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David Jones · #1 11-18-2004, 06:07 PM

I'm bored. Lets start an argument, er ah I mean uh discussion.

455HOGT37 · #2 12-09-2004, 08:42 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Goathead:

Npw why couldn't they taken the pipes out of seperate sides? That's my point. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Gas tank???

Goathead · #3 12-06-2004, 08:44 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>then maybe you will be informed enough to make comments about the '04 GTO. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

For some reason I think that I am informed enough to comment about the two of them.

I was driving when the true GTO came out back in '64, and I have test driven the new ugly relabled '04 also.

I have owned 7 GTO's in my lifetime, and a few Firebirds also.

So, what makes you more qualified than I am? Hell, you are probabley not even 30 years old yet...

PS: I am at least informed enough to know when a loser is a loser...and that is what the Holden is in the US, don't need any website to figure that out, or do you?

Goathead · #4 12-02-2004, 08:29 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>I personally don't dislike the Monaro as a Monaro. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Exactly.....it is not a legend, it is a Monaro that should try and make it's own legend if it can....

red70goat · #5 11-19-2004, 07:09 PM

Hey, I'd rather be mistaken for a kid taking a picture of Pops GTO then my car being mistaken for Grandmas GrandAm. At least that's what my son said when we went to look at the 04 "GTO " : "Look Dad, it's just like Grammys' car"!!!!

Goathead · #6 11-28-2004, 08:19 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR> ever notice how the aussies are quick to attach themselves to the gto but the americans don't want anything to do with a monaro??? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Makes sense to me from both sides of the planet...

Tripower455 · #7 12-08-2004, 03:12 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR> Now they just rebadged an import that can't even fit true dual exhaust on it and loaded some ships up headed for the land of the free...

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Mine has dual exhaust on it!

455HOGT37 · #8 12-09-2004, 07:09 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rabon:
Goathead wrote: Design one of theier own.

Again, to build a completely new platform for JUST the GTO would have cost too much money in 1964 OR 2004. Pontiac used and EXISTING platform in 1964!!! So, what EXISTING platform should Pontiac have used in 2004? Tell me! Its easy to say just build one...blah blah blah. Personally a 350 HP sunfire doesn't appeal to me very much, nor does a V8 Montana or Aztec for that matter. Give me an existing platform. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Here's an idea... Don't design a whole new car for the "GTO" name, but come up with a new sticker for the Holden!!! This move alone would satisfy 75% of the "Old School", and have no effect on the "young and clueless" or indifferent. Everyone wins!

Pontiac GTO: 1964-1974 R.I.P!

Tripower455 · #9 12-09-2004, 08:29 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by 455HOGT37:
OK Tripower, you got me...

My point is that it is not a foregone conclusion that the Pontiac GTO name HAD to be reused. Bring the car, yes... Just leave the GTO name on the shelf for a while longer... That in and of itself backfired as a marketing trick... It was not a draw to most of the buyers, and angered many of us "old School" types. Overall it went negative as a strategy. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I agree 100%. I wish they had called it something else. IMHO, the new one is the perfect Grand Prix or even Grand Am. I still bought one, since it's really a nice car.

David Jones · #10 12-03-2004, 07:05 AM

So thats the key. Bone up Danny. "Monaro IS GTO Dumb A..!" says what a lot of folks think about the car. Great username.

GTO_2004 · #11 11-18-2004, 07:55 PM

ok what would you like to disscuss ?

you want some of this... ? ehhh.

rabon008 · #12 12-06-2004, 09:12 PM

PPS to Goathead: Finally, yes, before you ask, I have driven a '65. Personally I like the looks but it drives like a boat and handles like a rudderless one.

rabon008 · #13 12-06-2004, 08:57 PM

I own an '04 and am quite a few years beyond 30. You test drove? What? The six speed? Many (and I mean MANY) people think that the Tempest is ugly. You don't object to the '04 because you THINK its ugly. I'm sure you think other years were ugly too. Tell the truth, you object to it because its what? and import? The best built GTO (aside from maybe the Ferrari GTO) to ever roll out of a factory whether U.S. or Australian? Again: What body would you have used to make it pretty? Still too scared to answer? What body should Lutz have used?

Personally, I don't care about pretty. I care that MY factory GTO can kick the a$$ of any other factory GTO ever built and ride better and get better gas mileage doing it.

455HOGT37 · #14 12-09-2004, 08:33 AM

I'm pretty sure when it comes to this car, you and I could post under each others user names and no one would know the difference.

red70goat · #15 11-27-2004, 07:44 PM

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Mr_GTO · #16 12-08-2004, 04:09 PM

Danny and David just keep showing their ignorance about this car.

Comical really.

David Jones · #17 12-07-2004, 07:47 AM

red70goat · #18 11-21-2004, 03:14 PM

ever notice how the aussies are quick to attach themselves to the gto but the americans don't want anything to do with a monaro???

Goathead · #19 12-09-2004, 09:44 PM

Now that's dual exhaust..

You mean the trunk mounted gas tank? It looks plenty clear to me, but I will look at a friend of mine's again this week...

455HOGT37 · #20 11-21-2004, 07:09 AM

Hey DJ, I think we have one going over on the "Americans don't get it" thread!