Today I drove...

"JeepJeremy" (jeepjeremy) 04/14/2019 at 01:40 • Filed to: RS Camaro, V6, Camaro

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My buddy has been looking at convertibles because his wife wants one. We drove this 2011 RS Camaro today

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It’s a cool car. By that I mean: it looks cool. But it really doesn’t handle all that great or feel special at all. And the V6 is “fast enough”. But it’s hardly a performance vehicle

What do you guys think? 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > JeepJeremy 04/14/2019 at 01:50

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It makes me think of what a 2nd gen Sky would look like: uglier and bigger.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > JeepJeremy 04/14/2019 at 01:59

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It really needs a LS I think. I’ve driven a V6 rental and it was meh.

TheRealBicycleBuck > JeepJeremy 04/14/2019 at 02:12

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A friend of  mine in our company’s IT department came to visit our office this week. Our local server and a couple of switches went off-lease and she came through to swap in the new ones. Somehow she ended up with an RS convertible as her rental and she drove it from New Orleans to Baton Rouge with the top down. She was a total mess by the time she got to our office. I asked her if she was going to drive back with the top down. Her answer? “No thanks.”

SmugAardvark > JeepJeremy 04/14/2019 at 03:08

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At least with the convertible, you can turn your head to see what’s one lane over and behind you without seeing a lot of plastic ( but not the car that you’re about to either cut off or hit.)

Chuckles > JeepJeremy 04/14/2019 at 04:23

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I think it's fine if all you want is a car with no roof. It's not a sports car with that engine, but open air driving is nice. It pretty much serves the same purpose as a Sebring. My dad is on his second Sebring convertible, and if that one dies I'd have him test drive a Camaro like this and probably a Mustang convertible too.

daender > JeepJeremy 04/14/2019 at 08:37

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It’s not bad convertible but how about NC3 Miata with the retracting hardtop?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > daender 04/14/2019 at 10:07

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Like this car, that needs a V8 too. 

JeepJeremy > daender 04/14/2019 at 10:28

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I will make that suggestion to him!

JeepJeremy > SmugAardvark 04/14/2019 at 10:32

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Yeah I remember having to park a few of these as a valet and the visibility is just awful in these cars. Dangerously awful

daender > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 04/14/2019 at 10:41

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2.5L swap.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > daender 04/14/2019 at 10:50

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5.2L swap

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/14/2019 at 12:48

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Biglier?