. She worked at a Chevy dealership, bought the car from a co-worker. Nice car, 5.0/5-speed. IIRC, the 5.7 was only available with auto trans.. Fun car to drive but not actually "fast". About the same as an '89 5.0 Mustang that I had. Could not get either one much over 100 MPH. Big surprise with the IROC was 20+ MPG fuel mileage. Mustang got fairly close. I sold the Mustang and bought a '92 Corvette LT1 6-speed that also got 20+ MPG. Corvette was a rock-solid car but, again, not really "fast". |
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Posted: 7/21/2022 7:32:33 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not really. All the fun ones, GTs, IROC, Formula T/A, turbo Dodges were around 6 to 7 second cars. The GN and Turbo T/As were solid mid 4 second 0 to 60. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 80's cars: zero to sixty in like 30 seconds. Not really. All the fun ones, GTs, IROC, Formula T/A, turbo Dodges were around 6 to 7 second cars. The GN and Turbo T/As were solid mid 4 second 0 to 60. Friend (female that was a bit of a gearhead) had a GN that she bought new. She had magazine articles with road tests showing that it was the fastest car of the mid-'80's. |
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Posted: 7/21/2022 8:06:17 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Other Resident had a black one just like that. May have been an '86. She worked at a Chevy dealership, bought the car from a co-worker. Nice car, 5.0/5-speed. IIRC, the 5.7 was only available with auto trans.. Fun car to drive but not actually "fast". About the same as an '89 5.0 Mustang that I had. Could not get either one much over 100 MPH. Big surprise with the IROC was 20+ MPG fuel mileage. Mustang got fairly close. I sold the Mustang and bought a '92 Corvette LT1 6-speed that also got 20+ MPG. Corvette was a rock-solid car but, again, not really "fast". Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Still a good looking car..... https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/qNZqL/s1/low-mileage-1985-chevy-camaro-iroc-z-28-up-for-grabs.jpg Other Resident had a black one just like that. May have been an '86. She worked at a Chevy dealership, bought the car from a co-worker. Nice car, 5.0/5-speed. IIRC, the 5.7 was only available with auto trans.. Fun car to drive but not actually "fast". About the same as an '89 5.0 Mustang that I had. Could not get either one much over 100 MPH. Big surprise with the IROC was 20+ MPG fuel mileage. Mustang got fairly close. I sold the Mustang and bought a '92 Corvette LT1 6-speed that also got 20+ MPG. Corvette was a rock-solid car but, again, not really "fast". You were looking at high 14s quarter mile times at about 95 mph. Which sounds horrible now. You can go get a new SS Camaro and run in the 12s. But it’s what a factory, off the showroom 1969 Z 28 would do. And it handled and braked better. And as you note, better mileage. And was better than just about anything in over a decade. |
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