MRANT212

Eli McCraig

I traded In a perfectly fine 1997 Jetta GLX VR6 for a 2002 Mustang GT. The affair lasted 21 months. But it was hot.
Enjoy it while it lasts!

JT4

I'm a little late to the party since I don't spend much time in this part of the forum, but congrats on the SS, those are pretty rare.. I if I recall, I think GM made maybe 3,500 +/- of them.. Is it an AT or MT?

Never drove an SS, but years back a friend had a G8 GT, that was a fun car to drive, it drove so much better than I expected at the time.. Too bad it was too little, too late for Pontiac by the time those came out..

MRANT212

JT4

No doubt the SS is one great "bang for the buck", and you're right you could modify it but it's fast enough already so why mess around with the warranty.. I'm in the same boat, I've thought about some simple mods that as you know would get me to around 600-610HP easily. But then I would have to tune it to take advantage of the mods and that would void the warranty. And for what, stock the car already pulls like a freight train and breaks the tires loose with just an Airaid on it..

I can relate to your wife comment. Before my V I had a 2011 6MT GS Vette (I see you have a few LOL), so when looking for my V Coupe I was planning to get another 6MT.. But I felt kind of bad because my wife never got to drive it, so I asked her if I got the V in an auto would you occasionally drive it with me (I knew she would never take it out alone). She told me she would, but told me to get the 6MT because she knows how much me and our oldest son (24) likes driving a manual..

I should have listened to her, but I got the auto. That was 4 years ago this past August and ask me how many times shes driven the V... Correct, ZERO times even though I ask her every time I have it out..

Don't get me wrong I love the V and plan on keeping it a very long time, as you know there is just something about the V that until you drive one you can't understand.. It's smooth, quiet and refined, yet raw and nasty at the same time once you put your foot down.. This car still puts smile on my face every time I drive it, planning to take it out this Sat since the weather is supposed to be nice and all the salt is FINALLY washed away.. I can't wait..

I know that GM (rightfully so) still has a bad reputation mainly from their vehicles of the past. But in my experience with GM products over the past 7 years I can't complain. I bought the GS new and put 25K miles on it and not one single issue.. I know Vettes are known for creaks an rattles and even with the removable top, slightly lower and tighter GS suspension it was solid. The only reason I traded it was because I drove a V and was hooked. Bought the V new and the only issue in 4 years with the V has been the Supercharger rattle that GM took care of.

Sorry for drifting off topic... One again congrats and enjoy the SS.

MRANT212

Pretty funny she's never driven it. I've had my 88 Vette for over 16 years. When I was looking at them I bought an auto in case she wanted to use it. In 16 years she's driven it once....around the block the first day I got it. I picked up the 71 a couple of years later and made sure it's a manual. When I want to row thru the gears at least I have one stick shift car in the stable. Pretty nice out here today so it's time to run the 71 Vette!