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Jalopnik Reviews: Camaro Convertible Concept

Ray Wert — Mon, 21 May 2007 08:29:11 EDT

@KarlGustav: Thanks Karl -- see if I ever help you move out of your in-laws house ever again! ;)

Ray Wert

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RoninianHoon — Fri, 18 May 2007 01:26:53 EDT

@my favorite car is a motorcycle: ZING!

RoninianHoon

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my favorite car is a motorcycle — Thu, 17 May 2007 15:35:54 EDT

@aychseven:
GM makes garbage, and GM also makes some excellent models. Don't be so absolute.

Downtown Joe is probably just one of the autoworkers who has to put up with the ongoing Big 2.1 crises. I predict GM and Ford will continue to stumble until they start to actually try to compete in the small- and mid-size car markets. As it is, GM appears to want to only make V-8 powered vehicles in two flavors: muscle car and XXXL bloatmobile. All other vehicles GM has outsourced to the max, with horrid results.

So here's another chassis in which to stick a V-8. It'll be hot for few years, maybe selling 10-20% of what the Accord or Camry sells. Great comeback, GM. Hope you didn't waste too much money developing this one.

my favorite car is a motorcycle

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iamshinek — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:39:16 EDT

see http://photo2text.com/

iamshinek

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dculberson — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:44:17 EDT

szamot, szamot: [sniff, sniff] what's that I smell? gunpowder?

dculberson

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KarlGustav — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:09:58 EDT

I wouldn't describe Ray as "freakishly tall." I'm 6'2" and we always saw eye-to-eye, literally if not figuratively.

Ray's just a freak in general.

KarlGustav

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DannyTMurphy — Thu, 17 May 2007 09:11:13 EDT

What about the precious T-Tops!? I loved mine on my Z28.

DannyTMurphy

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Mad_Science — Thu, 17 May 2007 01:48:21 EDT

Is it just me, or does Wert bare an uncanny resemblance to the cop from Heros?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342399/

Mad_Science

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Maymar the technophobe — Thu, 17 May 2007 01:38:35 EDT

So, wait, you didn't get it into fourth? No skip-shit on the concept? I'd probably celebrate that, but every time I've driven a car with it, I've never gotten out of first gear. And yeah, concept and all that.

Either way, the Camaro is cool looking enough, that at the very least, it'll make work more interesting (I work at a Chevy dealer - the Camaro will help deal with the ennui of so many Cobalts, Uplanders, etc).

Maymar the technophobe

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Uncle Bo, ironically aestheticized — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:35:34 EDT

Ya know, you guys could have pulled off the whole Jon & Vince "Swingers" thing if they would have let you cruise Sunset Blvd instead of the private roads of a diversified agribusiness company.

It might have been a silly car but you two looked cool driving it, and that's what counts in SoCal. Thanks for the pics and the bread pudding tip.

Uncle Bo, ironically aestheticized

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szamot — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:21:35 EDT

@Emor8t:

you got all that from looking at 160x160 picture - you are, you're not your gifted? Perhaps I could send you a picture of my anus and you could tell me what I had for dinner last nigh?!

Oi! :)

szamot

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Jonny Lieberman — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:33:44 EDT

@Bumbeck: Oh man -- I've still got a tube of Maserati sunblock.

It works way, way better than Sebring sunblock.

Jonny Lieberman

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Vintage Racer is out taking pictures — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:45:00 EDT

@Ray Wert:

I'm going to go now.... (slinks away....)

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures

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RoninianHoon — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:42:17 EDT

I still thinks its as "fresh and clean as a whistle"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n844x4vEzvk

just say'n...

RoninianHoon

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Ray Wert — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:34:01 EDT

@Vintage Racer: Apparently not enough sunblock, because I think you just called me a "Tool." That must be the sun having an effect on me.

Ray Wert

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Vintage Racer is out taking pictures — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:29:19 EDT

@Ray Wert:

Tool

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures

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Ray Wert — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:07:54 EDT

@Bumbeck: Yes, I had a terrible sandwich and some bread pudding that made my stomach hurt. Oh, and I partook in said sunblock.

Ray Wert

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Bumbeck — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:02:08 EDT

I accepted a small tube of GM sunblock, and a salad for lunch.

Bumbeck

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Dubious Returns — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:59:26 EDT

You guys get much better corporate swag than we do.

Why just last week I got free, micro curb feelers for my office chair. I'm in the wrong business.

/scrunk...scrunk...scrunk

Dubious Returns

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zamafir — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:52:35 EDT

Thank you guys for providing a real fluff free impression, i'm so tired of reading "OMG the new camaro, from our 35mph limited drive, totallyz ROXRZZZ".

zamafir

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Vintage Racer is out taking pictures — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:28:14 EDT

@Ray Wert:

More scruples than me right now ;-)

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures

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Emor8t — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:10:46 EDT

@jonnylieberman: Ha, it was partial sarcasm. For what ever reason, it was the first insult that sounded good, and wasn't blatantly obscene, at least by todays standards.

Good night and Good Luck.

Emor8t

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Ray Wert — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:08:14 EDT

@Vintage Racer: No, they offered. We declined.

Ray Wert

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Jonny Lieberman — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:07:29 EDT

@Emor8t: Farago? Pinko?

Have you considered a remedial reading class at the local JC?

Jonny Lieberman

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drewheyman — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:05:26 EDT

i thought this car was actually coming out with the Transformers movie - is that not correct?

drewheyman

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danio3834 — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:03:10 EDT

@Downtown Joe:

I stopped reading "GM death watch" articles back when they were on #95 or something.

@Ray Wert:

I'm jealous

danio3834

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Emor8t — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:01:10 EDT

@jonnylieberman:

I'm pretty sure he is a card-carrying pinko commie.

"If it ain't a 'yota, it ain't gonna float-a"

..err something like that. Either way, I kind of put him in the same league as Friedman, so busy bashing 'merican that he forgot the imports aren't that great either.

It's kind like saying, Fox News is hogwash conservative crap, I know, I'll read the NYT, there is no bias in that!

Emor8t

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Jonny Lieberman — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:49:16 EDT

Now boys. I know Farago pretty well. He hates crappy cars, not America.

Jonny Lieberman

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Downtown Joe — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:44:26 EDT

@aychseven: He's a twat and the last time I checked, twat does not equal "man."

Downtown Joe

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Seth L — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:44:19 EDT

@goatrope:

Possible. The Solstice still doesn't have a top.

Seth L

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aychseven — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:36:46 EDT

@Downtown Joe: just because he's man enough to come out and say that GM makes garbage doesn't mean you have to get your panties in a twist.

aychseven

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blueplate — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:34:34 EDT

@Ray Wert: Thank you, and I stand corrected -- may the corporate teat remain unsuckled. Or something.

blueplate

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long_live_the_E36 — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:33:38 EDT

This car looks like a damn cartoon.

long_live_the_E36

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goatrope — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:25:05 EDT

Does this car actually have a friggin' top? I've heard whispers from my GM contact that they are hoping nobody asks to see the convertible top because they haven't gotten around to it yet.

goatrope

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Emor8t — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:18:04 EDT

@Ray Wert: You turned down the Hampton Inn for the Blue Lantern Roadside Motel?

Emor8t

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Emor8t — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:16:49 EDT

@szamot: Spoken like a true mercedes nut. Your like the person you describe, only with more money. :)

Compensation is compensation.

Emor8t

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Vintage Racer is out taking pictures — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:14:48 EDT

@Ray Wert:

Wouldn't comp you, hmm?

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures

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Ray Wert — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:11:35 EDT

@blueplate: I would like to point out that we paid our own way to the event. Others may have sucked at the corporate teat, but some of us have higher standards. Or something.

Ray Wert

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Downtown Joe — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:05:19 EDT

I must say this is a refreshing change from reading all those anti-GM articles syndicated from Robert "I Hate America" Farago's website.

Downtown Joe

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blueplate — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:01:14 EDT

Wert: Not afraid to drive a vehicle on public roads, with no license plates. Salut!
Oh, and attaboy to GM for flying journalists across the country to "test-drive" a one-off fiberglass tub on a barely rolling chassis! Junket, hooooo!

blueplate

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szamot — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:00:40 EDT

This truly is a sad day for motoring industry, but I am sure a great day for every small sacked yahoo wanting to relive their high school years. ...and everyone in the double wide too, sorry did not mean to exclude anyone here. NEEEEEEEEEEEEXT!

szamot

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Vintage Racer is out taking pictures — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:58:57 EDT

@jonnylieberman:
Too true. But at least we know what the "Hot Wheels" version will look like.

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures

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Jonny Lieberman — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:55:37 EDT

@Vintage Racer: Yeah. And once they remove the clown-shoe wheels, the proportions will look better.

Jonny Lieberman

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Vintage Racer is out taking pictures — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:52:25 EDT

@aychseven:
While I'm not enamored of the tail light treatment, I like this car. the Mustang's getting old, and I'm not sure how much "imagination/talent" it took for the Dodge guys to make the new Challenger look just like the old Challenger. Don't get me wrong, I like the Challenger as well. The Camaro took the old car's design cues and evolved them, while still paying homage to the original.

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures

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Jonny Lieberman — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:51:25 EDT

@Emor8t: No way -- he's taller than that

I'm 5'11" and here's a shot of Rick from behind I took with the camera above my head

http://www.jalopnik.com/photogallery/tigerrick/640461

Jonny Lieberman

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macfarlane.a — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:50:34 EDT

hrmm... I suggest more auto execs in the 6'5" - 6'9" height bracket. Maybe then I'd be able to find more cars that fit me...

macfarlane.a

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KatzManDu — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:48:02 EDT

Is there room in the back for a car seat (or two?)

KatzManDu

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aychseven — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:39:27 EDT

i still say it's ugly. i wish gm would hire designers with talent, only because i'm tired of seeing their ugly ass cars. dodge seems to be the only one getting this retro muscle car thing right with the challenger.

aychseven

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Emor8t — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:34:52 EDT

@jonnylieberman:

Rick is 6'4", moi aussi.

http://www.nndb.com/people/006/000098709/

Now, Rick since we share a common height, how about comp'n me one of these bad boys.

Emor8t

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Meat Farley — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:33:17 EDT

Who is the passenger? A GM weenie?

Meat Farley

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Emor8t — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:32:40 EDT

Sweet, I am in the top 1% with Rick then, or fairly close to it.

Now, if only I was talking about income, and not height.

Emor8t

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Jonny Lieberman — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:31:52 EDT

Wagoner is taller than that, isn't he?

I remember standing behind him and thinking, "This guy is a fucking giant."

Jonny Lieberman

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Ray Wert — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:23:44 EDT

@Emor8t: I am, err, was, looking right into the frame. I was told by engineers that the production model will fit the top 1% to 0.9% -- or as they call it -- Rick Wagoner size -- i.e., 6'5".

Ray Wert

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Emor8t — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:15:51 EDT

Bummer.

The one thing that I can conclude from looking at those pictures is that, I will become fairly familiar with the windshield frame.

Ray,
Correct me if I am wrong, but you aren't freakishly tall, like <6'3" or so? Yet you look like you are sitting on a booster seat. I mean as far as site lines go (as you say), are you actually looking into the frame, or does it just appear that way?

Emor8t