Hey all.

I've just bought myself a '97 Camaro 3.8 coupe.

Like most Camaros in this country, it's an import, but they finished the paperwork a few days ago so I picked it up on thursday!It's only covered 22k miles since new, so still in very good condition



Some more pics here

Hope to enjoy my stay here [sm=gears.gif]

 

Nice car, looks really clean!! Are there a lot of Camaros over there? Oh yeah welcome to the forum haha

 

thats cool, hey so like a camaro an import.... i never thought of it lol...

 

Thanks for the welcome

Chevrolet brought the Corvette, Camaro and Blazerto the UKbetween 1998 and about 2001 I think it was. None of them sold as well as they'd hope so most of the ones you see here have been imported, be-it from North America, Japan or mainland Europe.

About25 miles from where I live are the two largest USAF bases in the country, so you see a variety of American cars around there, but they certainly aren't a common sight on our roads. Months can go by without seeing one, of any age! In fact, checking on Autotrader [by far the biggest nationwidesource for car sales], there's currentlyabout30 for sale in the whole country. Even checking in the specialist magazines dedicated to US cars over here, there's only ever 4 or 5 listed.

So, pretty rare

 

Wow, thats pretty cool. It's kinda like a Lotus Elise. I bet you see them all the time over there in the UK, but I havent seen one here for probably a month!

 

You see a fair few, yeah. The Elise is built just down the road from me.Lotus are based in place called Hethel which is about 10 miles from here.

I bet an Elise would be fun on the roads out west in North Carolina, around Asheville,Waynesville, Highlands, etc. I spent a week in NC back in 2004 and I even enjoyed those roads in the Sebring hire car

 

Welcome to the forum mate.

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

Thanks!

Enjoying Camaro ownership so far [sm=shades.gif]

 

Your probably glad you dont have a V8... has gas hit a pound per litre over there?