2012 camaro ss2 - 6.2L 426-hp V8 engine
while we were in Vegas it happened to be that Robins dad joined us and rented a car for the drive from sacramento to vegas and back. After all it's roughly 1200 miles round trip and you would expect that you take a car like our trusty little 2007 corolla.
Not so by Robin's dad, he rented a 2011 camaro SS2 convertible with just a touch over 426hp and 6.2L engine. Yes it did not do as well gas wise as our corolla, but it was way more fun to drive and definately put a grin or two on our face, till you hit a curve and noticed at once that all these 3860 lbs (1750kg) are trying to keep going straight.
My statements
- it is fast, but doesn't feel fast, a 2011 WRX is way more fun
- it's so fat, it doesn't like to turn and does not feel nimble in any way
- convertible's are fun and I loved the feeling of the wind
- 40k for this car are way to much, the interior is so incredible cheap. Hard-plastic is everywhere
- it takes forever to unfold the roof and you have to keep the button pressed all the time
- parking is impossible, the doors are so high. I was literally not able to see the curbs
- the tip-tronic is an abomination and shifts incredible rough. It's fine but not great in automatic mode. But the manual mode is pointless and I gave up and stuck to the automatic mode
- the heads-up display is cool, but the limited angles render it kind pointless
- sound system is blah
Now the wife'y statements
yip she looks good in it.
- convertibles are fun
- I want a mustang
- it feels really heavy
- I want a mustang
- parking is terrible
- I'm scared of the tip-tronic and leave it in manual
- I want a mustang
- I don't know if I can wait 5 years till I can buy a mustang convertible (we have an agreement that we each are allowed to buy a nice car between 30 and 31)
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