Zap
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I mentioned this in another thread, so here are some pics and info.
Vehicle is a 2013 Camaro with V6. It is rated 30MPG and 323BHP. It is pretty sharp looking. IIRC it had around 1300 miles on it when we rented it for a week. Cost was around $29/day from Enterprise. It was offered as a cheap step-up because they ran out of the normal cars. We had a reservation and it was either rent us the car we reserved and tell the next guy in line that they only had better cars, or entice us to upgrade and then rent out the car we would have gotten to the next guy in line. They also offered a 2012 Mustang V6 convertible for the same price, but someone else jumped at that and snagged it while we were thinking it over. We had the car for 8 days near the beginning of September.
The Camaro was reasonably entertaining to drive. Power was good and the automatic transmission with manual flappy pedal mode was alright. From memory, I think tires were something like 235/55-18. They were wide and sticky and huge, yet not very low profile. It was possible to make them squeak a bit from a standstill with traction control off, but otherwise I could not light up the tires like I could BITD with my 1986 Mustang GT (200BHP, 225/60-15 tires, manual transmission). Thus, driving it is kind of tame. It stayed very planted at all times, whether due to weight, wide tires or the IRS, I do not know.
It felt huge yet cramped at the same time. Anyone who describes it as sitting in a bunker is just about spot-on. Sometimes I had to just drive on faith as I couldn't see where I was going. One example of that was a turn that I had to make often (near parent's place) where I had to do a right turn onto a downhill street. I could NOT see anything over the hood or out the passenger window. I just had to go slow and assume that there was nothing stationary in the middle of the street that I could run over. I did not have this problem with several other cars which I have driven on the same roads.
Engine sounds were actually reasonably nice and sporty. Sound system was average, but had all the modern niceties such as USB input, smartphone Pandora support, etc. Seats were comfortable. Never tried the rear seats. Trunk was actually decent sized, but the opening left much to be desired. See the last image below. Our largest bag could barely be squeezed through the opening, and had to be literally forced and scraped in.
The best part about driving this was cruising on the freeway. It was comfortable and composed, and had enough power on tap to make passing a breeze. We did a couple of hour-long freeway jaunts up and down I-15 in such comfort.
Vehicle is a 2013 Camaro with V6. It is rated 30MPG and 323BHP. It is pretty sharp looking. IIRC it had around 1300 miles on it when we rented it for a week. Cost was around $29/day from Enterprise. It was offered as a cheap step-up because they ran out of the normal cars. We had a reservation and it was either rent us the car we reserved and tell the next guy in line that they only had better cars, or entice us to upgrade and then rent out the car we would have gotten to the next guy in line. They also offered a 2012 Mustang V6 convertible for the same price, but someone else jumped at that and snagged it while we were thinking it over. We had the car for 8 days near the beginning of September.
The Camaro was reasonably entertaining to drive. Power was good and the automatic transmission with manual flappy pedal mode was alright. From memory, I think tires were something like 235/55-18. They were wide and sticky and huge, yet not very low profile. It was possible to make them squeak a bit from a standstill with traction control off, but otherwise I could not light up the tires like I could BITD with my 1986 Mustang GT (200BHP, 225/60-15 tires, manual transmission). Thus, driving it is kind of tame. It stayed very planted at all times, whether due to weight, wide tires or the IRS, I do not know.
It felt huge yet cramped at the same time. Anyone who describes it as sitting in a bunker is just about spot-on. Sometimes I had to just drive on faith as I couldn't see where I was going. One example of that was a turn that I had to make often (near parent's place) where I had to do a right turn onto a downhill street. I could NOT see anything over the hood or out the passenger window. I just had to go slow and assume that there was nothing stationary in the middle of the street that I could run over. I did not have this problem with several other cars which I have driven on the same roads.
Engine sounds were actually reasonably nice and sporty. Sound system was average, but had all the modern niceties such as USB input, smartphone Pandora support, etc. Seats were comfortable. Never tried the rear seats. Trunk was actually decent sized, but the opening left much to be desired. See the last image below. Our largest bag could barely be squeezed through the opening, and had to be literally forced and scraped in.
The best part about driving this was cruising on the freeway. It was comfortable and composed, and had enough power on tap to make passing a breeze. We did a couple of hour-long freeway jaunts up and down I-15 in such comfort.
