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I'VE OWNED CAMAROS MOST ALL MY LIFE (69,70 MOSTLY) BIG BLOCKS, SMALL BLOCKS ETC. 69 CAMARO BEING MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME. I THOUGHT ABOUT SELLING MY 00 TO BUY A NEW CAMARO. THEY DO LOOK GOOD BUT THE WS6 IS A MEAN AWESOME LOOKING CAR. & THE T/A IS MORE SOLID FEELING THAN THE CAMARO. :bow:
Sometimes I think the Trans Am looks better (because the Vette can look weird), but I'd still buy a Corvette if feasible. It's better in other ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by ws6freek
i've always had a love for the T/A's from my childhood of watching night rider to the awesome commercials of the enw 98 WS6 trans ams. i finally got to buy one in 2003 when i lived in clarksville, tn. she was a white '99 T/A with a 6 spd manual. when me and my husband returned to east, tn we desided we wanted to show her. we put alot of work into her with the help of an excellant painter and upholstery guy. she won several awards, one being 1st place win in 98-02 heavy custom at the 2008 T/A nats. unfortunatly she met her demise when we returned for the 2009 T/A nats. when we were returning home we was in an accident that totaled her. but fortunatly about a month later we found another one. a 2001 WS6 T/A we drove 2 1/2 hours to go look at her and of course fell in love at 1st site. i have now owned this one for 3 mo. and she will get the full luxury treatment that my '99 had. these are great cars and i just can't see me driving anything else
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Originally Posted by justinmc978
I forgot about that commercial...
Why did I buy a Trans Am?
I don't think I had much choice... In high school, I rode center seat in the rear (transmission hump, and i was 6'3") out to lunch in this
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...ited-editi.jpg or this http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...03P1010369.jpg, and was a passenger when this was totaled, http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...rvivor1108.jpg. Other guys in our school drove these, http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...irdTransAm.jpg, and did doughnuts in these, http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...STDRM_30_4.jpg, http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/fenx/by72df.jpg. I was 35 before I could afford this, http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...983447_1-1.jpgso I don't think I will be without a TA again.
Had 2nd generation black & gold 'Bandit' t/a back in the day, then spent many years trying different ideas including 1st gen Camaro and '70 Cutlass convertible.
Then decided it was time to get back into t/a, spent significant time looking for another Bandit t/a, but then saw CETA convertible and knew 4th gen was the way to go. :zoom:
Los Angeles in 1988, I bought it cause I love muscle cars of the late 60's and early 70's. Besides the Mustangs they were the last true muscle cars of that era. I had to have one when the updated 79 2nd gen. model debut with the full black out tail lamps and the integrated front bumper with quad headlights oh lets not forget the mirrored T-tops that always leak when it rain. Horsepower was bleak for most cars in the 70's but Pontiac and Chevy had the most horsepower of that era.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendan.9
I no longer drive it but I still have my 1st T/A it's a 10th Anniversary Trans Am with the original true Pontiac motor T/A 6.6 400 ci. with Muncie 6spd. manual tranny.
Love that ride from the first time the 98 and up came out
I had the same luck under 20 with The F-Bodies.... bought my first at 18- a 1988 GTA Black 5.7 auto with T-Tops and digital display.. wrote it off coming home from my first job working niteshift only got 10 mins down the highway. It was a five hour drive.SMH Then I rolled my 91 GTA Black hardtop 5.0- 5 spd. Then the good luck came, A girl who stripped (very HOT)owned a 99 WS-6 it was red and she sold it to me. I traded it for a silverado SS :kick:don't ask y. I ended up buying it back 3 years later, the exact same car. Now I have the white one... much better . Sorry for the long post.:drunk:Quote:
Originally Posted by Archaelas
They 've always been the fastest, meanest looking car out there in my opinion
i agree about the meanest ..not the fastest tho :chuckles:
My first car was a 77 Smokey and the Bandit T/A. I had it for 3yrs, and put over 150,000 miles on it. I didn't know what I had. It was just a car at the time. I learned to find out what I really had. I LOVED THAT CAR! We were moving to Washington state, and it blew a motor in Muscatine Iowa in 1983. That day a part of me died. I sold it there, and bought something to get to Washington state. I had 8 different T/A cars since then. My car now is my favorite. 99 Ram-Air T/A. Not bad for a car that so quick and gets 28mpg. It's a head turner. When you go by a group of people, and they stop what they are doing to stare at the car that is the best feeling. You can't beat it.
LONG LIVE THE TRANS-AM!!!!!!!
had a 68 firebird in High School in '77. Owned Pontiacs - Catalina (2) one was a convertible...very cool, had a 03 Bonneville, 07 G6, and the best of all, bought a '67 Firebird 400 in 1987 and still have it sitting in my garage.
Loved the 02 TransAm since it came out, could never afford it, ready for a new car last year, an 02 CETA came to a local dealer. Convertible, 6 Sp. Wife game me the ok, so I got it.
I now have first year, and last year 67-02.
For me it all started when I was a kid and I saw smokey and the bandit. I knew right then what kind of car I was destined for. When the time came for my first car I couldn't find a decent T/A so I settled for an 81 Z28 with a 350. Nice first car but it wasn't a T/A. I kept it a few years and found an 81 trans am with the NA 301. Not much power but hey I was getting closer right. So one day I see a 94 formula with that 'new fangled' LT1. I loved that car, very quick. I still regret letting go of that one. But I ended up trading it in on a 97 camaro ss with the ram air package. That was a fast ship... Then I saw that commercial for the new ram air trans am's. I knew she was the one. lol
F-bodies have been in my families blood. My dad had camaros in high school, my brother has had 2 93 z28's for sentimental reasons, my older sister had a 97 30th anniv. My younger brother has a 25th 92 z28. And I being the blacksheep that i am have had a 91 formula, 94 formula and now a 99 t/a, my dream car. I wanted one since i read a magazine about the 99 anniv. t/a. I made a pact with myself that i will always own a t/a so that when my 5 yr old son gets old enough to drive i will hand down my 99 to him. I call he jojo. Cuz shes sweet.
Father had 67 GTO in high school. In 1995ish he rebuilt a 67 to match his from his glory days and rebuilt a 69 for my brother. He found a 70 GTO to rebuild for me but the guy would never sell it. So i asked for a new TA when i graduated (2002). Price was ridiculous so he got me a 98 mustang GT instead. After I wore that car out I bought a 03 mustang GT. This past summer I decided to finally buy the car I always wanted. Enjoyed it the past 8 months.
Got mine at about the oddest place anyone can get one. At Russ Mine FORD. I had to release her from their clutches.
4 Years ago.
First time I saw a 4th gen growing up it instantly became my dream car. The hood, tailights, the overall aggressive look had me hooked. I knew it was within my reach eventually so no Lambo, Porsche or Ferrari on my wish list. I've always been much more of a realist.
my dad gave me my first car and it was a 1984 trans am ever since ive ONLY bought firebirds. 35 firebird and counting (just bought my first lt1 powered trans am (1994 25th anniversary trans am gt) :)
Ive always wanted a fast car ever since I was about 13. I ended up buying a 1997 yukon as my first car because it would go in the snow and hold more people. But I soon got tired of it and knew I needed a sports car. Me and my dad went to look around after I sold it. I was 17 at the time. The first car we checked out was a 2003 Mustang GT. It was a 5 speed manual and I couldn't drive stick at the time so my dad drove instead. The salesperson kept talking about how great it sounded but I didn't care about that I wanted to see what it would do. My dad laid the hammer down and I wan't impressed. After leaving the dealer I told him that mustang had no balls and he agreed. As we were heading home I spotted a 2001 Camaro SS I recognized from a paper ad. It was a vert, not exactly what I wanted, but I knew it was an automatic and that meant I could drive it. When we got there I found out that I needed to be 18 to drive it. Thankfully the salesman didn't come cuz as soon as we got away my dad switched seats with me so I could drive. For the first few seconds I was conservative, then I floored it. It hit first gear and I was freaked out and let off at 3500 rpm. I fell in love at that moment. 2 weeks later I picked up a 1999 Trans am WS6 A4 and to this day I still love it to death.
I was 13 and my dad and I bought my first car after I'd been cutting yards all summer- a 1986 TA that had been hit hard on the front for $600. Left it parked at a shop where we were straightening the frame and someone decided to take parts off of it. Before I could even bring it home a guy offered us $2400 for it- sold it. Since then I swore I'd have another. In 2001 I test drove a platinum WS6 and looked at a white Firehawk- wife became pregnant two weeks later had to put plans on hold. In August the wife totaled my family car and I seized the opportunity when I found a 2000 Firehawk in need of a good home and a ton of help. Now I'm re-living my childhood every day I drive to work.
I've loved em for years. I found a 98 TA with just 18.5K miles on craigslist for $12.5k. I finally had the money and couldnt pass it up.
I got a TA because I was tired of listening to my buddy tell me how great his 2000 SS was...:blah:
Asking why you bought your trans am is like asking a guy why he wants to sleep with Megon Fox.
Sexiness
I was driving by the GM dealer and it was sitting on the front lawn next to the highway. Called the wife to check it out since we both wanted a vert. She said get it, so later that day after a test drive and kicking the rear end out when I hammered it, brought me to my senses and I knew that I wanted it. 3 years later and i have no regrets - just love it.:love:
Love at first sight!
http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/a...1302010273.jpg
In 99, my best friend bought a black 99 Corvette from Carmax. I went with him one day to get it serviced for something. While waiting we toured the lot, and lo-and-behold they had a 98 black Trans Am. It was half jealousy of my friend's Vette and half love at first sight. The next day I went back to Carmax and bought it! My buddy owned the Vette for less than a year. I owned that TA for 7 years and 175k miles...
I regretted selling that one pretty much 10 minutes after it was out of my sight! I held off almost 3 years before giving in and buying another. I had almost giving up on finding the red WS6 that I wanted, when one suddenly showed up at Carmax again. So I am now on my 2nd Trans Am from Carmax of all places!
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the first car that i own was a 91 Mitsubishi galant then that broke. yhen my brother got me a 94 camaro v6. i got tire of it cause it was and automatic so traded it for a 2002 manual firebird(v6)( i did not know there was a v8)then i go to youtube and i write firebird then all of this trans am, formulas,ws6s.. thats when i regretted buying the v6. i had to wait like 2-3 year till i found a 02 ws6 like 170 miles from where i was. so i dicided to go for it. have like 3 months with my ws6 and i would trade it for any other car...:luvlove:
sorry meant to say that i would NOT NOT traded for any other car.
Always loved them,always will...That simple.
When a GM car even makes the bleed blue Ford guys go...
"Yeah,those are pretty sweet..." :drool:
You know it's a legend.:notworthy:
That's the right attitude!Quote:
Originally Posted by dav-02ws6-m6
I always liked them, I missed buying a 78 TA Black and gold about 8 yrs ago. Then I test drove a used 95 Formula 6spd in 1996 and when I went back to the lot to buy it someone else had got it. Only reason I didn't jump on it was because it was RED. I just don't like bright red vehicles. There weren't any other good deals so I got a brand new Mustang GT for $15k. Then my mom bought a 1998 TA. She liked the new style and it was only $24k since it was titled to gm and even though it had around 300 miles it was considered used. They said it went to some shows. They sold the Gold one I wanted and was jealous after driving her white one. Over the years I've had pickups and suv's for work and a Mustangs and a 97 Turbo Talon. 3 yrs ago my mom decided to sell the TA since she needed a year round car good in the snow so I took it off her hands for what they were going to give her if she traded it in. She got a $22k loadd Cobalt for $14,500 since it was a leftover. Now she is retiring and moving to Cali she is dumping the cobalt and getting a Vette.
I was seperated from my exwife, and the 10mpg duallie ford wasnt going to cut it. I wanted a 68 firebird with the big block, and blue with white stripes. My dad said i'd b a lot happier with a newer car. I would get air conditioning, gas mileage, stereo, etc. I found mine on ebay. Love at first sight.The price was right, and i flew out to houston to buy it. I brought my exwife with( not ex at the time). She asked who was gonna pick us up. I said i dont know. She says, then how will you know who it is? I smiled and said I know what he's driving. Needless to say she was EXTREMELY pissed.We were making the loop out of the airport, and she asked, Why did you buy this? I slapped it into 2nd at 40 and STOMPED on it. That's y i said. I was challenged to two races before i made it home. She calls it the batchelor car. Even with her in the passenger seat, girls stare and wave. Still have the WS6. Ex wife, not so much. Now you know who the mob is in my sig.....
FYI: Pontiac V8 engines thru the 400 are all considered the same, insofar as they are identical externally, with different bore and stroke combinations creating the CID.Quote:
Originally Posted by az gt eater
While it has the same external dimensions the 421, 428 and 455 have larger journal diameters.
Side note: I'm sorry for not replying but I don't know anybody that does board level soldersing...
hey dude, im just a roofer. im surprised some days i can type. i will need to learn this car to start with, then i will learn about the older ones. I just really love the body style. So, ill do this one first, and then a 1st gen, And i bought a complete instrument cluster. Bam, easy pass.Quote:
Originally Posted by 67CamaroRSSS
when I bought my 97 T/A .. I wanted to see what a 4th gen was like , and the T/A just looked so much cooler and meaner than a Regular Firebird ...
SAME HERE . SAME HERE . Straight out of HS. And on a bad day, i just get in my car and drive feeling like king of the road . WS6 M6 FTW !!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by justinmc978
WHY did I buy a TRANS AM WS6 ??? Because Nothing in the world could compare to this feeling !!!
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Ha nice commercial find... Love the subtle Knight Rider-esque music and David Hasslehoff-esque actor...
mine found me. I was working at a dealer. it came in with 19,500 on the clock one owner. one week later I traded a 2 year old hyundai in that was paid for and took on the payments for 5 years 390 a month and 760 a month in insurance
760 a month in insurance?
:eek2:Quote:
Originally Posted by DIRTY JERZY
:wtf: how many points do you have!!??? GEEEEZE!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by DIRTY JERZY
buddy in hs had one, and i need a ride somewhere and sure enough hopping onto a fourlane he got on it and it got sideways, and i was hooked from there...
so local dealership got in a v6, im thinkin sure its not a v-8 but i can deal with that, cuz it still looks BA, but dad talked me out of it
same dealership got in a 02 trans am, black on black, and i was gonna buy it, decided right then.... and mom put the foot down....
so finally junior year, completely randomly on my way home from a wrestling tournament, pry midnight or so, decided to take a quick zip through this other lot, and as i turn in, theres a 00ws6 angle parked so it is just staring at you as you pulled in.... went home and woke them up in the middle of the night to tell them i found my car... they were like stfu and go to bed lol.... well after running rates, loans, and such, and my parents dragging their feet, friday morning when i left, i told them I was buying the car after school you can be there if youd like, so after school i zipped on over there and the parents had already done the paperwork and as i stepped out of the GTO at the moment, dad threw me the keys and said "Bet it aint as fast as the Goat..."
I bought mine because, like I've said many times, some cars look like they could kick your ass. A WS6 Trans Am not only looks like it will, it does, then you can steal the losers girlfriend/wife!
wish mommy and daddy bought me a trans am...
Car is in my name, and i make the payments... i would think that means i bought it?Quote:
Originally Posted by justinmc978
Indeed. Parental credit ratings got you the loan, you pay the bill, nothing wrong with that...Quote:
Originally Posted by suede
yup, had to have a cosignerQuote:
Originally Posted by Schmalgar
I had 8 points, I was 20, and the dick at the insurance company did a switcheroo he quoted me on the cost of a v6 then charged for the v8Quote:
Originally Posted by bobodog
he had all vin info before hand
I think what really set me on owning a Trans Am was when one of my good friends had an 87 TA. I enjoyed the way it took off and cornered. I was amazed about how fast it was. I decided then I would try and find one.
After a few years driving my POS sable I finally found a white V6 1997 firebird. It was in great condition. I drove it for 3 years and the whole time I thought to my self I should have gotten a V8. After the loan was paid off I couldn't stand it any more. I had to upgrade. Here in Fort Smith TA's are very hard to come by. You might see a total of 7 in the whole city of 84,000+. People are mustang freaks here.. /sigh. Any way I found a 2001 Red V6 with a body kit from the factory. I really enjoyed it because it was newier and ran a ton better than the white one.
After 2 years of driving it I was visiting a friend in Tulsa, OK. Driving north out of the corner of my eye I see a bunch of TA's / Camaro's for sale. I don't remember the place or what city it was in. I just had to stop by. They had 2 Silver TA's. One was lowered. One was stock. They had a nice LOW!!!! mile Camaro but was selling it for almost 30k. And there she was. A White Firehawk just begging for a test drive. As I was making a U turn to head back to the place I decided to give it a tiny bit of gas. Lets just say I fell in love right then. My hands where shaking and my heart was beating fast.
I went home that weekend and debating and talked to the bank. After gathering $1,500 bucks for a down payment I was on my way to Tulsa to get it.
Since then I have had to do a lot of work on it and it still needs more. In a way I should have bought a lower millage one but I'm proud to own her.
sorry for my :blah: :blah: :blah:
When I was first searching for a car when I was 15 my mom obviously wanted me to get a 4cyl but my dad wouldn't have it. I had about 1500 bucks saved and he paid 500 bucks for me to get a black 1986 trans am.... Right around the same time he bought himself a 1998 Red Trans Am (my trans am now) Later my parents fell on tough financial times and had no choice but to borrow a substantial amount of money from me, about 6k from savings and my graduation party. With no way to pay me back we ended up working out an agreement to give me the red trans am for what he owed me and I would have to assume the payments for the car and insurance which was about 180 for the payment and 200 for insurance which was pretty cheap since his name was on the title and to insure me on a car like that at 18 was unbelievable since the car had to stay on full coverage since we still owed about 4k on the car.
I was pretty desperate and with no real way of getting my cash back soon and my impatience with driving me old 86 trans am. I reluctantly agreed to a fair deal but nothing too special.
What i love most about my car is the looks i get when i am driving down the road. Some glare when they see a teenager driving a nice car then them but mostly thumbs up and obviously all the girls love a sports car =)
The power of the car is another thing, iv had the car at 159+ but the speedo stopped. I roasted through 2 brand new 255s on the back the first summer i got the car at all three of the big michigan cruises and the races as well. Since owning the car I have only lost to 2 supercharged cobras by just a hair and 1 supercharged IrocZ but that shocked me because of how fast that car was. That is only 3 races in 2 years I have lost out of 30+ races
I have alot of friends with hondas that are turboed and what not but even if they ever got the courage to race me and won.. I would still be proud to pull up in my car while they were ashamed of theirs. Plus no one likes a honda lol
Hey if you don't mind me asking,how many miles were on her? Mine has 110X miles and yes I can see some some maintenance stuff coming around the corner (shocks,wipers,routine stuff...) but,nothing odd.Quote:
Originally Posted by flipsutter
My chickenhawk is DRIVEN! Never raced but definately ejoyed and she gets to "stretch her wings out..."
I had gotten a settlement chick from a wreck. had 20k to play with, i always wanted a 2002 camaro ss. My whole family owns or has owned a camaro straight chevy fam!!! anyways i was online one day lookin for a camaro. Couldnt find one that was worth buying. was about to get off then i seen an ad said 23k 15999 obo so i clicked it n there she was a 2001 artic trans am m6 23k, that song by mims was on this is why im hot.
So my next move was to grab my girlfriend at the time went straight to the dealership. i got to talk them down to 14500. at the time i wasnt to great at driving a manual. I must say this was my first muscle car getting on the freeway was a matter of a lil gas best buy in my life!!!!
I'm sure the family wasn't overly let down by your decision...:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by whiteLS1TA
Not to poke too much fun at a typo... but I wanna know what insurance provider you use, so I can get a settlement chick too!Quote:
Originally Posted by whiteLS1TA
lol i stand corrected a settlement CHICK would of been nice too lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Schmalgar
Ah yes, the settlement chick indeed. Just hope she doesn't grow up to be a turkey lol.