2016 Camaro RS

[JEBar]

475 hp and capable of 27 mpg .... truly impressive

[tx gunrunner]

475 hp and capable of 27 mpg .... truly impressive

I had 4 tuneup for it and only takes 10 mins to change tuneups . I have the stock tune which let the car run on 87 octane fuel and get 27 MPG . I have a 91 octane street tune for states that don't have 93 octane like Tx . I have a 93 octane street tune which gets 29 mpg and I have a 93 octane race tune which get 27 mpg . All mpg is taken a 70 to 75 mph and side pipe open [ below ]which exit in front of rear tire and is only a little louder that stock unless you step on it hard . .

[JEBar]

impressive .... I haven't used a tuner on a gas powered vehicle since the late 90's ... the one I had required 91 or higher octane and a special thermostat .... never did get my moneys worth out of it .... did use one on a diesel until 2007 .... I was well pleased with it .... Maureen's Camaro has a 6 cylinder engine with 330 some HP ... in the muscle car era it took a big V8 to get that kind of HP

[BrokenolMarine]

I always loved the looked of the newer Camaros, but these days it's hard for me to get in and out of low slung vehicles after all the knee surgeries. The trucks I step up into and down out of. They are much easier to see safely from as well. That's not to say if that mid 50s to mid 60s muscle came my way, it wouldn't be my now and then toy.

[JEBar]

I always loved the looked of the newer Camaros, but these days it's hard for me to get in and out of low slung vehicles after all the knee surgeries. The trucks I step up into and down out of. They are much easier to see safely from as well. That's not to say if that mid 50s to mid 60s muscle came my way, it wouldn't be my now and then toy.

understood .... the Camaro is most definitely my wife's car .... nothing and I do mean nothing in it is designed for someone my size .... I can get in and out but it ain't easy .... the step up to get in and down to get out is one the things I really like about my Silverado

[BrokenolMarine]

I always loved the looked of the newer Camaros, but these days it's hard for me to get in and out of low slung vehicles after all the knee surgeries. The trucks I step up into and down out of. They are much easier to see safely from as well. That's not to say if that mid 50s to mid 60s muscle came my way, it wouldn't be my now and then toy.

understood .... the Camaro is most definitely my wife's car .... nothing and I do mean nothing in it is designed for someone my size .... I can get in and out but it ain't easy .... the step up to get in and down to get out is one the things I really like about my Silverado

I'm just under six foot, and when I shattered my femur in the fall on my deck last September, I was 270. I spent a lot of time sedentary due to injuries, and had just been to the doc seeking a release to start going to the gym to get a planned weight loss started. I was in the hospital a month, and just finished therapy. Still can't walk unassisted, or stand too long... and walking with the walker is painful. But... dieting... I've lost forty pounds. Once I can move more i'd like to drop another twenty or thirty.

With the damage I've done to my knees alone over the years, losing the weight is a good idea.

[JEBar]

With the damage I've done to my knees alone over the years, losing the weight is a good idea.

understood .... I weigh over 300 and ain't near that tall .... on Dec 28th I had heart surgery which seems to have corrected the problem .... this coming Wednesday I have an appointment with a orthopedic surgeon to schedule a knee replacement (had to get the heart taken care of first) .... once the knee is replaced I hope to be in position to become much more active and hopefully shed some weight

[BrokenolMarine]

I've had nine surgeries on the right knee including a total replacement (98) and a revision of the replacement (12). My fall in 2016 was directly related to the foot on the right leg dragging a tad, due to all the surgeries, and that leg being seventeen degrees valgas. (The lower leg angled out to the right side from the knee down, out of vertical alignment...)

When my left foot slipped on the wet deck, there was no chance of recovery, the fate was sealed.
Good luck...

[JEBar]

another month, another 500+ mile trip from home to Asheville to visit my Mom at her retirement home .... all in all, a really good day's drive .... I preface the next statement with saying we drove the same route, filled at the same pump, drove the same speeds (speed limit + 4 ) over the same interstate .... we were most happy to see Maureen's Camaro got 33.2 mpg round trip ..

[JEBar]

a couple of weeks ago we had to have the windshield in my wife's Camaro replaced .... with the Head's Up Display that windshield proved to be expensive, something over $1,000 .... our insurance agent sent out a repair service and I have to hand it to them, they did a great job .... the $250 deductible we had to pay seemed to be a reasonable out of pocket expense .... based on a friend's recommendation, we checked with our insurance and found that it only cost $3 more a month to reduce the deductible for our Comprehensive coverage from $250 to $100 .... I can only wish that we'd reduced it before having the Camaro's windshield replaced ...

[JEBar]

on Sept 1, 2017 Hurricane Harvey was moving northward through Tennessee .... a hail storm in one of Harvey's outer bands dropped softball and larger hail in our area .... the largest hail anyone can remember in our part of the country .... our home and vehicles were hit hard .... $30+ thousand in damage to our home and $17+ to our vehicles .... per the adjuster, the damage estimate to my wife's Camaro was $4 thousand .... there were so many vehicles damaged that we just got her Camaro into the body shop yesterday .... shown below, the vehicle with my wife and daughter cleaning up glass from a shattered rear window .... we hope it will be out of the shop so that we can see it prior to when we are scheduled to pull out for Texas on Jan 5th

[JEBar]

just got a call from the body shop, our Camaro is ready to be picked up .... the good news is, they were able to fix all of the hail damage without having to do any painting ..Smile .. we could have picked it up today but its raining .... we plan to take our Silverado over in the morning and bring the Camaro home .... Cool

[BrokenolMarine]

I'm sure you are happy. When dogs chased a buck into the side of the Titan... ($7,000+ in damages down the side,) it was in the shop for over a week. That empty spot in the carport made the driveway look...off. Of course, we got the heaviest snow of the year while the bigger of the two four wheel drives was in the shop.

[BrokenolMarine]

Years ago, Miss Tina's Mother's car was damaged by a massive hail storm that passed thru Central Va. The insurance co approved the repair and told them where to take it. She dropped the car off. They replaced the glass, fixed all the dents, and had to paint the hood, roof, and trunk deck. They called and said the car was ready, but the agent hadn't gotten them the check... they wouldn't release the car until they were paid. Her mom called the agent and he said he was "swamped," but would get by and inspect the car in the next day or so, and write the check. Her mom said the car was parked on the fenced storage lot, and they would start charging them by the day for storage... "shake a leg."

Two days later, it hailed like a demon.... tore up the car again...
A week later, an hour after it was ready, her mom and the rep met at the lot.
The agent handed the body shop a much larger check than he had expected to...
Mom got in her shiny car and drove away...

[JEBar]

UPDATE :

last Thursday we made another drive to and from Asheville ... this trip was different in that for the first time, Maureen's Camaro didn't run right .... about thirty miles from home I felt an intermittent, noticeable shudder .... to me the shudder felt like what we used to say was a torque converter not locking up .... her Camaro has as an 8 speed transmission that can be placed in manual mode and shifted via paddle shifters attached to the steering wheel .... switching into manual mode I quickly learned a good deal about its tranny .... the shift point for the first 7 gears come at what I consider to be low speeds .... when placed in regular drive, she will go into 7th around 40 mph .... bottom line, we made the round trip drive and got back home .... during the drive I phoned the dealership where we buy our vehicles and spoke to the extremely capable young lady who I have come to trust in scheduling work to be done on our vehicles .... the instant I used the word shudder, she said they could take care it ..Smile .. she said it was a known issue which would required the transmission to be flushed and to install a newly formulated transmission fluid .... she went on to say that if that didn't take care of it, the torque converter would have to be replaced .... we got the care back a little while ago, smooth shifts ..Cool .. the rather detailed written report from the tech who worked on it, confirmed what we had been told to expect .... it went on to say not to be concerned if it takes a couple of hundred miles to settle down .... when we get back to the dealership I need to check with her and see what I would need to buy if we ever have to add fluid

[ESquared]

Very nice, Jim! They've managed to keep reinventing that classic for many years and it's great you guys have continued to keep its heritage alive. Thanks for sharing!

[BigAl52]

Who would of thought years ago we would be driving cars with almost as many gears or shifts as semi trucks. Crazy

[JEBar]

8 speeds are old hat in many circles .... the 2019 Silverado half-to trucks with a 6.2L V8 -- is rated to have 420 horsepower and 460 lb.-ft. of torque and is coupled with a 10-speed automatic transmission

[BigAl52]

Yup I knew the trucks were up there as I think the Fords have 10 speeds also

[RanchRoper]

Badger goes zero to 40 in 3 jumps, but he's only good for quarter mile. And he quits work at 2pm. Must be a union thing.
That's quite a car....