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Old Pontiac muscle owners, do you also own a late model GTO?
I'm curious who has a 04-06 along with an older Pontiac muscle car. The post about LS motors made me wonder this.
The 04-06 forums are pretty quiet. I bought an '06 last winter. Only thing wrong is I didn't buy one sooner! I'm impressed. |
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I don't got one. But my observation is the real win is, whether Auto or Stick, the Overdrive is already there.
The fellas i talked with say the stock trans, driveshaft or rear (depending on what they are doing) will reveal as a weak link. Just like the old GTOs !! |
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I've always admired them especially since they never sold them here...
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I don't currently own an older GTO, but have owned many in the past. I sold my resto-moded 73 T/A in 2020, so I did own old, and new Pontiac muscle cars at the same time.
I have only owned one new car in my entire lifetime, my 2005 GTO. It was a leftover car that I purchased in Feb, 2006, and I have no plans at all to sell it. After 17 years of ownership, and 145,000 miles it still puts a smile on my face every time I drive it. Very minimal problems with the car since new, and it came with a 400 HP engine, I didn't have to modify the engine to get it to 400 HP, and it gets 20-21 MPG. I get many compliments from people that actually know what they're looking at ever since I bought it. Another impressive fact is that the auto, and stick, both will go 0-60 in 4.8 seconds, quarter in mid 13 seconds. It also has IRS so another upgrade over the old GTO live axle cars. As long as i have a drivers license, and assuming I can afford fuel, I'll keep driving it. Last year when premium fuel was over $5 a gallon, I didn't drive it very much............ |
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I had a 2004 for a while - pleasurable car but did not make the heart go pitty-pat.
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Bought an '04 GTO for my son when he was 14. Stick. He loved it so much he smashed it. Sold the carcass for $$ and put the drivetrain in the woody Safari and and last year we turbo'd it. Still stock LS1 engine never been cracked open. Has at least 150k on the motor.
For myself, i bought a 16 Hellcat stick shift and have put 80,000 on it so far.
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Have both.
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1968 Pontiac GTO - Verdoro over Ivy Gold - 400/4-speed/3.08 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix - Sage/Sage/Sage - GM 305/Th200-4r 2004 Pontiac GTO - IBM over Black - LSx 440/6-speed/4.10 SRA - Single Digit Stick Shift |
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Bought an 06/auto new, kept it for eight years. Loved it, but had to sell to make room for my 64 Lemans convertible project.
Ran 13.40's stock, and after modifying, ported heads, cam, stall, etc, it eventually ran 10.97@124 (naturally aspirated). Miss it sometimes.
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66 GTO, 495, M22, Strange S-60 w/4.10 Sold new at Ace Wilson's Royal Pontiac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUHC-Z8xhtg |
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I have both, bought this new in 2004
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That's impressive! Beefed up rearend?
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Back around 2010 I had a 2005 GTO with an automatic as a daily driver. Put about 40,000 miles on it. It was a great car.
I had older Pontiacs at the time.
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Current Pontiacs - 1973 Formula SD455 - #'s auto orig paint 1972 Trans Am - 4 speed orig paint 1974 Formula 400 - Ram Air automatic 1966 2+2 convertible - 421 4bbl automatic 1967 Grand Prix - 4 speed orig paint 1967 GTO - 4 speed orig paint 35k orig miles |
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Not a GTO, but my wife does own a '13 C6, so we have some modern GM performance in the garage, along side my classic Pontiac muscle.
I've been on the lookout for either a nice G8 GT or even a good quality 3rd gen TA, which would get an LS.
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Back in 2004 I had the money and desire to buy a new performance car ( instead of a practical car). Not many choices back then. The GTO fit the bill.
Drove it four years for three seasons everyday. Now shares "fun" occasionally nice weather duty along with my Firebird. It is now modded putting out 428 / 402 rwhp,/tq |
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Love the stock rumble of mine. And the hit when you put it to the floor! So comfortable to drive too.
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I have the 78 Firebird Formula but also an 02 VX Clubsport, a sedan version of what the GTO model was. The Pontiac offerings were never as good looking as the local models.
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I almost pulled the trigger in 2005. My girlfriend said "why would you want that when you've got two REAL GTO's?" In the end, I couldn't get around the Honda Accord looks of the new platform, as good as it was.
Much respect for the late model GTO's and what Pontiac tried to do, though.
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I wished I would have. They are great cars. Hard to find a nice one reasonable around here. Maybe in the future.
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Came close to buying a new one at the end of the 2004 model year, but didn't have enough garage space to park it in the garage at the time with my other toy cars.
I have thought of trying to find a new one to add to the garage, but haven't pulled the trigger yet. I'm also thinking of a Solstice for a 'modern' classic. I know some people didn't like the styling of the 'new' GTO. But it was the natural evolution of the Pontiac 'A' body as in Australia back in the 60's, the Monaro was an 'A' body that looked very similar to all the GM 'A' bodies. 1967 |
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Would like to think If I had bought my 06 new it would be in similar shape. I think its a pretty good car. 86,000 miles, stock.
Was knee deep in tires but they were dry rotting on the tread edge. Maybe the seats wouldn't be pulling apart because it would have been inside more. |
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If the right one popped up, I would be on it. Most of the factory colors don't do it for me, however.
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