Drove a 2011 SS Catfish...

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So my parents loaned my dads truck to a friend of theirs for the week so they could use it to tow their 2 jeeps down to Kentucky. In it's place they gave us their 2011 SS Camaro pace car edition. For those of you who saw that "as your ride sits" pic that I posted a few days ago it's that one.

Mom and I went down to the outlet stores this morning, 45min drive, and said "you wanna drive?" I guess because today is my birthday or whatever lol I don't know. And I said no. She said "yeah god forbid you be seen in an automatic, except for your girlfriends car" haha I was dyin at that point. So we left to head home and she said you wanna drive? Surrrre **** it I'll drive the ugly beast. She said "well I was gonna take the backroads home but I have a feeling you want to get it on the highway don't you?" "**** yeah that's why I'm driving"

We get to a good point on the highway that I know very well, no cops, no traffic for a great distance, perfect opportunity. It's a paddle shift auto so I downshifted into 3rd and mom looks at me and says "what are you doing?" later I had to explain to her that you downshift for racecar mode lol. And I punched it. I FULLY expected this thing to throw me back in my seat and shock the shit out of me the way my mom was talking about it..... NOPE. Thing was slow as shit. I mean.... It rides super smooth at high speeds, but man it's just not that fast. I could see out of my peripheral that my mom sank back in her seat and was holding on tight hahahahaha. I hit 110 and she was like "okay that's enough. Stop!" LMAO! I was like what's the matter scared? Haha apparently she's not used to driving in racecar mode :rolleyes:

All in all, for a stock car, yeah it's definitely fast. But my Mustang, without a freakin doubt, feels faster. I'm not sure if it's because the Camaro is so smooth but I definitely felt like I was getting up to speed a lot slower. And did not get thrown into my seat. Now with an intake, tune, and exhaust that thing would destroy my car. But stock form I'm gonna have to give an honest no bs opinion and say that I think Turdstang is faster. Just thought I'd share my little birthday adventure with you guys lol
 

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GM does deliver a retared version to the general public. It doesnt help they weigh 245y391485yop834qy5 x3 pounds either.

LOL @ Racecar mode
 
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Haha yeah my mom had no idea what the hell I was doing downshifting...

And honestly I looked ALL over the place for a damned sticker to get the curb weight on it... Go figure I couldn't find it! But yeah man it's kinda pathetic IMO considering its got a stout 6.2 LS3 in it. I expected more. But that will definitely help me to not avoid them on the highway ;) Tho like I said in all honesty I think slight modifications to this thing would make it fast. So unless your facing a stock SS and you KNOW it's stock.. I'd probably just stay away.
 

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Lol my mom would shoot my ass if I did that with her in the car. BTW, happy birthday bro! :eek:ccasion14: How old are ya? Mine was yesterday, turned 24
 
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Haha I still might attack them Josef... Can't resist it man. I see one pullin up next to me it's gonna be on whether I lose or not! I'm just glad I can beat them in stock form. That's saying to me that I'm building my car right

And thanks WhiteVenom!! Happy belated birthday to you too brotha! Just turned 21 today lol. Mom knows I drive a "racecar" tho lol I just surprised she let me go to 110 without freakin out! I was like come on it's only 110....
 

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Yes, they are heavy cars and are no longer a catfish, I should clarify.
 

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And thanks WhiteVenom!! Happy belated birthday to you too brotha! Just turned 21 today lol. Mom knows I drive a "racecar" tho lol I just surprised she let me go to 110 without freakin out! I was like come on it's only 110....

Thanks man! Yeah my mom knows I drive like a bat outta hell when it's just me in the car. I get yelled at if I get even close to 100 with her in the car tho lol
 

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Couple of my buddy's has six speeds ss cars with a little tune they go low 13s but they are a heavy pig lol
 
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Yes, they are heavy cars and are no longer a catfish, I should clarify.

I know that lol but once a catfish always a catfish :) yeah now they look like.. Well transformers lol but it'll always be a catfish in my book

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I went to a track day once where I was keeping up relatively well with an SS and I had really crappy street tires and Pep Boys $15 brakes... granted, driver mods mean a lot on track days.
 
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Driver mod almost always wins. But at the same time so does a lighter car... Yeah they're really not all that impressive. IMO, not worth the hefty price tag that comes along with them ya know? Granite the 6.2 would sound freakin amazing with a proper exhaust on it... It literally sounds quieter than a 14 V6 Mustang....
 

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i drove one last summer. i thought the power felt ok....i just hated that it felt like i was riding in a monster truck, lol. i could see on top of peoples cars and shit.
 
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Hahaha I felt extremely odd that's for sure. And try putting your arm out the Window its way to high!

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2010+ Camaros have THE WORST cockpit and blind spots in any sports car I've ever driven, don't care if it has 1000hp, If I can't see out of the damn thing properly, I'm not driving it!
 
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^this is soooo unbelievably true. Man you can't see shit out of them.. fortunately I was driving a vert so I could see. Top up is terrible

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Junk. Don't care how much motor it has, two-ton curb weight will blunt the edge of everything. Hell the 2010 GT with just 315 HP was keeping up with these bricks.

Agreed re interior- sat in a ZL1 at the NY Auto Show and felt like I was in an M1 Abrams tank.

With a new body and different interior, they could have resurrected Pontiac with a new GTO on this car.
 

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