Bitchin' Camaro | TheaterFire

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GOPJay@reddit

I had one. My parents drove it up from the Bahamas.

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Saw them play many years ago. Got to hear the Halloween Story about throwing a body double in front of a police car. The keyboardist was so high they had to have a girl put fo ghe crowd take over. Epic concert.

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Nigeldos@reddit

I ran over my neighbor!

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buckfuttner@reddit

I had two different blue Chevy Malibus

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No-Lime-2863@reddit

No Camaro, but I do have Big Lizard In My Backyard on vinyl sitting next to me

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buckfuttner@reddit

I still have the original copy I bought used for $3.98 when I was 14

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PhotonDealer2067@reddit

Donuts on your lawn. Tony Orlando and Dawn.

Peak poetry from the Dead Milkmen

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Separate-Succotash11@reddit

I ran over your neighbor!🎶

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SubstantialDonkey981@reddit

You appear to be the first to comment this and therefore I give you my vote. God speed neighbor.

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EmperorSkyTiger@reddit

Yeah, about that. Now you're in all the papers.

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mkddy@reddit

I still remember seeing them play on the steps of our gym in college. Saw so many cool upcoming bands like that back in the day. Do they even do that stuff anymore on campuses?

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Slotter-that-Kid@reddit

My name actually is Stuart and I dove a bitching camero and married my punk rock girl.

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EmperorSkyTiger@reddit

You know what, Stuart? I like you! You're not like everyone else... here... in the trailer park. Seen them burrow owls lately?

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Erok2112@reddit

Sometimes when I see a hole in the ground I think "They live in a hole, in the ground. Why the hell do you think they call them burrow owls anyway?"

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jaime_riri@reddit

Tuesday, yes, it was Tuesday When I saw my congressman coming out of the titty bar He didn't look like my congressman but that's okay Nobody really looks like themselves anymore

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CriticalPath50@reddit

“When I drive past the kids, they all spit and cuss Cuz I got a bitchin’ Camaro and they have to ride the bus “ Gotta love The Dead Milkmen.

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AssociationDork@reddit

77 LT Camaro

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UnpredictableMike@reddit

I have a ‘92 RS now!

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pjtexas1@reddit

I had an 82 firebird. Put in a 350 from an old Nova, turbo 350 trans and lots of work. Miss that car all the time.

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woundtight@reddit

‘80 Z-28. Slower than it looked, but not a bad ride.

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PutridWorth938@reddit

My older bro (64/boomer) had a 69 camaro, primer Grey with many patches of bondo, that he called his bitchin' Camaro

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Heavy_Ride_1599@reddit

84 Trans Am.

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youngkpepper@reddit

I didn't appreciate the Camaro until recently.

I've got a 2022 Camaro named Rodney Anonymous. I played Bitchin' Camaro on the way home from the dealership.

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GenkiElite@reddit

I had a 79 and 83 5.0 in high school but I really wanted a Camaro. I ended up getting a 98 z28 and a 16 SS. I sold the SS and got a Civic because it was a pointless car to drive back and forth to work. Being a responsible adult is so boring.

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jdewith@reddit

Dear Lord! That had to be HORRIBLE, hopping into a Civic from an SS.

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GenkiElite@reddit

Yeah, but it was easier getting the boy in and out of his car seat lol.

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Alisterguitardevil@reddit

I had a 78 Berlinetta and I wish I still had it!

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Late_Homework_2705@reddit

Camaros were not cool cars where I grew up.

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COVID19Blues@reddit

Never had one. My dream car from my teen years is a 1987 Buick Grand National (GNX). I got into a bidding war at an auction for a beautiful example but the price got into ‘bidding with my emotions’ territory instead of bidding with my common sense. I’ll find one eventually.

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Temporary-Art-7078@reddit

You and me both. Dream car of the 80’s : GNX. I had a 5.0 mustang GT but wanted a GNX.

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COVID19Blues@reddit

Prices are getting RIDICULOUS, unfortunately.

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siciliana___@reddit

My Dad had two Z28s.

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kepenach@reddit

85 Trans Am

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Brief_Run4355@reddit

My first new car was a 1980 Z-28 350 4bbl 4 speed (purchaced in 1981, I just turned 16). Chose it over a 1980 Corvette because it had a back seat, lol. Crazy story, I found out around the mid 90's that one of my friends actually owned the same Vette I decided not to buy. He sold it to a young guy in the early 2000's, that young fella wrote it off in an accident about 3 weeks later. I still to this day regret selling my Z-28 more than any other car I have ever owned.

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Fitz_2112b@reddit

1980 Camaro here. Last model before they changed over to the awful IROC body style

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Austindg4me@reddit

Nope, had an 81 Z28 that was the last of the old body style. 82 was the new IROC 305ci style.

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Fitz_2112b@reddit

Yes, hence why I said last model and not last year. They changed the body styles every 2 years back then so I am well aware that 1980 and 1981 were basically the same car

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Austindg4me@reddit

I was thinking 80 model year. They were almost the same. Stripes might’ve been different.

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ThisCharmingDan99@reddit

1981 was the last of the second gen. I have one. Looks pretty much identical to the 1980. Same graphics and functional air induction cowl hood.

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Wyremills@reddit

Past your cutoff date but my 97 Z28 was the 30th anniversary edition.

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Motor_Ad_4427@reddit

Brand new 85 midnight blue z28 polished aluminum wheels then I had a kid and a car seat didn't go with my bachelor car lol

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Suspicious_Lab_8700@reddit

79 Z/28 Blue over tan cloth interior. Still my overall favorite Camaro body style the late Gen 2s. - and my first new car was a 92 Camaro RS 25th Anniversary that I bought in Germany through GM Military Sales.

Just picked up a 2024 Camaro RS. :)

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7GrenciaMars@reddit

I thought you were referencing the Dead Milkmen song. My friend had a Camaro back in the day, but I have no idea what model it was. Hers definitely was not a top-tier vehicle.

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Adaminium@reddit

Like you, I had a Big Lizard in My Backyard.

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7GrenciaMars@reddit

Actually, my mind goes straight to a song of theirs with a title I wouldn't even want to repeat today.

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Im_a_shepherd@reddit

Head on collision, bodies everywhere!

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Wactout@reddit

Had a 93. Loved that thing. Sold it ten years ago to fix our roof.

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GhostFour@reddit

I had a 76, an 84, and a 1998. I work in automotive transport and get to drive a lot of cars and occasionally I'll get to drive a "classic". Every time I see a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th gen Camaro I get excited. Then I have to climb in and out of the damn thing. I used to pop in and out of those cars like a jack-in-the-box but I couldn't look cool doing it these days if my life depended on it.

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New-Perception-9754@reddit

I had an '85 RS. It was gorgeous. But MY GOD, what a lemon!

The starter was, for some bizarre reason, mounted directly UNDER the engine block. The heat from the engine would cook the starters. You'd have to take it to a dealer and have the engine hoisted out to change a $20 starter!

Lots of bugs in the engine controls- altimeters, things like that.

If you just want a maintenance issue on wheels, go on and buy one. But an MGB is way more fun- and collectible!

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AIR2369@reddit

My uncle had an ‘85 IROC, the first year they made it. Wrapped it around a telephone pole and almost killed himself.

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Sunshine2625@reddit

Bitchin' Camaro

I ran over my neighbors.

Dead Milkmen living in my head now!!

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udoneoguri@reddit

Big Lizard in My Backyard is such a phenomenal album.

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Adept_Push@reddit

I went to an AWESOME car show in Indian Wells last month. Saw this beauty and fell in love. Original (color) paint by the way!!

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Adept_Push@reddit

Here’s the info:

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Adept_Push@reddit

So many bad ass vehicles at that show!

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Adept_Push@reddit

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HowDidFoodGetInHere@reddit

Where are Pedro's cousins with all the sweet hookups?

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Adept_Push@reddit

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bandley3@reddit

No, but I test drove one. I drove a Rabbit GTI at the time and was thinking about an upgrade so I tried the Z28. Nope - not for me. Too big outside, too small inside, heavy. I was more into the European scene and despite the acceleration the Camaro just didn’t appeal to my sensibilities.

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No-Onion8029@reddit

84 Berlinetta. Very pretty. Deathtrap on wet roads.

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NPHighview@reddit

When I met my now-wife of 45+ years, she had a red Camaro convertible with black leather interior - a fun car! Unfortunately, this was in the Midwest, in the 1970s, and in winter. Snow and slush would splash up through the gaping holes in the floor, wheel wells, and quarter panels.

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EddieKroman@reddit

My father traveled a lot for business in the 1980’s, and he got to drive a lot of different rental cars. His all time least favorite car was the Camaro. I drove a couple of them and they were unimpressive.

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RedSparrow1971@reddit

One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite 80s bands

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Qwirk@reddit

Why wouldn't you link the official page? Quality is better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeY2nut3Gj8

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RedSparrow1971@reddit

Cuz I’m Gen X and just type some shit into the google and link the first thing that pops up? lol

Thanks for the proper link, I’ll put that into my save folder and promptly forget all about (cuz I’m old) 🥴

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gumby_twain@reddit

The Dead Milkmen are still active, i saw them in Philly last April.

The bitchin' camaro intro was, as usual, relevant to the times we are living in

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Miniscule_Platypus@reddit

“Hey Jack! What’s happenin’?”

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RedSparrow1971@reddit

Yeah, I missed a recent chance to see them when they were in my area last, I just meat the time period that I “discovered” them, lol. DM and DK were big chunks of my 80s soundtrack

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savuporo@reddit

91 iroc z here.

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Hello_Hangnail@reddit

I ran over my neighbor

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Own-Contribution-478@reddit

But I did not get arrested because my dad's the mayor!

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Breklin76@reddit

My best friend from high school had an 87. I used to use it when I’d go back home for a visit. Gas guzzling mofo but very fun.

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don_teegee@reddit

It’s a good pickup line…

They call me Camaro because I ROC!

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RevBeardman@reddit

80's F-body cars sucked. The only car worse was the fourth gen models. Third gen was where it's at. Good ol' duck butt Camaros. Had a '78 with a big block, holly 4-barrel, straight pipes, shift kitted TH400 trans, and no floor. Body was twisted too, on account of too much torque and HP for the severe rot. Stupid fun car for a time when gas was < $1 a gallon tho.

Also had '79 with a solid body, but straight six, one lug carb, bad starter, and a three speed manual. Fond memories of having half a dozen strippers help me pop start that turd so we could all meet up at Denny's after closing time.

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null_infinity@reddit

My parents bought me a car. They drove it back from the Bahamas.

Really?

No the Bahamas are Islands, that's beside the point. Ask me what kind of car I got.

What kind of car did you get?

I got a BITCHIN' CAMARRO

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CivilBridge7792@reddit

I had a Pontiac Trans Am with the bird on the hood!!

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97_gEEk@reddit

Here I thought this was gonna be another GenX music post, starting with that song from the Dead Milkmen 🤣

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Repulsive-Ice8395@reddit

My mind immediately filled in "I ran over my neighbors"!

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green-neck802@reddit

Had a 77 Camaro. It was my grandfathers and he died when I was 8. My grandmother kept the car until I turned 16 and gave it to me on my birthday. Loved that car…drove until the frame rusted out

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damnedinspector@reddit

Red 1979 Z-28. Dropped in a mid-60’s 327 to replace the anemic smogged down 350. Quickly killed the Turbo-hydro 350. Four speed manuals were not allowed in Cali at that time, unfortunately. Dropped in a TH 400 and did a lot of street racing.
It was wrecked after a car jacking. So I replaced it with a Red 1985 Z-28 with a five speed manual. Then ditched that when I moved to a place with snow. Married a gal with a 68 Camaro a decade later. We still have it.

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cricket_bacon@reddit

My girlfriend’s older sister had a convertible Camero… that she let me drive a few times. So awesome.

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SpookDaDook@reddit

87 Formula Firebird in Electric Blue

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Adept_Push@reddit

84 black firebird (the KITT car, not the cool swoopy model from the previous Gen). Man I thought I was hot shit.

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trainsacrossthesea@reddit

Do you really think they can go as fast as you

In your '87 Trans Am

They know you're in such a terrible rush

But they're going just as fast, as fast as they can

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MehX73@reddit

I borrowed one once without permission. Does that count?

Lots of guys had them at my high school. Most were covered in bondo and primer, but there were a few really nice ones. The fun was seeing how many you could fit in it on a Saturday night. 8 was most I've ever squeezed in with.

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No-Drawer9169@reddit

I had an ‘88, black with tan interior gold wheels and all decals deleted. Oh, and a manual transmission. Yeah, I guess I had rich parents. The car was great to drive, was way faster than 220 hp sounds today and sounded great.

It made strange noises over 80mph and it was like pulling teeth trying to get Chevy to take care of it. They changed out the clutch and it seemed to fix that. Then the damn thing went through 2 transmissions in 40k miles. Warranty covered it but I really didn’t feel like replacing a transmission every 20k.

I know, I don’t know how to drive a stick, right? But I learned on a stick, took my drivers license test on a stick and now own an 86 bmw that I’ve put 200k miles in and only had to replace the clutch once and the transmission zero times.

GM transmissions were shit back in the day.

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damnedinspector@reddit

1985 z-28 with that same 5sp manual. It was a Borg Warner (now Tremec) T-5 that pre-dated the beefed up “world class” unit that arrived in the early 90’s. Too late for us.
But thinking about putting a WC T-5 in my 1960 Thunderbird. They’re good for 300hp now. It will be a definite improvement over the column shift 3sp with no first gear synchos!

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No-Drawer9169@reddit

Oh, forgot. I kept the thing clean and waxed, and the paint was failing after 5 years.

Overall I’d rate the car as a first class POS.

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Perseverance2571@reddit

I didn’t, but went 140 mph in an iroc on southbound I-15 in the wee hours back in the early 90’s.

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Helithe@reddit

The best car in Stranger Things was Billy's Camaro.

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ellcoolj@reddit

Did you drive it up from the Bahamas?

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rockinout51@reddit

No man the Bahamas are islands, but thats not important right now

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bent11@reddit

I ran over my neighbor

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Oh_No_Its_Dudder@reddit

I owned a Z-28 up until I woke up one morning and saw it was 1/3 of the way under salt water. I jumped out of bed and drove it out of town, to the local K-Mart where I bought some towels. Got all of the water out of it with a cup and finished getting most of the wetness from the carpets with the towels, drove to a car wash, washed and vacuumed, getting more of the moisture out . Then I went and traded it in for a new car. If they would have seen it three hours beforehand, they never would have accepted it as a trade in.

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GrumpySnarf@reddit

A girl at my high school had her dad's "Bitchin' Ranchero" in the 1990s. Legend.

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Miniscule_Platypus@reddit

Bitchin’ Ranchero! Fuck yeah!

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GrumpySnarf@reddit

This is just a random pic off the internet but it was that same glorious brown.

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lurk3141592653589793@reddit

For a short time I dated a woman with an IROC Z. Was a pretty cool car.

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ICY_DEDD_PEOPLE@reddit

But how was the woman?

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jdewith@reddit

She was a chic that drove a bad ass car. In my experience you can have as much fun as you can handle.

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Majestic-Prune-3971@reddit

I automatically added: "You know what ol' Jack Burton says," to this.

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ICY_DEDD_PEOPLE@reddit

This made me LOL

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lurk3141592653589793@reddit

She was alright. Didn't work out as things sometimes go, but wouldn't wish ill on her or anything. Long time ago.

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Spare-Good-5372@reddit

I had a firebird from that era

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dadsgoingtoprison@reddit

I had an ‘84 Camaro and I loved it. Had to sell it in ‘92 because I was having my first baby and car seats are hard to get into the back seat. I still miss that car.

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WhiteyDude@reddit

'68 Chevelle Malibu, 327 w/ 350 heads and glass packs. 4 on the floor manual.

Drove it for 5 years, had a job that required me to commute 50 miles each way, couldn't keep up w/ maintenance. Sold it for $500 in 1992.

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regalbeagles1@reddit

My best friend had a 1987 IROC. Funny thing is even back then I thought it sucked. Wasn’t very fast, road like a lumber wagon, was a rattle trap and visibility was horrible. Now my other buddy had a 5.0 Mustang GT. A whole other world. So much better.

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slappindabass123@reddit

I had an 84 black and silver Z28. I rebuilt the engine and had 2-10” subwoofers in a custom box where the t-tops normally stow.

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skeletonclaw@reddit

My parents drove it up from the Bahamas.

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notmyredditacct@reddit

You're kidding!

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CrispityCraspits@reddit

I must be, the Bahamas are islands. Anyway,

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ghoulthebraineater@reddit

I love how there's exactly two different comments in this thread. Dead Milkmen lyrics and car enthusiasts.

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CrispityCraspits@reddit

It's also funny how many of the car enthusiast comments admit to basically drivnig like the d-bag from the song.

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evidentlynaught@reddit

Had an 83 black and gold with t tops

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Cheap_Affect5729@reddit

I had a 1968 Camaro, red with black stripes and a black vinyl top that my dad got in 1989 in Seattle and drove up the Alaska hwy, we lived in AK. He rebuilt the engine and i got it sometime late 1990 or 1991. It is still sitting in my mom's garage.

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ZzzzzPopPopPop@reddit

Wow, ‘68 - that’s the ideal year, absolute perfection in design, looks strong but sexy, muscley and powerful looking but still elegant and stylish, to me it’s the epitome of beautiful design

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Difficult-Gene-5276@reddit

Great Song

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flyingfish_roe@reddit

I once prosecuted a weed possession in a bitchin’ Camaro. A cop noticed a bag of weed pushed between the driver’s seat and the console while the car was parked. Must’ve been pretty big if he could see it through the side window, before legalization.

But I got to say “bitchin’ Camaro” on the court record. That was worth it.

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daily_cup_of_joe@reddit

79' Berlinetta with a 305. White with baby blue interior, damn miss that car

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Natural_King2704@reddit

Im looking at buying a hood that has a higher cowl. I will keep my current one in case I don't like the new one

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repomonkey@reddit

Not me, because I'm from England.

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Harley_Mom@reddit

My husband had a 1986 bucik grand national. I drove it all the time. If I raced for titles id could have opened up a used sports car dealership,lol

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Likeiknow71@reddit

I had a regular ol’ ‘85 Camaro in 1987.

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gapere01@reddit

I had a 78 Z28 in high school in the mid 80's. Loved that car!

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standingdesk@reddit

‘78 LT 4 speed immediately shit the bed after I bought it for $2800 and had to put a new 350 in it. More fun than you can imagine with that car.

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GreatOne1969@reddit

‘78 but not Z28 😢 but was still cooler than most 😁

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ghoulthebraineater@reddit

My parents drove mine up from the Bahamas.

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RedSparrow1971@reddit

You’re joking?

I must be, the Bahamas are islands

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Miniscule_Platypus@reddit

Ok, the important thing here is that you ask me what kinda car it is…

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Zip668@reddit

atta boy.

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Traditional_Papaya26@reddit

Bought an identical one of these from a shipmate back in '82. 1970 Buick GS

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MastiffOnyx@reddit

Sitting in my garage right now.

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ICY_DEDD_PEOPLE@reddit

Goddamn ma. That’s nice.

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platypusandpibble@reddit

I alllllways wanted a Bitchin’ Camaro. Like, always. Still do. A neighbor down the road had one they were restoring. I literally cried the day he sold it.

My husband, (very very young Boomer, without the awful Boomer traits) doesn’t understand the Bitchin’ Camaro. This, despite being a mechanic in the 70s. He did feel bad we couldn’t buy the neighbor’s Bitchin’ Camaro. Those restored ones are expensive. He said if we had room he’d restore one for me. sigh Curse of the small yard and only one place to park.

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Traditional_Papaya26@reddit

My junior-senior year ride back in '78-'79. If I only knew what it would become almost 50 years later. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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the_real_Beavis999@reddit

Always wanted a 68 or 69 Camero after watching Better Off Dead as a kid in the 80's. Would have taken one of the 80's ones also.

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gumby_twain@reddit

The Better Off Dead Camaro is a 67, it was the only year with the vent windows (as seen in the gif)

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a65sc80@reddit

One of my high school buddies had one. Sweet car.

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WicomicoTide@reddit

A student at my kids high school drove up in a current Camaro. Asked him if he knew the song. No! Told him to look it up. Jeez.

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AdEastern9303@reddit

….I ran over my neighbor!

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sweetcherrytea@reddit

I had a black Z-28 with t-tops. Someone hit me on the highway and totaled it ON MY BIRTHDAY but until then you could not, as they say, tell me nothin’.

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Acceptable_Stop2361@reddit

I did not. Way too broke for that, but drove a couple of newish IROCs at the shop I worked at. Had an El Camino, about 10 model years before the IROC came out. A real beater of a ride. I built an angry small block for it and thoroughly enjoyed beating IROCS on the street with it

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alwaysmanders@reddit

I begged my dad for 1993 electric blue one with T-tops. No dice.

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the_real_Beavis999@reddit

Almost got an 86 or 88 Iroc Z28 with T top but the dealer wanted too much for it. A Ford dealership was having one of those $9 dollar car sales. This was not the $9 dollar car thankfully and unthankfully... 😪

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lopix@reddit

I had a '68 Camaro in the mid 90s, does that count? It was fuckin' awesome.

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GreatOne1969@reddit

Parents had ‘68 brand new when I was a kid. Some super rare build that some “expert” said didn’t exist.

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OurSpeciesAreFeces@reddit

My brother has a Z-26r. Other brother had a 6.6 liter Trans Am. I drove a yellow Monza 2+2.

Still got more than they did.

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The_Existentialist@reddit

First band I ever saw live.

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Saviour_DK@reddit

I’m not sure if that was the reference that was being made, but it was exactly what I was thinking when I saw the title…

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The_Existentialist@reddit

Ha if you mean the NOFX song, no, unintentional. I actually don't remember if there even was an opening band. I was in 8th grade. I saw them in a theater on a college campus. I remember kids stage diving and not always getting caught and landing on the theatre seat backs.

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Saviour_DK@reddit

Ah, so close…I was thinking the title ‘Bitchin Camaro’ is a song from The Dead Milkmen from ‘85’s Big Lizard in My Backyard.

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SauerMetal@reddit

My first punk show in 86’ along with the Descendants!

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CleMike69@reddit

Loved the GTA and the Grand Nationals I have one of the 2

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Prestigious-Echo-164@reddit

Italian Retard Out Cruising

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IllnomaD@reddit

79 z28. My uncles had it for years, I ended up with it. I wish I wasn't a dumb kid or I'd still have it.

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spacekendet@reddit

I had a 79. I don't know if it was a Z28 had been painted red. I traded in on a '84 Oldsmobile firenza SMH

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FullyHalfBaked@reddit

The chorus to that song was my phone ringtone for quite a while

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Accomplished-Song959@reddit

Always wanted a teal iroc

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creeva@reddit

I have one (1990 IROC) in the garage right now (not currently running).

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Jettcat-@reddit

I had an 82 Berlinetta and I still miss that car.

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Giant_Devil@reddit

I had an 85. Only car I ever loved.

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OkAdhesiveness5025@reddit

My brother had one, a firebird though. He also had a bitching 380zx in the 90s. I love riding with him anywhere. Nowadays I rather doubt I could get down in the seat or get back up out of it LOL without help! It would be worth the ride though :-)

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Pattyrocksintexas@reddit

We had a few of these.

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morganford78@reddit

You going down to the shore

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rory_breakers_ganja@reddit

My favourite Doors cover band: Crystal Shit

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lawtechie@reddit

Oh dear, Crystal Ship still exists.

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billskionce@reddit

My parents drove it from the Bahamas…

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ghoulthebraineater@reddit

You kidding.

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billskionce@reddit

I must be. The Bahamas are islands.

Okay. The important thing here is that, uh, you ask me what kind of car it is.

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Youre-The-Victim@reddit

I had in the early 2000s a 1980 v6 5 speed that was a base model. It was a hunk of crap it was fun for the first few months then it sucked in the rain it sucked in the snow it had that distinct GM interior smell. I ended up giving it too my dad and he used it for a grocery getter for about a year before it was stolen they drove up with a trailer and loaded up and took off the irony was the keys where literally under the seat.

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ih8javert@reddit

I had an 88 IROC i had mixed feelings about it. New off the lot and the t tops leaked, it had a harsh ride - definitely not for long trips and unknown to me at the time, easy to steal.

I got it replaced with an ‘90 E30 M3 with the insurance and was so much happier. Similar power, more livable as a daily, and so much more fun to drive

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disco_duck2004@reddit

Do you still have the E30 M3? That's still one of my holy grail vehicles

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ih8javert@reddit

No. I stupidly traded it in for a grand Cherokee, to start a family. I’ve been kicking myself ever since. Every car I test drive now, is judged by that standard and nothing has come close.

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disco_duck2004@reddit

Ugh...it's been my grail since I started my career in '95

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ih8javert@reddit

That’s a good choice. It’s really good. Agile, rev happy, amazing feedback, and so much fun to drive. I had mine in red with gold BBS mesh wheels. I loved it.

I was so sad when I saw an ‘88 sell for $255k.

Granted, that’s not mine but the fact that it’s so coveted now, tells me that I won’t be getting a replacement soon.

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Ok_Tanasi1796@reddit

‘88 & ‘89 were damn good years for that.

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SaintStephen77@reddit

I didn’t have a bitchin camero but I did have a big lizard in my backyard that used to bust down my neighbors door

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original_greaser_bob@reddit

can confirm. he also had a gorrilla girl.

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witchofpain@reddit

I wanted a Camaro in high school so bad. So in my 20s I bought one. It was a 96 and I bought it in 98 with only 13k miles on it. Biggest POS I had ever owned. Between that and the Chevrolet Eurosport that was the car my parents gave me also being a POS, I will never own another Chevrolet.

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No-Drawer9169@reddit

Hahaha, exactly my thoughts in my response to this post!!!

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SpankyArbuckle@reddit

I had one. My folks drove it up from the Bahamas.

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Desperate_County_680@reddit

You're kidding

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krogger@reddit

I must be, the Bahamas are islands.

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Desperate_County_680@reddit

okay, the important thing here is that, uh, you ask me what kinda car it is

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skeletonclaw@reddit

So what kind of car is it?

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Desperate_County_680@reddit

I've got a bitchin' Camaro

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Sithscorch15@reddit

That's an interesting trick.

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SuchDogeHodler@reddit

My girlfriend at the time had one.

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Margold420@reddit

I had an 83 Camaro. It was charcoal gray. I had a lot of fun in that car.

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SugarsBoogers@reddit

Trans Am was always the best car I put on my MASH boards.

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cb_oilcountry@reddit

I'm a simple man, I see a Dead Milkmen reference and I upvote.

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AutomaticFennel1658@reddit

Were you brought to the zoo as a child? Being simple and all. Just wondering.

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ghoulthebraineater@reddit

I took my step sister and a couple of her friends to the zoo. They all have Downs. That's shit was in my head so bad.

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MaridAudran@reddit

I sang The Dead Milkmen when I took my family to the zoo, they did not appreciate it. 🤣

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Few-Boysenberry-7826@reddit

These are the kids of things we do when it's a boring day, you know.

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MaximumJones@reddit

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Key_Statistician3170@reddit

Hey man where ya headed?

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0trash_panda0@reddit

Hyped up on unleaded!

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w30freak@reddit

My parents drove it up from the Bahamas.

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TripleTrianarchist@reddit

You're kidding!!

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0trash_panda0@reddit

Of course I’m kidding, the Bahamas are islands!

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wanuguano@reddit

Yeah, my folks drove it up here from the Bahamas

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PinkyLeopard2922@reddit

You're kidding.

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RedSparrow1971@reddit

He must be, the Bahamas are islands

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antsinurplants@reddit

'83 Z28 w/ 56k original on it.

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Akronica@reddit

Brother had an '86 Firebird, close as I ever got; but the song still rocks!

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Organic_Berry_8732@reddit

My favorite car!!

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vulcangod08@reddit

84' Camaro R/S

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butterflyksses@reddit

My husband had an IROC Camaro when I met him. Unfortunately, he wrecked it several years after we were married. He later purchased a 1979 (I believe) Z-28 that has not been on the road in many years now.

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Tondropper186@reddit

Had the 78 trans-am. It was in rough shape, but I miss that car.

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Mtothethree@reddit

Man, I still want one. That and a Mustang GT.

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Sunhammer01@reddit

I had a series of POS’s, many with large rust holes in them. We could only dream of a car like that!

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Warm-Discipline5136@reddit

Just ran over my neighbor!

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Syyklops@reddit

Now I'm in all the papers!

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FormCheck655321@reddit

1982 Z-28

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Truckerlightning@reddit

Every Camaro from that era feels like it came preloaded with bad ideas and a killer soundtrack.

That’s the kind of car where the plan was never the plan… it just happened 😅

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TheCheshireCody@reddit

And I don't think I ever got near one that didn't smell of either weed or terrible cologne.

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LV_Devotee@reddit

I technically had 3, a 89 Camaro RS and a 86 and a 88 Trans Am. Loved those cars. Too bad they are not cheap anymore.

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squirtloaf@reddit

I never liked the Camaro front end...looked to derpy.

I had a far superior looking 1978 Firebird. It was silver, but eventually my friends and I got drunk and painted it flat black.

GOOD. TIMES.

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RBXChas@reddit

My brother had a ‘79 Firebird in silver with T tops. It didn’t run all that well, but it looked cool as hell.

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squirtloaf@reddit

Yeah same. Mine ticked about 40,000 miles then started needing major stuff replaced. Never made it to 50k.

Cars may not look as cool now, but they are built SO much better.

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

My HS car was 3-4 different colors before my friends and I panted it flat black.

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Hairbear2176@reddit

I always wanted one, and was able to buy a '92 Camaro in '96. It's still the one car I regret selling.

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ShadowBitch42@reddit

I still regret giving away my 94 Z28. (I traded it in on a one owner 2004 GTO but of course got practically nothing for it)

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Outside_Outcome_8600@reddit

God I miss this car...

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Hot_Independent_974@reddit

I had 82 red t tops z28 new, unlimited 3 year warranty. 3 transmissions two engines. Beat the shit out of it from the get go.

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rcook55@reddit

Did your Parents drive it up from the Bahamas?

I had a car with many of the same numbers and letters but was the far superior... Datsun/Nissan 280ZX :)

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altrudee@reddit

In 85, I sold my 79 Z28 and bought a 1981 280ZX buried that 85mph speedo many, many times. Fun car!

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rcook55@reddit

Mine was an '83 last year before it changed to the 300ZX.

"Door is Ajar!"

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skarekroh@reddit

Here’s the one I was driving in 1992. It was also an ‘83 with the digital dash.

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Criseyde2112@reddit

Omg, I loved the 280ZX! My friend had the 300 and I loved that one too. She would let me drive it sometimes. It was so much fun.

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rcook55@reddit

I so want another but good ones are too much and I'm not in a place to restore one. I now have a Mercedes SLK350, similar but a V6 instead of an I6, still have a manual but I gained a gear, 6spd, and a retractable hardtop instead of T-tops. It's the same color, red, as my Z :)

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Criseyde2112@reddit

Nice! My husband and I were talking this morning about manual transmission cars. He bought a jeep a few years ago and had to wait 6 months while they build a two-door manual one for him. Our 17 y.o. son has learned to drive it, which is great. There won't be too many American kids his age who know how to, just because they're rare now. My mother insisted that I learn to drive a manual because she wasn't going to have a daughter who was helpless unless it was an automatic. She didn't know she'd create a speed demon who loves downshifting and whipping around corners, lol.

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foodweneedfood@reddit

Tony Orlando and Dawn

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KLLR_ROBOT@reddit

Never wanted a Camaro (Supra was my non-exotic dream car), but I couldn’t help being reminded of this.

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pagit@reddit

I had a 72 Camaro and an 84 Supra later

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Tech-Mechanic@reddit

I can't even look at a 70's Trans Am. Too painful.

I miss that car.

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ChiliSama@reddit

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5usie@reddit

Now that’s what I had! Pontiac trans am!

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AbbreviationsDue4417@reddit

That’s not a Camaro

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ChiliSama@reddit

That’s not me either but they’re both still awesome. 🤷‍♂️

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beermaker@reddit

I had an 83 berlinetta that shortly became the biggest piece of garbage regret I'd ever drive.

The clapped out 91 New Yorker I replaced it with was faster and handled better at speed.

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UMCPEnt@reddit

I had an 84 Berlinetta! I loved that car back in the day. Granted, the T-tops leaked like a sieve, but it had over-the-top cool factor with the swiveling cassette-deck.

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5usie@reddit

Trans am

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RandomPrimer@reddit

How the hell else are you supposed to get down to the shore?

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Caspers_Shadow@reddit

Whadda ya going to do down there? Play some video games and buy so Def Leppard t-shirts?

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billskionce@reddit

Don’t forget your Motley Crue t-shirt. All the proceeds do toward getting their lead singer out of jail…

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smokythejoker@reddit

A little traveling music.

The High Speed Scene — IROC Z

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Technical_Weight5021@reddit

My wife, while in high school…red with t tops and mag wheels…

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skarekroh@reddit

Guy down the street’s mom drove an ‘87 IROC. We’d sneak it out of the neighborhood in neutral, then take it drag racing on Forest Ln. at 1 am.

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GboyFlex@reddit

If I was Forest Lane in Dallas it's still going on lol

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skarekroh@reddit

It was, and I don’t doubt that they still do it, but Clint’s Mom’s IROC is long-gone (as is Clint, himself).

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GboyFlex@reddit

RIP Clint.

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Uranus_Hz@reddit

Donuts on my lawn

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sexless-innkeeper@reddit

Tony Orlando and Dawn

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Noobitron12@reddit

I had an 84 z28. Worst car I’ve ever owned in the snow.

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Magerimoje@reddit

I had a red Camaro. My bf at the time stole the keys, drove it drunk, and drove straight into a telephone pole breaking the pole in half. Unfortunately, he was fine (he was abusive).

After I left him, I got a black Camaro. That one got stolen from the hospital parking lot while I was at work (ER nurse).

After that, I bought a jeep because I needed 4wd to get around New England for work and also more cargo space for all my stuff since I moved around so much (I was a travel nurse that mostly covered 6-12 week maternity leaves, and I ended up working in every New England state over the years).

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AnchorScud@reddit

Bitchin' Camero

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FreelyIP109@reddit

One of my proudest achievements was introducing my nephew to that song. He loves it.

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Quick_Parking_6464@reddit

Yesss. This is the only good Camero.

And, Turbo Rock by The Meatmen.

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worrymon@reddit

"Everyone who drives a Camaro is a douchebag"

-my friend, while he was behind the wheel of his Camaro...

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app_generated_name@reddit

He wasn't wrong

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worrymon@reddit

No, he wasn't

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kkylr71@reddit

My cousin had an 83 Z and his younger brother had an 86 Z, that was ordered with all iroc upgrades without the bodywork. We had a lot of fun in those cars.

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OCguy1969@reddit

I had a black '84 Camaro with manual transmission. Definitely a fun drive and probably the most comfortable car Ive ever owned but when it hit 100,000 miles the engine started going to hell and I was done.

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Old_Use7058@reddit

My son drag races an “83 Camaro” body. No I’m not living vicariously through him he just has great taste

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lotus_ink@reddit

1984 White Berlinetta with blue cloth interior and gold trim. Loved that car.

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SandyBayou@reddit

I've had six Camaros - in order of acquisition:

1982 Berlinetta 1987 "Plain Jane" T-tops 1986 IROC (Black and Gold) 1998 SS (Stolen in Slidell, LA) 1998 B4C (Former OK Hwy Patrol) 2002 35th Anniversary SS

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brinehart-cincy@reddit (OP)

And your favorite????

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SandyBayou@reddit

That's a close match between the '86 IROC just being THE classic GenX Camaro, and the 2002 35th SS out of performance and uniqueness. However, my firstborn was conceived in the front seat of that '82 Berlinetta.

And although I have had two of them, ANY Camaro guy will tell you: "Any car can be an 'SS'. Only a Camaro can be a Z-28."

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Head_Effect3728@reddit

I had a Vette instead. The Che version.

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Ok_Tanasi1796@reddit

You gotta be a certain age.

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TxState68@reddit

I had an ‘80 Z28 with the air induction cowl that would open up when you floored it. Nothing like the sound the 4-barrel Rochester Quadrajet slightly bogging at the beginning, and then winding the engine up to a roar!

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thesqueen113388@reddit

I had one. My folks drove it up here from the Bahamas

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jaime_riri@reddit

You’re kidding!

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thesqueen113388@reddit

I must be. The Bahamas are islands.

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themiracy@reddit

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

I never had a cool car as a kid. There was a Mustang that I wanted but it had issues and we bought something else. Far later I had this convertible I loved. Now I have a Mustang Mach-E, which is more of a slightly-less-boring environmentalist car than a muscle car.

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t0mj0nes36@reddit

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

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yayayagilliganhell@reddit

Hey Dude let's drive down to 7-11 in the Camaro and score a gram.

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Commies-Fan@reddit

5.0 for me

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MRHaynes021@reddit

Boo!!! Hiss!! 😁

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mypizzanvrhurtnobody@reddit

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MRHaynes021@reddit

82 Z28 with manual transmission. Slower than a sloth but handled like a slot car. Of course it had 80s American build quality. After the 12 month, 12,000 mile warranty stuff started coming off (lower decals) and or breaking (clutch pivot arm bracket). Would love to see an unmolested one or a nicely restored one. Still think it was one of Chevy’s best ever shapes.

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grin_ferno@reddit

Looked alright, but SLOW af.

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sarcasticorange@reddit

Everything was slow as fuck then.

The fastest supercars were 5 seconds 0 to 60. Porsche 911 was close to 6 seconds and that's where the top end spec of the Camaros lived as well.

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HRShovenstuff1@reddit

My highschool buddy's dad had a suh-weeeet IROC Z and that thing would haul ballzzz down the curvy back roads of southwest Virginia while we blasted Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top. Good times man.

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squelly@reddit

I had the most base model 1980 Camaro in 1987. It was, quite possibly, the slowest car I ever owned. At least the stock AM radio was a piece of shit, and the spare tire took up the entirety of the trunk. So I had that going for me.

It was a total turd of a car.

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Grand-Relation-5212@reddit

I lucked into a ‘67 firebird (400ci w/4bb) in ‘82. What that monster that car was.

Used to get a rise out of IROC guys when I commented on the ‘screaming chicken’ on the hood 😜

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craigechoes9501@reddit

I didn't, but my best friend in high school had a silver '69 Camaro. Cruisin' was cool for sure

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SheriffBartholomew@reddit

Oh man, 69 Camaro Fastback in black was my dream car! I never did get one though, and now they're stupid expensive.

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sarcasticorange@reddit

Fyi... there are 69 camaro hard-tops and 69 camaro convertibles. For that period, if you're talking about a fastback, it is most likely a Mustang.

Because the 69 hard top Camaros were a bit smoother on the rear than the 67-68 models, one could theoretically classify the hard-top as a semi-fastback, but you generally won't hear that term used with Camaros specifically due to it being associated with the Mustang (ie the enemy).

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Adventurous-Winter84@reddit

In high school i wrote a story and the “hot guy” in it drove a black 69 fastback. I couldn’t think of a better sexier car than that. Bitchin!

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CaptMixTape@reddit

I had a 1990 black Camero with T-Tops. It had a V8 5.0L but was not an IROC

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holidayiceman@reddit

My mom’s ex had a black Iroc. I thought it was awesome but not comfortable to ride in at all.

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largos7289@reddit

I had a 81 camaro still the old body style. Painted it plum crazy purple. 350/th350 trans. it was a huge plie of crap thou. Leaked oil like a sieve, had cherry bomb mufflers so it sounded tough but wasn't. My bud saved all summer once to get a 84 iroc in the baby sh*t yellow color. Not sure why he wanted that color. Ever girl i knew back then wanted either a IROC in blue or a Trans Am GTA in white.

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unclejoe1917@reddit

I didn't have a Camaro, but I did have a copy of Big Lizard in My Back Yard and could play Bitchin' Camaro on my bass guitar.

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DisastrousTurn9220@reddit

I legit thought that this post was going to be about the Dead Milkmen lol

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ifrankenstein@reddit

I was always a G body guy, but i loved this gen Camaro

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kninjapirate-z@reddit

I had an 81’ Camaro with iroc wheels. It had a scoop on the hood, 350 motor, Camaro orange. I loved that car.

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GalianoGirl@reddit

My next door neighbour has one. It is his pride and joy.

He has made some mods to it. Has a beautiful rumble when he starts it up.

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anyoutlookuser@reddit

I still have my 70 split bumper. I wanted one all thru HS but couldn’t get my hand on one until I was nearly 30. But I still have it today!

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mypizzanvrhurtnobody@reddit

1984 here. Got it in ‘88, used in great shape with like 10K miles. Fast as a mother. 5-speed, red, T-Tops. Drove that thing all across the country and loved every minute of it.

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atxgossiphound@reddit

Do two Berlinettas equal one IROC?? “82 and “84, the latter with T-tops and louvers.

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Here_4_the_INFO@reddit

Does anyone else remember what we used to say IROC "stood" for? Not sure if it was just a regional thing or ...

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Mistervimes65@reddit

I had a 1969 Rally Sport in Green. The sheriff confirmed that it hit 100 mph in the straightaway.

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wezelboy@reddit

This is what I think a bitchin' Camero is.

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Mistervimes65@reddit

The story is very rural. I lived in west Georgia about an 30 minutes from the Alabama border. We all used to race on a two lane curvy road closer to Atlanta. The sheriff (who was legendary in Georgia) found out and posted up near the end of the road at about one o’clock in the morning.

I came around a corner and he was standing by the side of the road. He just pointed at me and then pointed at the shoulder of the road.

I pulled over. We chatted. He told me how fast I was going. Then he told me to go home and that he was going to call my dad.

He never called my dad. I finally told the story to my dad last Thanksgiving. I’m 60.

My old man said “You got that car up to 100 in the straightaway on that road?” and laughed.

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JenNtonic@reddit

86 Firebird!

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SheriffBartholomew@reddit

Two of my friends had Camaro RS t-tops. They were such awesome cars! Very light ass-ends though, not good for cornering.

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sarcasticorange@reddit

With $500 in parts and a friend who knows how to weld, they can pull over 1G on a skid pad.

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Familiar-Court-4217@reddit

Dead Milkmen Bitching Camaro

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Fillmore80@reddit

'85 trans Am please

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MyNameIsNemo_@reddit

I couldn’t really afford one until ‘99. It was a fun car, but definitely a little nuts. 320 HP and rear wheel drive that would love to fishtail if you weren’t careful. It sucked in the snow too. But it was a blast when it had room to stretch its legs. When the second kid came around, it got traded in for a Camry.

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SheriffBartholomew@reddit

Yeah they were terrible in the corners, but a shitload of fun in the straights. The epitome of muscle cars.

it got traded in for a Camry.

Boooo! Hissssss! Boooooo!

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MyNameIsNemo_@reddit

It still hurts a bit. I tried to call it the Camreo, but that felt pretty hollow to me too.

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cubbie71@reddit

I had a 1987 IROC, 5.7 maroon with t-tops in the early 90s.

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Adventurous-Winter84@reddit

My husband’s second Camaro was one of these but his was Purple! Fun fast car!

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theheavyddd@reddit

1984 Z-28, T-Tops, rootbeer brown with gold trim and rims. I love that thing.

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Adventurous-Winter84@reddit

My husband had one too! Named “whisky”. It was his first out of 2 Camaros.

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murrayshannon@reddit

Not 80s but had a '77 Camaro & my next ride was an '84 Firebird.

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nice1priscilla@reddit

Tony Orlando and Dawn!

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ChapterOk4000@reddit

I was hoping this post was about that song!

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CanadianExiled@reddit

I was poor, I had a 79 Berlinetta with a 305 automatic. Body was 60% Bondo, still looked cool.

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deedeejayzee@reddit

My brother left me his 88 Firebird the summer of 88, when the army transferred him to Germany. Best summer ever

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crazy4pretzels@reddit

We have a single owner ‘88 Formula and I finally got my Camaro-a ‘24 2SS convertible one of the last to get a VIN and roll off the line. Love them both!

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Spiritual_Ad8626@reddit

IM JUST A TEENAGE DIRTBAG BABY

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JustAnotherBrokenCog@reddit

Firebird, base model. But I miss the Le Mans more. "Endura" option package so it had the polyurethane nose and scooped hood of a GTO without the price tag. Granted I had to explain every time I had the damn thing out that it was neither a goat-erized Le Mans nor a misbadged GTO, still fun as hell to drive.

If I had the money and the space for a project I'd absolutely go hunting for another A-body long before another F-body.

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jtalbain@reddit

I had the original. A '67 Firebird with a Pontiac 400 dropped in. Headers, glass packs, nice setup. When I started it up, the whole neighborhood knew.

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JustAnotherBrokenCog@reddit

Mine was a '70, first year of 2nd gen. Came with a 350 so ragged out none of the cylinders were in spec nor were any of them within 0.020" of each other. Ended up with a 455 after my brother got rear ended by a texting blonde, totalled his '71 Esprit. 455 in an open diff was a choice... not a good one. Couldn't take off worth a shit without smoking the shit out of that one tire in every gear.

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Milly1974@reddit

I didn't get my Trans Am untill after highschool. I had a 1981 T/A for 20 years. Had a 1996 Firebird for almost 6 years. Sold them both to pay for my 2nd wife's engagement and wedding rings. In 2020 she bought me a much nicer 1999 Trans Am. I think she's a keeper.

I was traumatized by a Camaro Z28. Had what I thought was a very serious girlfriend, who dumped me like a bad habit after her daddy bought her a 1986 Z28 if she got rid of me. Probably for the better though.

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iftheygivinitaway@reddit

My mid 1990s girlfriend had Z24 (not Z28), and man, it was hard to fuck in that thing. But not impossible . . . Nothing could stop Sandi when she was determined.

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Milly1974@reddit

Camaro girls daddy let me drive her to my senior prom in his 1985 Corvette. Good thing we were both skinny and there was just enough room between the seat backs to get the top half of us into the hatch.

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KittiesRule1968@reddit

I had a series of second generation camaros and firebirds. I was never into the 3rd generation cars even though they were new my freshman year of high school.

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tommyalanson@reddit

Still want a C4 Corvette, but I never was a Camaro guy.

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armonde@reddit

I had a 1985 Z28 with T Tops.

Blue with gold ground effects.

I had the rims painted candy apple red and called her "Sonic the Road Hog"

Best 6 months of my life (the police and courts may have a different perspective).

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Vandilbg@reddit

82 black on black Camaro. Black out tint, 3 piece cheese grater louvers, gold rims. By the time I sold it I swear every single seal in that motor was leaking. Teenage me fucking loved that car though.

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IHadTacosYesterday@reddit

I actually hated those cars back in the day. Thought they were 100 percent "Guido" cars, lol. Note, I'm a "Guido" myself, so I can get away with it, lol...

The cars that I were into back then by comparison was like a convertible Mazda RX7 or a Porsche 944 or something like that.

Anyways, having said all that, I sometimes see a Camaro that's absolutely cherry nowadays and I can really appreciate them. They're definitely classics and they have their place. They're still a bit Guido, and they should automatically come with a gold chain the glovebox, but I can respect em now, lol

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iftheygivinitaway@reddit

As we used to say, IROC = Italian Regard Out Cruising.

No offense to guidos and guidettes everywhere.

For those from the Boston area, Go Guido ! ! !

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goodcookT@reddit

Parents drove mine up from the Bahamas.

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SnooChocolates2923@reddit

You're kidding, I must be, the Bahamas are islands.

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OingoBoingoBaggins@reddit

Ok, the important thing here is that you ask me what kinda car it is

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IDK_WTF_TRA@reddit

Uh, uh, what kind of car ya' got?

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Dive30@reddit

I had the most uncool, slow, Firebird. A 1979 (so smog neutered 305), white with white vinyl top, and white leather interior.

Don’t worry, I promptly totaled it.

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MrMackSir@reddit

I had a '77 firebird powder blue with a powder blue interior. My aunt bought it, my sister drove it for a few years, then I got it in '88. I loved that car. So many speeding tickets and donuts done in parking lots.

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EnjoyingTheRide-0606@reddit

In 1982, my older brother returned from the Navy with a 1969 Camaro! He spent 3 months restoring the exterior and painted it Candy Apple Red. It was such a bitchin’ car!! He bought it for $250 on the base at Whidbey Island Station because someone was shipping out for 9 months and couldn’t afford to store it.

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DrySession9968@reddit

Oh man, the IROC guys..... I can hear the mullet from here!

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shooshieshu@reddit

My husband (before we were married, but knew eachother) had a brand new red 88 Iroc Z28 with T tops. It was beautiful. It got stolen about a month after he bought it. They found it a few weeks later on blocks in Chicago, completely stripped. Probably a blessing in disguise, that car would have been trouble. He got his insurance payout and bought a V6 Chevy Beretta GT. I actually really liked that car. It was the car I drove when we first got married. We had a couple kids and then got an Astro Van. I miss the 80s.

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livingadailyhell@reddit

Camaros, tight jeans and big hair. That was the motto for the 80’s.

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iftheygivinitaway@reddit

Or a 5.0 "Vinnie, check out the fuckin' rims on my fuckin' five point oh . . ."

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snapurt@reddit

Still have my 76 that I got in 91. Converted to 4 speed and I've added fender vents, spoiler and hood scoop among tons of other stuff. Over the winter it's been getting ready for some new paint hopefully next month. The 454 in my motorhome may go in it next winter. Only problem is how to get rid of the motorhome after. I don't feel like dismantling it!

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calitmvee@reddit

I had a 1995 white Camaro with t tops! I still reminisce about driving that car.

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ShyChiBaby@reddit

Team Mustang 🐎

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gholmom500@reddit

Yeah! Ride the ponies!

(But we don’t have a cool song like Camaros or Corvettes.)

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brinehart-cincy@reddit (OP)

Mustang Sally doesn't count?!?!?

I still imagine every car in a Beach Boys song is a 65 Mustang.

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gholmom500@reddit

I forgot!

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KellyzKillaz@reddit

At 19, I was on my way to check out an IROC at the local Chevy dealership. Passed by a used car for sale on the side of the road on the way, but didn't stop. When I saw actual IROC prices, I left kind of dejected, but remembered said used car. Swung back, and ended up buying the used car.

Why drive a Camaro when you can drive a Vette instead? And that's what I did. Ended up marrying into a Camaro a couple years later, so had both.

Here's a shot from the 80's of me with my '78 Silver Anniversary Corvette, and my brother with his I believe also a '78 Camaro. Gotta love the acid washed jeans.

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brinehart-cincy@reddit (OP)

I had that same shirt!!!!!!

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KellyzKillaz@reddit

Now that's funny!

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Diasies_inMyHair@reddit

My Dad had the Camaro. First thing he did was add a hoodscoop and replace the pipes for something louder. It was definitely a midlife crisis car.

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lectroid@reddit

Fieros were awesome. Weren’t they the cheapest mid-engine you could get?

I was a witness to an accident in college in ‘88. I had to give several depositions. The paralegal sent to collect me each time had a Fiero.

We drove the long way to the office just because it was fun. I was kinda sad when they were done with me.

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Diasies_inMyHair@reddit

I don't remember the specs. It was a fun two-seater. My Mom did some drag-racing before I came along and you could see it in her driving. That car really brought it out.

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TonyStark100@reddit

I had a 1981 Berlinetta. I am pretty sure the person I bought it from swapped the engine before I came back with money. It was still fun, and I found someone to buy it for slightly more than I paid, so it wasn’t too bad.

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canigetahint@reddit

My parents has a red 86 IROC with the T-tops. Was a cool looking car, but looking back on it, it only had an anemic 195 hp, which most 4 cylinders of today can surpass. That was the wonderful era of smog pumps and other emissions mayhem that kneecapped the sports cars of the day.

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disharmony-hellride@reddit

My dad bought me this car at 15.

We couldnt afford shoes, but I had an IROC

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brinehart-cincy@reddit (OP)

Shoes? Where we're going, we don't need... shoes.

(Because we're driving.)

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Infinite-Lychee-182@reddit

I was the poor asshole who's parents would only give him a used '78 Camaro, in 1986. I know, right? I may never get over the inhumane treatment I received!

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Bcruz75@reddit

Some GenX parents were savage.....I hope you've recovered

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Infinite-Lychee-182@reddit

Dude, it got even worse. Around '88, they got me a '79 Datsun 280ZX. Damn! I'm fklempt...

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Bcruz75@reddit

I'll pray for you tonight.

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Demostecles@reddit

My 85 year old Mom daily drives a ‘92 25th Anniversary Camaro.

She tends to get a lot of looks at stop lights and definitely has a lead foot.

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brinehart-cincy@reddit (OP)

Is... is she seeing anyone??? ;)

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CannaBeeKatie@reddit

She's awesome! 😎

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Demostecles@reddit

This is her third Camaro. They just fit her right.

Dad was always trying to get her into vintage Corvettes but she didn’t like the seats and visibility.

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ThisCharmingDan99@reddit

Cool. Almost bought one just like this in 1998. Ended up getting a fox mustang

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Olds1967@reddit

My 1980 Camaro. Not a Z. It was A base model v6 which turns out to be valuable now since not many made it to the dealers. It disappeared just before I left for Basic Training. Turns out my Dad was only generous while I lived with them.

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brinehart-cincy@reddit (OP)

Bonus points for having a photograph from a film camera!

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overmonk@reddit

In college I met a guy who had maybe a mid 80s Camaro and I rode in it. I told him it sounded great and he said thanks and sounded sad. Floored it and it sounded great and barely accelerated. It was so weak.

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ghjm@reddit

This is how essentially all gas cars feel to me after driving a dual motor EV for a few years.

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ExcentricaGallumbits@reddit

‘85 Z-28 with T-tops and the tuned port fuel injection.

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brinehart-cincy@reddit (OP)

Bonus points for having a photograph from a film camera!

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innocent_bystander@reddit

I saw one this past Sunday. I also know my old HS buddy still has his after all these years.

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Fluid-Engine3578@reddit

My stepdad bought a 1983 Z28 (with the newly offered 5-speed manual and orange Recaro seats).

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lonefighter77@reddit

Mom had one, I would've been early teens. She sold it to my brother after a few years, was in the family for a while. She had stuck a fake flip switch, by the lighter I think, and labeled it Warp Drive. She'd flip it when friends asked what the switch was, or just because, wait for open road and floor it. Petal to the metal, backs against the seats. So many kids believed it was real, good times 🤣🤣

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brinehart-cincy@reddit (OP)

I had a fake switch from Spencer gifts on my POS. It either said Forward Machine Guns, or Photon Torpedoes.

Weird that I remember the switch but not what it said.

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RoofAway1331@reddit

Arrested for donuts on school lawn with the Z28.

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PhotonDealer2067@reddit

Tony Orlando and Dawn!

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in-a-microbus@reddit

Officer Decker?

Why isn't he out rounding up replicants?

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LawrenceSpiveyR@reddit

That is Todd as fuck!

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stunneddisbelief@reddit

I had an 87 IROC 5.7L TPI, indigo blue (looked almost black at night), T-tops. the works. I loved that car and still think of it fondly. Thing was fast AF as well.

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Old_Cyrus@reddit

My brother had a Z28. I know he sold it before 1990, and just got another, pretty much identical car.

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jaime_riri@reddit

I didn’t have a Camaro but I AM wearing my Dead Milkmen shirt right now.

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Archercrash@reddit

I ran over my neighbor!

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excitabledude@reddit

Now I don’t owe em any favors!

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AdrianValles@reddit

Drove it up from the Bahamas?

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numberjhonny5ive@reddit

You’re kidding!

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jaime_riri@reddit

He must be. The Bahamas are islands.

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chazza7@reddit

You’re kidding

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Hedonistic_Yinzer@reddit

They were nice looking cars, Pat. They were anemic at best in the performance department.

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Substantial_Layer_79@reddit

Older Gen X here. Most of us drove 15 or so, year old cars. I had a 1966 Mustang. Others had Novas, Road Runners, Chevelles, AMX AMX's, and pickups from the 50's and 60's. There were 2 girls who had new cars. One was an Iroq Z and the other a Z28. Their cars were nice, but leaking T-Tops were a bit of a buzz kill.

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Inner-Management-110@reddit

78 Z-28 my senior year in 86. Just picked up a 79 TA with 77k actual. I will always love that platform.

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jeremyism_ab@reddit

A guy I went to high school with had 50k given to him by a relative who won a lotto jackpot. He bought a red IROC. It wasn't too long before he racked up some massive fines. When I met him in another town a few years later, he was driving an old Ford Galaxy instead! Lol.

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CowboyNeale@reddit

Italian Retards Out Cruising.

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Ill_Pressure3893@reddit

You typed this so I didn’t have to.

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CoffeeJedi@reddit

In my area it was "Idiot Rednecks"

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Full_Mission7183@reddit

I know we aren't supposed to talk like this anymore, but this unlocked a core memory.

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CowboyNeale@reddit

I really hesitated before posting and I couldn’t not

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HeavyTea@reddit

Lived in small town. Guy had a yellow IROC. Oh man! Nice!!!

Another guy had white GTA Trans Am. Also nice!

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Lrxst@reddit

No Camaro money for me, so I settled on a high mileage Chevy Novarolla.

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freerangeXkid@reddit

Had an '83 Firebird in HS in the late 80s that looked like Knight Rider but in red. Used to drive my younger siblings around and threaten to push the turbo boost or eject buttons if they misbehaved

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vinsalducci@reddit

Pfft. Hard pass.

I had a 1988 Red Mustang 5.0 GT Convertible with a white top.

The only way to fly.

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tandem_kayak@reddit

I'd take that! I've always wanted a 7-Up Fox Body Mustang. I was driving to go get one when I wrecked on black ice and had to cancel the trip. Never got to scratch that itch.

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negcap@reddit

We used to have a nickname for guys that drove an IROC.

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CoffeeJedi@reddit

I know most places it was Italian R*, but I lived out in the country so it was "Idiot Redneck Out Cruising"

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sgtmilburn@reddit

I had my one Camaro. 2009 RS, SS, 2SS, Transformers edition. It was a fun car.

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uncirculated_luster@reddit

I had a dark blue 86 camaro, but with the 2.8L engine so it was kinda slow... It was a five speed.. I was 17 or so, when I sold it the transmission was so beat...

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gangofone978@reddit

I watched Smokey and the Bandit again over the weekend. A bandit Trans Am is still a dream car for me.

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PissedCaucasian@reddit

87 Grand National with the T-Top. I heard Sean Penn had one many years ago stolen in San Francisco. He watched it drive away Nd he cried in the street. I would too.

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Historical_Bath_9854@reddit

My spouse makes my dreams come true, got a z28 so I'd get my license in the late 90's.

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this_kitty68@reddit

A friend of mine had one. I loved it when we rode around town in it. However, another friend had a ‘68 SS- cherry red with giant slicks. That car was my true love.

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ClassBShareHolder@reddit

My grandmother’s sister had a red TransAm. Her grandkids figured out that if they turned the radio up, grandma would go faster.

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Dyno198@reddit

Nope, unfortunately I didn't have one of those cars. They're cool and everything. Always wanted to get one. Never found one for sale at a good price. But I did see a lot of them in my rear view mirror of my 68 roadrunner

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myheromeganmullally@reddit

Had a red one. Tee tops and a loud exhaust. Ran okay. Service soon light never went out.

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crazynormal@reddit

Had a blue Berlinetta with black louvers on the back window. Damn that was a great car.

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Effective_Role_8910@reddit

I wanted a 92 with t-tops so bad. My cool Buddy had one and I wanted to be cool also

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PepperWorried3709@reddit

Love me two times baby, cause I got AIDS

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No_Elephant541@reddit

crystal ship is my favorite cover band

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AutomaticFennel1658@reddit

...and I really hope the have a sense of humor and don't take us to court.

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chillinwithabeer29@reddit

What court? Oh, the People’s court

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Few-Boysenberry-7826@reddit

\^ Nevermind that.

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in-a-microbus@reddit

You know what Stewart. I like you.

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gumby_twain@reddit

I’ve owned 3 Z28s. A 1979 with t-tops, an 85 hard to, and a 92 convertible

If I had space and inclination for a project car, another convertible would be the pick.

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Few-Boysenberry-7826@reddit

When I drive past the kids, they all spit and cuss, because I've got a bitchin' Camaro and they have to ride the bus. So, you better get outta my way when I run through your yard, because I've got a bitchin' Camaro and an Exxon credit card.

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KarmaChameleon306@reddit

Did you run over your neighbours?

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Few-Boysenberry-7826@reddit

Yeah, but then I found myself in all the papers.

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Fast_Spray_1927@reddit

1986 iroc z28. And it was a sweet blue.

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Mt0260@reddit

Remember all the different meanings we had for IROC? I distinctly remember a few. “Italian (R word) out cruising” was probably my favorite.

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ThisCharmingDan99@reddit

That’s the one I always heard.

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JeannettesKitties@reddit

We had a 2 door ford mustang in the ‘60’s and my 24 yr old son loves Cameros he bought his first massive fixer upper before he even had his license and now he has a newer maybe 2010 5 speed . That he absolutely loves !

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MaridAudran@reddit

Oh Man. I saw the title and immediately heard “The Dead Milkmen” 🎵 Bitchin' Camaro, bitchin' Camaro! I ran over my neighbors Bitchin' Camaro, bitchin' Camaro! Now I'm in all the papers 🎵

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in-a-microbus@reddit

I was letting my phone play through some music and "Stewart" came on when my 13 year old was in the kitchen doing dishes...and I decided it was easier to stop the song than have a discussion about how we once fought homophobia with over the top satire

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thesqueen113388@reddit

If I happen to run you down please don’t leave a scratch

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Anotherams@reddit

Donuts on your lawn!

I had the same reaction

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pious_platypus@reddit

I had an 1989 RS with a 305.

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Candlemom@reddit

My husband had a 92 RS when we first met.

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altrudee@reddit

Senior year (1985) had 79 Z28 Carmine red with the orange red stripe. 350, 4sd, no air, black louvers, white letter BFG Radial T/As w/deep dish Cragers S/S on back. It would still bark in all 4 gears.

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Smart_Butterfly_7845@reddit

1985 Firebird. Red 5 speed.

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sumbozo1@reddit

Had a 75 Trans Am. What a screamer I loved that thing

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Vegaprime@reddit

Had a 77 and thought it was a beast. Turns out it had like 225hp. Yikes

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

All of those mid-late-70's cars were smogged-out dogs. Late '70's Corvettes were running 15 and 16 second quarter mile times, which a modern Toyota minivan can match. Different times for car lovers!

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Vegaprime@reddit

I have a 2011 camaro now and it scares me sometimes.

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

I had a 2018 SS with the 6.2 liter V8. I've owned a lot of fun cars, but I have to say it remains the quickest (in a straight line at least) one so far. Way more power than I actually needed, I'm not a street racer.

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sumbozo1@reddit

Lol I just looked it up. Those 400 cubes put out a whopping 185 hp in 1975 lol. Felt fast to 18yo me

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rbrumble@reddit

I had a 1984 anniversary edition Trans Am, with T tops. I was heavily modified, the 305 HO was replaced with a 350 and it was repainted all black. It ended up looking very similar to KITT from Knight Rider.

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taughtmepatience@reddit

I had a 1987 Z28 black with gold trim and gold rims that I bought in 2000 for $500 with a seized 305. Dropped the motor and put in a 350. It was and still is a dream car... they still look bad ass today.

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Len_Zefflin@reddit

A buddy of mine had a 1980 Z28. I didn't like riding in it as I'm on the tall side and couldn't fit in it. It was nice to look at though.

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Basic_Cover_6945@reddit

Did your parents drive it up from the Bahamas with some Def Leppard tshirts?

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Raynet11@reddit

My uncle had a white and blue think it was a 1978 he would take me for rides when I asked him (1980's) I was like 10 years old.. So cool, never see them on the road anymore only at car shows

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iamamomandproud@reddit

I had a 79 Firebird Formula, with tee tops. And I’d like to get another one before I leave this world.

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spiritsandspinners@reddit

I had that Dead Milkmen record, but no car.

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Austindg4me@reddit

‘81 White Z28, Blue stripes, blue interior, T-Tops. Friends called her The Ghost!

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Flimsy_Flounder7310@reddit

‘82 z28 was the first one. Dad had a midlife crisis and kept buying 3 more z28s for a family of 6. Great cars to look at and go cruising on a Friday night but mechanically shite cars. In the early 1990s Broke down on a byway in rural Colorado and only had a cow to talk to for 2 1/2 hours until a local sheriff came by to call a tow truck. This is in a long line of these cars breaking down at the most inconvenient times

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Dismal_Estate9829@reddit

I had an iron and a formula. I fell out of love for years but I want her back now.

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MaddMango68@reddit

In the early 90s I had an 87 IROC, black with gold trim. Felt like cheating on my true love, Mustangs.

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papawhacked@reddit

I had its cousin...a 'macho' trans am. It was an 85, after Ev Mecham tried to reboot the macho line. I think only like 25 were made. Mine was #13. Iirc it had a 402 small block and a doug Nash 5 speed. Geared for quarter mile runs. It got about 6 mpg.

Needless to say, I didnt own it long.

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Skelley1976@reddit

78 z28 & 83 berlinetta. Might buy another now that I’m older and can finally afford all the fun shit I couldn’t back then…

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Icy-Package-7801@reddit

I had a 1987 black IROC with T-tops. I loved that car, it was one of the best cars I ever owned. So many good memories in that car. Simpler and better times for sure. I was just thinking how rare those Camaro models are now, they used to be everywhere.

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Bloody_Mabel@reddit

79 Firebird. I totaled it in my first accident ☹️.

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Fritz5678@reddit

Classic. Such a shame. My sister had a 78 with the racing stripes and T-tops.

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skinisblackmetallic@reddit

same

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mediaogre@reddit

I had a ‘67 but I didn’t run over my neighbor.

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Fritz5678@reddit

They were the shit back then. All the cool people had one.

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

My co worker still has one he bought new in 89 and still owns it. Iroc with a manual transmission. He has taken it on power tour a couple times now. The only changes he has made is wheels and tires otherwise it is all original.

yes he flew a mullet back in the day. Now he is bald.

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Von_Quixote@reddit

“Oh, my folks drove it up here from the Bahamas”

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MiseryisCompany@reddit

"you're kidding right?"

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KarmaChameleon306@reddit

I must be, the Bahamas are islands.

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starky411@reddit

You must be joking

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CynicSixthSense@reddit

I had a friend who worked in a strip club with me in 99...her name was Tobi Jane and she danced to hair metal... rocking Mall hair... and she drove a cherry red IROC. Rest in Power you absolute glorious legend. You are missed.

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Shakarix@reddit

88 IROC. Neighbors loved me every weekday at 6am.

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mountainsun9@reddit

I would just happily settle for another concert by the dead milkmen since they’re back together

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LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit

Would you settle for a doors cover band called "The Crystal Shits"?

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Emotional-Block-6734@reddit

Donuts on your lawn!

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Few-Boysenberry-7826@reddit

Tony Orlando and Dawn!

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MiseryisCompany@reddit

Tony Orlando and Dawn!

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K0ntank3rous@reddit

My aunt and uncle did, the ol' white Iroc Z with black racing stripes. He even had the rat tail to go with it. We still laugh today about that.

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CapitalParallax@reddit

My dad had one that he sold a month before I got my license. I understand why he did, but I'm still salty about it 20 years later.

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Duck_Size@reddit

My wife had an ‘80 Camaro. She burned up all 160 horses until it just gave up.

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lilred7879@reddit

There's no way I would have a Camaro... I was rolling in my 5.0

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Continuum_Design@reddit

With the ragtop down so your hair could blow?

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notwyntonmarsalis@reddit

Were the girlies on standby waiting just to say hi?

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lilred7879@reddit

ICE ICE baby, long before the word freaked people out

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NightMgr@reddit

Me too. Early 80s Fox body. What a POS.

Loved mine.

Now my SUV is faster.

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lilred7879@reddit

Heck, I have Jeep Wrangler, which is quicker than my original 5.0 was

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Downtown_Reward_6339@reddit

Kicking Ass and taking names on the high dollar IROC posers no doubt !

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Hoon0967@reddit

My best friend had an IROC Z with crossfire injection. Black with red trim. Loved that car.

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SKULLDIVERGURL@reddit

“I ran over your neighbor”

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PotPumper43@reddit

I had a Camaro. But my 78 Pontiac Phoenix was a lot more badass!

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LaFemmeD_Argent@reddit

I didn’t, but my first boyfriend’s older brother did.

Cruising around the northwest suburbs of Chicago blasting Prince’s Dirty Mind making out and grinding in the back seat. Good times.

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mjskiingcat@reddit

We had one ☝️ along with the stingray corvette. Cars will never be the same..

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digdugnate@reddit

i didn't but one of my best friends did :) Her dad had to put a governor on it, lol.

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Falcifer13@reddit

I had a 87 Buick Grand National

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walter_grimsley@reddit

Never had a 2nd gen F body, but had a 4th gen Trans Am when I got my first real job out of college.

I still want a late 3rd gen IROC or Trans Am GTA. But at this point, it's no longer a used car I can just hop into. I'm looking at a total restoration/rebuild.

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Downtown_Reward_6339@reddit

4th gen’s are so much better. Get ‘em while they’re still affordable.

3rd gen’s are expensive because they’re kinda crappy and it’s hard to find a nice one.

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phogue2010@reddit

My dad bought me an 85 z28 to bribe me to move away from my boyfriend to another state. It's also the car I learned how to drive a manual. Me and him fighting over the gearshift is a fond memory I have of him teaching me to shift it.

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in-a-microbus@reddit

My parents bought me a Bitchn' Camaro

With no insurance to match

So if I happen to run you down

Please don't leave a scratch

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EyeSuspicious777@reddit

My folks drove it up here from the Bahamas

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in-a-microbus@reddit

You're joking?

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Ok-Pomegranate-7458@reddit

I must be the Bahamas are islands.

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Historical_Project86@reddit

A mate at work in the '90s was into fixing up cars, and he got hold of a 1970s Camaro, this was in Brighton in the UK. We were all amazed at it, it was so big compared with the cars we were used to.

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Possible_Shoulder_50@reddit

A friend in HS had one. Yellow Z28 with t-top and a kick as sound system. All of us would load up and cruise the Panama City Beach strip all summer. Good times. 🤣

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sarah-vdb@reddit

I had an 83 Firebird and drove it until it had 180k miles on it. Between the age and the mileage I traded it in in 1999/2000 for a used Eagle Talon.

When I dream and have a car in it, it's usually the Firebird. I loved that car. I had been looking for a late 70s Z28 or Trans Am, but even in 1992 those were difficult to find in decent shape.

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Embarrassed-Bench392@reddit

Did your parents drive it up from the Bahamas?

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story_fish@reddit

"love me two times baby, love me twice today...

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bebopgamer@reddit

Don't forget to get a Def Leppard t-shirt, all proceeds go to getting their singer out of jail

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ImMxWorld@reddit

If I happen to run you down, please don't leave a scratch

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dysteach-MT@reddit

My bestie had a Pontiac Fiero T-Top.

We learned that it was too low to the ground to straddle a skunk.

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Accomplished-Beat779@reddit

I had a 79 Z28, It was stolen

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

Always liked them, I still think they look more aggressive than the year-equivalent Mustangs of the time. I didn't have nice cars until the 1990's, so all I could do was be envious of those that had them.

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melty75@reddit

I was never even close to cool enough to have one. Rusty 86 Cutlass brougham was my broughjam.

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twoturntablesanda@reddit

My brother and I had a '67 Camaro that wss pretttttty far from stock that we used to take to the drag strip. My daily was an '84 Camaro... charcoal brown... yeah. Not exactly a high performance car with the weak little V6. Fun enough though.

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hair_10@reddit

I've had a 1984 Berlinetta (don't laugh!) , 1994, 1997 Z28, 2002 Z28, and now a Transformer Edition 2010 2SS.

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Ok_Orchid7131@reddit

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

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mckenner1122@reddit

My folks bought me a
Bitchin’ Camaro
With no insurance to match

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Common_Juggernaut724@reddit

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

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daxsr@reddit

This is me and my 88 IROC. Probably taken in 92.

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Hot_Rock@reddit

I had an ‘81 Z28, ‘79 Z28, ‘80 Z28, ‘92 RS, and now a 19 Mustang PP1. You could say I have a type. Yes I had a mullet, drank Budweiser, and smoked. All that is gone but at least I can still get reckless.

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walter_grimsley@reddit

Peak Gen X here

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ancientastronaut2@reddit

Damn son

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kramwest1@reddit

I still want Rockford’s black and gold Firebird with the T-Tops. Gorgeous car.

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Manalagi001@reddit

Not brown with no t-top? He was always hurting for $$

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TheOsirisOfThisShit_@reddit

They're fun to look at, but do you realize how dog ass slow those old cars are? A modern Honda Civic could dust one in a drag race.

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zeitgeistincognito@reddit

My dad had a two seater 240Z when I was little, he loved that thing. I remember the choke on the inside of the car, I've only ever seen them on lawn mowers and other equipment like that, lol. He had to sell it when he married my stepmom and they had a baby together.

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ExtraAd7611@reddit

I had one that my dad gave me after he got tired of driving it. It had a sticky gas pedal that made it difficult to accelerate smoothly. I parked it on the street and one day someone slammed into it and totaled it.

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Nervous-Rooster7760@reddit

Yeah those were rich kid cars. I was sporting a diesel Olds station wagon lol. I was always Mustang guy.

16 year old me really wanted convertible 5.0 fox body. Never got that one by 52 year old me did get a new convertible GT for a weekender.

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Ahleron@reddit

I saw the post title and heard The Dead Milkmen.

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BG4Life1970@reddit

I just played that song about a week ago for my wife who had for some reason never heard it. She wasn't as amused by it as I'd hoped she would be.

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spizotfl@reddit

I ran over my neighbor

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riptide502@reddit

Bitchin’!

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bitch-ass_ho@reddit

Every time I see a Camaro, I sing it to myself!

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Hebshesh@reddit

My 1980 Camaro during my senior year in 1988. You can see my family's conversion van in the corner.

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Beautiful_Arm8364@reddit

I had an '85 Ford Escort, but I was definitely blasting "Bitchin' Camaro" from my factory-stock Audiovox stero.

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Lazydaze87@reddit

Me, 85 IROC but I didn’t run over my neighbor.

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Frankthabunny@reddit

My parents had a Z-28 and later on a Monte Carlo when I was a kid

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Fish-Weekly@reddit

I had to wait until I was in my 50s to get a Camaro 😁

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Full_Mission7183@reddit

I was 50 when I got my Charger r/T

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Fish-Weekly@reddit

Awesome, no time is too late. At least while you can still get in and out of it 😁

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hkusp45css@reddit

'87 IROC-Z ... loved that little grocery getter.

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Severe-Reality5546@reddit

I had a black, convertible 1990 RS+ (305 V8 with TBI). I called it the sheep in wolf's clothing because it only made 170HP from a 5L V8.

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Overall-Avocado-7673@reddit

Man what a great time that was. When cars transitioned from carburetors to port injection, it felt like the world was so advanced. No more pumping the gas pedal 20 times before cranking the engine. The IROC's came out and looked badass followed by the Mustang 5.0 GT. We thought 200 HP was incredible and then we had to add a "boomin system" with massive speakers in the rear to finish it off. I remember my buddy got a DUI doing donuts in a parking lot in his bright red IROC trying to impress girls lol.

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tireworld@reddit

you're speaking my language! I still peruse autotrader looking for one. I have found several for around 11k. I know that they are slow AF, but I still want one! I'd put in a bitchin sound system that only plays Whitesnake on cassette!

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marcduberge@reddit

I have seen several with modern LS V8 drivetrains . So cool

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Zincdust72@reddit

When I was getting ready to graduate in '90, for my present my grandma bought me a red '86 Camaro with T-tops. That car got me WAY more attention from girls than anything else that I'd tried in my previous 17 years.

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DasArtmab@reddit

I ain’t no fortunate son. I drove a family work truck. Of course, I wanted a sports car with the visibility of a tank

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snootchiebootchie94@reddit

My mom used to have a red '86. I used to think it was the COOLEST car. My younger brother, who is in his mid 30's, still wants one. I dreamed bigger and bought a different red sports car.

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Criseyde2112@reddit

My husband still has his '80 Trans Am with the screaming eagle on the hood.

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Sistamama@reddit

I had a mere Berlinetta Camaro. She was sweet though.

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TheUglyWeb@reddit

No Camaro in the 80's but had a 67 in 76! That thing was fast.

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marcduberge@reddit

The rich boys got those in HS (class of 86). The rich girls got Lebaron convertibles

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nonelectron@reddit

I ran over my neighbor

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Prize_Ice6474@reddit

Not a Camaro, but I had a 1987 red Trans Am with t-tops. I loved that car more than life itself.

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benderman34@reddit

I had the Camaro's cousin, the Firebird. Specifically an '89 Firebird Formula 350, black with T-tops. Loved the shit outta that car. Back then everyone in town had fox body Mustangs and I was Knight Rider.

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Adventurous-Egg-8818@reddit

I so wanted an IROC when I was 16. Would go by the Chevy dealership and ask to sit in the seat just to imagine. It helped my dad knew the owner or probably wouldn’t have been able to do that.

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ROBOKUT@reddit

I did! 80 z28!

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Brief_Birthday_5189@reddit

root beer brown

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Thirty_Helens_Agree@reddit

My parents drove it up from the Bahamas.

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AutomaticFennel1658@reddit

You're kidding?

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chillinwithabeer29@reddit

I must be the Bahamas are islands

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samuellbroncowitz@reddit

I had an 84 firebird right after high school. 305 V8, 5spd, with a whopping 150hp, and t tops. Loved that car except when it rained, cause those tops leaked like crazy.

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Mobile_Aioli_6252@reddit

The Bahamas are islands.........

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MisterSandKing@reddit

Donuts on your lawn!

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CoffeeJedi@reddit

Tony Orlando and Dawn!

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SnuggleMoose44@reddit

Donuts on your lawn.

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Positive_Think99@reddit

Greaaaat. Now that’s stuck in my head.

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ThrowRA--scootscooti@reddit

I had an 84 Camaro with t-tops and it was a manual. I lost all but 3,4,5th gear before my dad finally got the tranny rebuilt. That was fun! Then I had and 87 Trans Am that smoked constantly. A guy actually stopped me on the street and told me to tell my dad I need new rings! So embarrassing!

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Zestyclose-Smell-788@reddit

I beat your bitchin Camaro stop light to stop light in my bitchin Mustang GT

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Fish-Weekly@reddit

My friend’s older brother got an 82 Mustang GT new when we were still in high school. The older brother had graduated.

That car put a lot of cars at the time to shame, it took awhile for GM to catch up but eventually Camaro and Mustang traded the top spot back and forth for years after that.

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UnderwhelmingAF@reddit

Not a Camaro, but I had an ‘84 Trans Am for a while.

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Skatchbro@reddit

Sammy had it right.

https://youtu.be/sQzn8lGUY0s?si=O4LcELbVzxrdLBrj

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LiquidSoCrates@reddit

I had a 1980 Celica GT with major rust damage. Closest I ever got to owning a Camaro.

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Ianthin1@reddit

I had a few buddies with them but I never did. One of them had a really sweet 89 IROC. About 6 months after he bought it, the state police showed up at school looking for him. Turns out the car was stolen and had a forged title. Guy lost several thousand $$$ over it but never caught any charges.

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drummerboy-98012@reddit

Right after high school (1991) I had a red 1978 Camaro Z28. Only had it a few months and then it got stolen. Loved that car.

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jillyjobby@reddit

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

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jjdlg@reddit

I ran over my neighbor. Now it’s in all the papers.

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Monkeynutz_Johnson@reddit

A guy i graduated with got one for a graduation present from his folks. Later that summer, he hit a telephone pole after going off the side of the road at about a hundred miles per hour. He had just dropped off his girlfriend because they had been fighting. She told people later that he had been driving the same way taking her home.

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brinehart-cincy@reddit (OP)

God yes!! That blue and silver scheme!

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NewMexicoJoe@reddit

Remember these things being everywhere, generally accompanied by a mullet and/or Zubaz pants.