My wife wants a new GTO

[TX-RAT]

My only argument against it is we're to old.

[sus]

1. does she have a J.O.B.?

heheh. just kidding. :)

you're NEVER too old for a GTO!

[TX-RAT]

2. She's an RN

To be honest, i really wish she would. Always wanted a goat.
I hope she lets me drive it.

[histohoney]

3. Get that women a GTO!

Hop in that "goat" right beside her and go for a spin.
Come on down to Midland and give me a ride too.
To old? Friend if you can still drive safely and afford it, your not to old.:hi:

[TX-RAT]

4. Come on down to Midland and give me a ride too

That would be up to Midland. I'm about 100 miles south. If she lets me drive it thats a deal.

[histohoney]

33. OHH baby

tell her the beers are on me if you'll come.

[XNASA]

5. She's into Australian muscle cars, huh.

I hear that dealers are getting 10% to 20% over list. Yep, it'll cost you nearly $40K for a Pontiac, that's not really a Pontiac.

Want a sunroof? Not an option.

[TX-RAT]

6. Only seen them on the net so far.

Wasn't aware they were that high.

[frylock]

9. saw one the other day in person..

I saw one parked at the grocery the other day, so I turned my GTP around and did a slow roll past it. I was hoping the owner was around so I could get a peek under the hood. Nice looking ride.

[frylock]

8. nothing wrong with the holden commodore..

those new Gee-Toes may be Holdens, but they are still bad-ass. 5.7L V8? Count me in!! They'll make mincemeat out of Mustang GTs!!

[XNASA]

11. If I was going to spend $40K on a performance car.....

My wish list would go...

Audi A4 Quattro 3.0
BMW 3 Series
Nissan 350Z

Of course, if you're only interested in going fast in a straight line and making lots and lots of smoke with the rear tires (this really impresses the teenagers) then a GTO would be a wise choice.

[TX-RAT]

12. Friend has a Z

Plenty fast but noisy as hell.

[frylock]

13. if i had 40K to spend on a car..

it would probably be the Suby Impreza WRX. I would spend the left over cash to bling out the motor and suspension. But only because the Nissan Skyline is unavailable in North America.

[TX-RAT]

14. They offer the same motor in the new Outbacks

[XNASA]

18. My cousin has one.

He spent and extra $8K tricking it out.

He's on his third tranny and it's got less than 20K miles. It's not the cars fault......he keeps taking it to the dragstrip.

Why would anyone buy a WRX and then take it to the strip?

:shrug:

Nice cars though. I've actually been looking for an old SVX. Very rare but I've seen a couple of them lately.

[frylock]

20. youch!! third tranny on 20k?!

I have a tendency to baby my vehicles. My '93 Toyota PU has 152,000 on it and still runs like a champ. I also have a '98 Grand Prix GTP with only 60,000 on it. It usually just sits around during the week under the cover, as the 'yot is my daily driver.

[midnight armadillo]

21. Death to transmissions

Turbo chargers can be tough on trannies...the large amount of midrange torque is really tough to handle.

I'll wager a bunch of that $8k was on ECU and maybe turbo upgrades, which will exacerbate the problem. It's more work to increase the upper-RPM power, which means adding intake headers, etc. Plus, drag racing it means dumping the clutch at high RPM which really stresses the whole drivetrain...if he keeps it up expect him to start having to swap out his differentials in the near future. A racing transmission might be a good next step :-)

Tuned Saabs (many/most of which are turbo) have the same problem. There's nothing wrong with the transmissions except that it's not too hard to tune the motor beyond the tranny's capability.

The SVX is also well-known for a cooling problem in their auto transmissions which tends to make them die prematurely.

[frylock]

22. which is why i have no desire to trick out my gtp..

I wouldn't mind installing a new cold-air intake and cat-back, but I wouldn't make any mods to the supercharger, like a smaller pulley. I would need to install a cooler for the tranny as well. Too much money involved.

[XNASA]

25. Bingo. That's exactly what happened.

ECU upgrades and dumping the clutch.

Thanks for the tip on the SVX. I'm only mildly interested, mostly for the novelty of the car. It'll never be mistaken it for a Civic.

[AlCzervik]

7. You're never too old for a classic car

My husband is still dreaming of the day when he finds the elusive 66 chevelle he rebuild.

[FranzFerdinand]

10. gotta love Pontiac

they've been on the rebound since the Aztek debut.

[Purrfessor]

15. You mean like this......

Here's a link to the website:

http://www.cars-on-line.com/69gto16262.html

Also check out this site:

http://www.cars-on-line.com/pontiac-muscle.html


BTW this car is priced at $24,000.....and restored to look like The Judge.

[frylock]

16. here comes the judge..

that's real nice.

[jakefrep]

17. Go for it!

But only if she lets you drive it at least once a week.

[TX-RAT]

19. Just hope to drive it once.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

23. The website has audio files of the GTO..............

starting and revving. Sounds throaty and mean; a suitable Mad Max kinda car!

http://www.pontiac.com/pontiacjsp/gto/launch/

[TX-RAT]

24. Seem to be pretty plain looking

[frylock]

26. it has the ls1 corvette motor..

Bbye Mustang!! I wonder if it will be offered with the LS6? :bounce:

[frylock]

27. fyi.. usually a good idea to stay away from first model year..

let them work out any little glitches or inevitable problems associated with the first model year.

[TX-RAT]

28. Thanks gang

Appreciate the info.

[dry99]

29. Let her have the car

My wife just got herself a new RX-8 after driving a Corolla while our daughter was in college. She is happy and I don't have to listen to complaints about the "boring" Corolla.

[Fear]

30. I'll drive her :D

[SoCalDem]

31. We had a '68 GTO (with a chrome LeMans bumper)

wish we still had it :(

[Fear]

32. ALLTHOUGH, a smart car in my opinion would do JUST fine as well

you can get these fancy side plates, open roof, VERY fuel efficient etc. etc.

http://www.smart.com/







Fits 2 in a garage, so you can give her a pink one for Grocery shopping, and a red one / convertible for the roadddd :D