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Picked this up Thursday with the GM 20% off deal (automatic because I'm lazy now, LS3, magneride shocks, etc). I do not understand why more people didn't buy these.
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The SS sedan is good! It's very livable as a commuter car, and the fancy magnetic shocks & drive modes can get a whole lot more aggressive if you want. Being able to swap between go-fast and comfort modes at will is nice. I'd been looking at a GTI Sport, Focus ST, WRX, or used Cadillac CTS Vsport or ATS, but figured this hits a sweet spot for good performance when I want it, comfortable the rest of the time, reasonable maintenance costs, and maybe even good resale eventually (looking at 2014 SSes and 2008 Pontiac G8s). Complaints: I wish it had Android Auto or CarPlay, and navigating to a random address while in motion didn't work out successfully the one time I tried it, but I also haven't read the manual yet. Gas mileage is going to be bad: rated at 14/22 and it uses 91+, but I'll probably stick to taking the bus to work because sitting in traffic is not fun even in a new car. If you want to buy one, the current deal ($1800 off, $8200 rebate) runs through 3/13, but it may be tough to find a manual transmission car. It sounds like there's one more ordering round planned for this year, but I don't know how many cars they'll release, and they already dropped several colors off the available list (including the dark metallic green I got).
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Mar 5, 2017 02:19
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I don't think I would have paid $50k, mostly because I was cross shopping against hot hatches and used cars, and the discounted price was still near the top of what I'm willing to spend. I do think that a model without some of the luxury features at a lower price would have helped a bunch- there's not perfect overlap between wanting a sedan version of the Camaro and wanting to pay for active safety controls, HUD, heated & ventilated seats, etc. I'm also guessing the average sale price on these cars was already well under MSRP, but it's also possible GM didn't want to sell a bunch of this car for CAFE reasons. I'm planning on moving to San Diego in a few months- it looks like there are CARB-legal supercharger options (but definitely not headers or airbox, and cams are invisible anyway), but I'll wait to find situations where something that runs ~13 flat at 110 is not adequate to decide if that's necessary. So far, in random Seattle driving, I can't even find excuses to go WOT for any length of time, let alone think I need more. Overall, though- this is a great sport sedan at a pretty reasonable price, and I'm glad I got it instead of something cheaper, slower, and less comfortable to drive.
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Mar 5, 2017 10:27
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This looked better on my phone screen than it does now, but I was tired and didn't bring my actual camera to a track day. Hankook RS4s are a big improvement over my stock RE050s: I was seeing about .2G higher numbers on the HUD's g meter than I previously had, and the front tires actually hold on fairly well now that I've added 30mm of tire and more camber. The car's pretty predictable now, with good breakaway characteristics after removing the stock rear toe-out. Lesson learned: new cars need alignment checks, I was expecting to be removing a bunch of toe-in while adding slightly more front camber, instead I learned that the front camber and rear toe were very wrong to start with.
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Mar 17, 2018 00:34
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It's not even a real vent, just a piece of plastic  . At some point it might bother me enough to spend $150 on the black version, which is equally fake but less obvious.Tires/alignment: I went for 0 toe all the way around and maxed out front camber, and ended up with -1.5deg of camber. Clearance against the strut on the front gets tight when you add camber: I'll be adding 3mm spacers to cure the occasional rub I'm getting with my current setup, and the stock wheels/tires are tight but acceptable. I got 18x9.5" ET35 Enkei Kojins with 275/40-18 RS4s: this should be stock backspacing with 1" more on the outside of the front and a .5" width increase and 21mm offset decrease in the back. The 18s clear the brake calipers but not the front pads: I swapped in OEM pads for a G8 GXP / 1st gen CTS-V / etc to get rid of the damper weights on the outside of the pad. If I was shopping for street tires, it sounds like the Firestone Indy 500s are getting good reviews, or Michelin PS4s for a better tire at twice the price. That's probably going to be a while, since I'm not quite to 10k miles and won't be using the stock tires for track use any more.
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Mar 17, 2018 20:52
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Got the Del Sol a little lower. Not going for STANCE LYFE, but the stock 26-year-old, 175k miles struts were in need of some refreshing. Currently it’s on ITR-spec Tanabe Sustecs in the front and some eBay coils in the back due to an issue with the first suspension I ordered. I might swap the front to the eBay-spec in the future but I was too tired to work on it anymore. You could go the other direction and swap to ITR-style LCAs instead (no idea if this is a good brand): https://jhpusa.com/products/hardrace-rear-lower-control-arms-oe-style-97-01-integra-type-r
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Nov 1, 2020 01:21
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 Next up: new rear rotors to rotate between sets as I overheat XP10s and leave deposits on them, new front pads because my XP10s are shot after 3 weekends, new LCAs because apparently I damaged some ball joints during a previous off-track excursion.
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Oct 27, 2021 01:07
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Fronts lasted 6 full days at Arizona Motorsports Park and have a couple mm left, but probably not enough for a full weekend. I'd run them for a day at Big Willow, but don't want to risk swapping them back on for another weekend.BlackMK4 posted:Is the rear overheating from the TC stuff?
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Oct 27, 2021 06:37
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IOwnCalculus posted:Move to superior states that realize that a front plate is a waste of everyone's time and resources. I'm using a no longer available bracket (from Skene Designs, not that it matters now) that has 2 screws upward into the bottom of the bumper beam: I didn't want to put holes in the face of the bumper, but underside is fine. And the black/yellow CA plate is close enough to the black front grill on my car that it's not worth the risk of dealing with cops to leave it off.
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Oct 12, 2023 23:45
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 I've only wanted one of these since I was 14. Keeping the SS, but I'm going to steal its 6p brake calipers and track tires for the new car.
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Nov 25, 2023 01:48
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 Bought it 4 months ago, fixed a bunch of things, now learning how to drive it and what still needs fixing.
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