I saw a 1996 Camaro SS with T-Tops for sale the other day, and I immediately called the number to ask about a price. One owner, 66k miles, 6speed manual, leather, AND it sold for $5500!!! Already gone, too bad.
Granted $5500 isn't a great deal for a 12 year old car, but a quick search of AutoTrader and eBay revealed that it was worth about $8500 on the open market.
Upon hearing the story, a co-worker suggested a great alternative. Although the new GTO is really a Holden from Australia, and they look like a Pontiac Grad Am from 1997, you can get a used one for about $17K. That's a 400HP Corvette LS1 variant for $17K. Seems like a logical step in my horsepower progression:
1986 Olds Cutlass: 305-V8 with 7 horsepower (actually listed at 125HP or something, but I got beat off the line by a Ram Charger in a 0-60mph battle that took 13 seconds - thanks Lane!)
1998 Chevy Camaro Z28: 5.7L-V8 with 305 horsepower
2003 Dodge Ram - 5.7L V8 Hemi with 350 horsepower
2005 Pontiac GTO - 6.0L-V8 with 400 horsepower?????
No comments:
Post a Comment