Buying A 2010 Chevy Camaro? Take This 68-Point Checklist With You

The Consumerist ^ | Tue Jul 21 2009 | Chris Walters

[JimRed]

I will not ever buy a Government Motors car.

[caver]

It’s a GM/UAW/Obama product. No frigging way I’d buy one.

[evets]

It ran great forever,
but all the parts fell off!

Kinda of like what’s happened to me...

[Daffynition]

Yes. Been there. Done that. It bothered me terribly to buy foreign. I got over it. And nothing I’ve seen or tried that was made in Detroit has ever won me back.

[thefactor]

An all time great by The Dead Milkmen:

Bitchin' Camaro, Bitchin' Camaro!
I ran over my neighbors
Bitchin' Camaro, Bitchin' Camaro!
Now I'm in all the papers

My folks bought me a bitchin' Camaro
With no insurance to match
So if I happen to run you down
Please don't leave a scratch

I ran over some old lady
One night at the county fair
And I didn't get arrested
Because my dad's the mayor

Bitchin' Camaro, Bitchin' Camaro!
Donuts on your lawn
Bitchin' Camaro, Bitchin' Camaro!
Tony Orlando and Dawn

When I drive past the kids
They all spit and cuss
Cause I've got a bitchin' Camaro
And they have to ride the bus

So you'd better get out of my way
When I come through your yard
Cause I've got a bitchin' Camaro
And an Exxon credit card

Bitchin' Camaro, Bitchin' Camaro!
Hey man where ya headed?
Bitchin' Camaro, Bitchin' Camaro!
I'm drunk on unleaded!

[Lazamataz]

Me, I'm waiting for the GM Frank 2011 Model 69.

It has a jacked-up rear end.

[Daffynition]

Not too shabby ... wanna race?

And the 172-horse flat six in this car made only 3 horsepower less than the optional "high-performance" 350 in the '79 Camaro. Meh.

[GBA]

I've had two Camaros, loved the first one, cursed the second one or was cursed to have bought it. Since GM is now obamaMotors, I will not be buying a new Camaro or anything else obamaMotors makes. Instead, I really want one of these:

[JoeProBono]

[antiRepublicrat]

Is that engine real? The fastest Trabbi in the world?

[Charles Martel]

I can look at a new Honda and Toyota and find these same workmanship issues over a wide range of cars...just like they did with the Camaro.

Yes, a big part of this is the source - an enthusiasts' web forum. These are the people who've been waiting for this car for four years - and yes, they are reporting every possible disappointment. I don't think GM has ever before introduced an all-new "enthusiast" vehicle in that environment.

However, some of it reads like a pre-production punchlist for identifying problems on the assembly line - but as you said, it's from a (relatively) wide range of vehicles. Someone at Chevrolet better strike a reassuring tone in response to this; the natives are already restless over the "new management".

Of the problems identified, one has definitely been mentioned repeatedly in the forums - the transmission failures. It seems that GM put a launch control in the SS model, automatic and manual transmissions alike. Hard launches in the stick-shift cars are causing those Tremec 6-speed transmissions to fail, big time.

The Camaro is already a heavy car with a huge traction patch and lots of torque - adding the launch control as well seems to be the final straw. They need to fix that problem, pronto.

[Sarajevo]

069. Mullet haircut
070. Pack of Virginia Slims

071. Double wide trailer

 

If you follow a Camaro long enough....................;)

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

Tough?

You want tough?

I'll give you tough.

[Daffynition]

I’ve seen a few of these, or some model like them, around town ... they look terrific!

[Daffynition]

HAHAHA! ........I shouldn’t laugh .......but......you made me laugh!

[Charles Martel]

069. Mullet haircut
070. Pack of Virginia Slims
071. Double wide trailer

[JoeProBono]

[Daffynition]

If you're gonna do it .... do it right!

[JoeProBono]