Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Ellie, I missed your response so let me say a big hello to yah
There are many passes in the area that are fairly high, but to get really thin air you need to go to Colorado...Pike's Peak for eaxample is 14,110ft
Just South of here also is Sonora pass which is the back (East) entry to Yosemite, it's at 9,624ft. A buddy and I rode our mountain bikes down it once.
There are many passes in the area that are fairly high, but to get really thin air you need to go to Colorado...Pike's Peak for eaxample is 14,110ft
Just South of here also is Sonora pass which is the back (East) entry to Yosemite, it's at 9,624ft. A buddy and I rode our mountain bikes down it once.
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by 95nicotineZ
ssheets! Good to see another local. I chased the trio all the way past Carson Valley Middle School, past the AM/PM, all the way up 395 where it goes uphill past NAPA. I had to turn around 'cause I was going a little out of my way since I live in Carson. Wish I had a friggin' camera!
So I'm pretty sure now the last car was a '07/'08 CTS-V tester. The car I saw looks a LOT like the '07 pics I've seen. As far as the Avalanche, I don't know. Maybe it was a 2500. I couldn't see the wheel lugs since I was gawking at the middle car
I hope what I saw was a running-gear tester for what will surely pimpslap the new Mustang, especially when Lingenfelter or Callaway gets ahold of it. I guess we'll see. Wish Don Yenko was around...
I appreciate the naysayers as well as the believers. It never fails: every time I see this stuff I never have a friggin' camera. I got a Canon Digital ELPH today that should do the job later on. I also saw a couple of Hyundai testers a few weeks ago, a new sedan and SUV. They had a couple of Sonatas escorting them. They took HWY 88 for some reason.
The cold-weather testing issue is for sure: it's around 0c/32f right now with snow here, and in Michigan it's probably worse. Maybe high-altitude or something? We're at 4200 but I'm not sure what MI is at. Who knows.
The exhaust was at the edges of the rear bumper cover, round with a little flat spot at the top. A little different than the concept but similar. The last car (the CTS-V?) had round tips with no flat spot. All black.
A friend at work suggested maybe a "hot" hardtop Solstice but I doubt it. Who would want a Super/Turbo ECOTEC roadster?
Hope to see them again!
-Dave
So I'm pretty sure now the last car was a '07/'08 CTS-V tester. The car I saw looks a LOT like the '07 pics I've seen. As far as the Avalanche, I don't know. Maybe it was a 2500. I couldn't see the wheel lugs since I was gawking at the middle car
I hope what I saw was a running-gear tester for what will surely pimpslap the new Mustang, especially when Lingenfelter or Callaway gets ahold of it. I guess we'll see. Wish Don Yenko was around...
I appreciate the naysayers as well as the believers. It never fails: every time I see this stuff I never have a friggin' camera. I got a Canon Digital ELPH today that should do the job later on. I also saw a couple of Hyundai testers a few weeks ago, a new sedan and SUV. They had a couple of Sonatas escorting them. They took HWY 88 for some reason.
The cold-weather testing issue is for sure: it's around 0c/32f right now with snow here, and in Michigan it's probably worse. Maybe high-altitude or something? We're at 4200 but I'm not sure what MI is at. Who knows.
The exhaust was at the edges of the rear bumper cover, round with a little flat spot at the top. A little different than the concept but similar. The last car (the CTS-V?) had round tips with no flat spot. All black.
A friend at work suggested maybe a "hot" hardtop Solstice but I doubt it. Who would want a Super/Turbo ECOTEC roadster?
Hope to see them again!
-Dave
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by theroad64
Are you trying to be funny? Because there is a turbo Ecotec Solstice in the works...2007 and 270 HP.
I, personally, would choose the Saturn Sky over the Solstice.
The Solstice looks like they copied 'Walrus Mans' head from Star Wars for the front end. Not the least bit appealing to me.
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by graham
I hear it gets hot and muggy early in the year in Mississippi...... hintHINT
Me thinks that GM should do testing here in the southeast.
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by 95nicotineZ
Okay, after spending several hours on the net, I found this picture which I'm pretty sure is the last car I saw in the trio. Maybe the new CTS-V? The lower front end was EXACTLY like this.
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by MissedShift
Thats the Caddy BRS, frontdrive, euro-market-only.
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by 91_z28_4me
In the Current generation Euro-Market. GM said the next one would likely come states side.
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by guionM
Next one might be RWD, if a certain GM exec comes around.
) be? Are we talking a RWD true comact car from GM, like 3 series size?Also wouldn't that pinch the CTS into an uncomfortable position, aka BLS within inches of the CTS within inches of the STS...
Can you clue us in on who the hold out is? We know it ain't Lutz or Welburn or Cherry.
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by 91_z28_4me
Can you clue us in on who the hold out is? We know it ain't Lutz or Welburn or Cherry.
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by !!!TED!!!
95nicotineZ:
Can you describe in further detail the car you believe was a Camaro mule.
What color was it (behind the camo, if you could see).
Why did you think it was a Camaro? Was it the same proportions/layout as the concept? Could you see at all inside?
Can you describe in further detail the car you believe was a Camaro mule.
What color was it (behind the camo, if you could see).
Why did you think it was a Camaro? Was it the same proportions/layout as the concept? Could you see at all inside?
The back end was wide, like the concept and the front had a downslope, like the concept. The proportions looked right for a "musclecar". The exhaust note definitely said V8, sounded like my dad's 1999 C5. The exhaust had a flat top and round bottom. much like the concept. The lights were LED in the rear, as noted by the brakes being applied. Tires were wide and on some black wheels like the Malibu or Monte Carlo has, with no centre caps. BIG discs like the CTS-V.The Avalanche tester that was in front might have been the 2500 model, but who knows. Didn't notice if they were 8 lug wheels. The grille was different from the 2007 model that I've seen pictures of. Maybe a 2007 Silverado?
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
Originally Posted by 95nicotineZ
The body was black under the camo, the size looked just right and the interior had the dual cockpit look to it, like an old Vette. Of course there was test gear all over the dash The back end was wide, like the concept and the front had a downslope, like the concept. The proportions looked right for a "musclecar". The exhaust note definitely said V8, sounded like my dad's 1999 C5. The exhaust had a flat top and round bottom. much like the concept. The lights were LED in the rear, as noted by the brakes being applied. Tires were wide and on some black wheels like the Malibu or Monte Carlo has, with no centre caps. BIG discs like the CTS-V.
The Avalanche tester that was in front might have been the 2500 model, but who knows. Didn't notice if they were 8 lug wheels. The grille was different from the 2007 model that I've seen pictures of. Maybe a 2007 Silverado?
Dave
The back end was wide, like the concept and the front had a downslope, like the concept. The proportions looked right for a "musclecar". The exhaust note definitely said V8, sounded like my dad's 1999 C5. The exhaust had a flat top and round bottom. much like the concept. The lights were LED in the rear, as noted by the brakes being applied. Tires were wide and on some black wheels like the Malibu or Monte Carlo has, with no centre caps. BIG discs like the CTS-V.The Avalanche tester that was in front might have been the 2500 model, but who knows. Didn't notice if they were 8 lug wheels. The grille was different from the 2007 model that I've seen pictures of. Maybe a 2007 Silverado?
Dave
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Re: Test mule spotted in Nevada!!!! Camaro???
This makes me wonder if all the delay in the "official" announcement isn't because they're trying to shock everbody by saying "not only is the car headed for production but its almost done" and blow everybody away that is expecting MY2009