My 2010 Camaro
#1
07-12-2010, 08:10 AM
My 2010 Camaro
Hello everyone,
My name is Kahdir and I've been lurking around here for a bit
When the order banks opened, I planned on selling my Jeep and ordering a Camaro, but some things came up that would have made that pretty difficult -so I postponed...
The plan was to keep my 2005 Mustang GT and have a 2010 Camaro SS in the driveway as well... Then some teenage girl texting while driving rear-ended my Mustang, doing over $9k in damage
Dissatisfied with the repairs after a lot of back & forth with my insurance company, I decided to replace it with a 2011 Mustang GT. I was able to chit chat with some of the Ford engineers at SEMA and heard that the order banks would open early for the new 5.0L. I had my dealer (the same one that I purchased my 2005 from) spec a car on 12/26/09, it was submitted on 1/18/10 (the day the order banks opened) and accepted on 1/19/10. Not quite sure why my car wasn't scheduled to be built until the week of May 10th (possible parts shortage on my options...
) but it was built on May 14th with an ETA of May 22nd 
Well, May 22nd came and went... it was then updated to June 1st. Ok, I thought... until others that ordered afterwards were receiving their cars
. I think the final straw for me was the lack of updated info on my car while some were able to receive their cars in as little as 18 days 
. Well, I checked one finally time on Friday (6/25/10) -to no surprise still no update!
During this extended torture of waiting for a car that was supposed to be delivered before Memorial Day weekend, I test drove a 2010 Camaro SS (6/11/10). While different in may ways to what I was used to, I was very pleased. For the next 2 weeks I debated in my mind the pros and cons of each vehicle... It was one of the toughest decisions I've ever had to make. I like both cars and even planned on owning both (be it a later time..) but not knowing what problems may or may not be afflicting my ordered 2011 Mustang was too much to chance.
Without too much more rambling, here is my new toy
My name is Kahdir and I've been lurking around here for a bit
When the order banks opened, I planned on selling my Jeep and ordering a Camaro, but some things came up that would have made that pretty difficult -so I postponed...
The plan was to keep my 2005 Mustang GT and have a 2010 Camaro SS in the driveway as well... Then some teenage girl texting while driving rear-ended my Mustang, doing over $9k in damage
Dissatisfied with the repairs after a lot of back & forth with my insurance company, I decided to replace it with a 2011 Mustang GT. I was able to chit chat with some of the Ford engineers at SEMA and heard that the order banks would open early for the new 5.0L. I had my dealer (the same one that I purchased my 2005 from) spec a car on 12/26/09, it was submitted on 1/18/10 (the day the order banks opened) and accepted on 1/19/10. Not quite sure why my car wasn't scheduled to be built until the week of May 10th (possible parts shortage on my options...
) but it was built on May 14th with an ETA of May 22nd Well, May 22nd came and went... it was then updated to June 1st. Ok, I thought... until others that ordered afterwards were receiving their cars
. I think the final straw for me was the lack of updated info on my car while some were able to receive their cars in as little as 18 days . Well, I checked one finally time on Friday (6/25/10) -to no surprise still no update!During this extended torture of waiting for a car that was supposed to be delivered before Memorial Day weekend, I test drove a 2010 Camaro SS (6/11/10). While different in may ways to what I was used to, I was very pleased. For the next 2 weeks I debated in my mind the pros and cons of each vehicle... It was one of the toughest decisions I've ever had to make. I like both cars and even planned on owning both (be it a later time..) but not knowing what problems may or may not be afflicting my ordered 2011 Mustang was too much to chance.
Without too much more rambling, here is my new toy
#2
07-12-2010, 12:30 PM
very nice ride! love that paint job.
sorry to hear about the stang, but i am sure you will love that camaro.
having both those cars in the driveway would be a lot of fun tho.
sorry to hear about the stang, but i am sure you will love that camaro.
having both those cars in the driveway would be a lot of fun tho.
