Never owned one before and ended up buying the vert (black, premium) --I've tried posting photo's but the site says files too big.
Driving around town I notice allot of snapped necks when i drive by and finger pointing. And I've had more than a few strangers come running into my office asking about her at work.
Yesterday I decided to REALLY push the poor gal I slammed the throttle to the floor in second gear and hung on for dear life, not even watching the speedo --JUST the tach.
At 6000 REDLINE I glanced over at the speedo (84 mph!!!) slammed into 3rd hit 100 at redline again and then backed off but she wanted more -- the engine sounded like a Saturn Five rocket at ignition point. My white knuckled wife in the passenger seat needed an immediate JD shooter and budweiser chaser her nerves were shot for the day.
Shaker 500 no CD problems but the stereo needs to be cranked up pretty high to hear CD's with the top down at speed (60 mph and up) --although wind is a non-issue.
I love the way she drives so quiet and peaceful when you baby her, and when you get pissed off and slam down on the gas she doesn't hesitate just like a bucking bronco she lets out a roar and takes off -- like you smacked her in the ass with a cattle prod.
I ESPECIALLY like low throttle build-up with bystanders around -- S L O W L Y gunning her until the tach is hitting "detonate zone' and everybody is looking at you like what the sam hell is going on -- then you hard shift, fart the tires at the customer base and head off into the sunset.
Ah yes, the joys of a hot car -- Pontiac shouldtake note they should SCRAP the whole GTO makeup and go with a retro GTO -- we might end up with some competition.