Are you a true Firebird/Camaro driver???

[korndogg]

Originally Posted by hotrod_chevyz

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Actually 67-69 camaros are about the best looking cars money can buy IMO.

[92zcamaroperson]

refering to the original post about the guys at the autoparts store....its really hard to find a guy at the autoparts store who know jack about repairing cars much less anything about makes and models...i was redoing the drum brakes on a dodge caravan and when i went into pepboys and asked for the parts the guy just looked at me funny and had no idea. He thought they had stopped making drum brakes all together a long time ago and really didnt even know what they were or how they worked.

now you have those people who just want to learn but this guy works at a parts store and wasnt even a new guy...and yet they wouldnt hire me when i applied.....drives me nuts....

[giddyup50]

You really have to watch who you talk to behind the counter at the parts stores! I called up to get radiator hoses for my Mustang and the idiot asked..."um...is that a Ford or Chevy?" I imediately asked for a manager and said..."who are you guys hirering down there?" Then I told him what the idiot said and he says..."well, he's new". I said, I don't care if he's new, everybody knows Ford makes Mustangs! Then I told him that if that's the kind of people they hire, I'm taking my business elsewhere!! This happened ten years ago. I guess they still hire IDIOTS!!!

[giddyup50]

Originally Posted by 92zcamaroperson

refering to the original post about the guys at the autoparts store....its really hard to find a guy at the autoparts store who know jack about repairing cars much less anything about makes and models...i was redoing the drum brakes on a dodge caravan and when i went into pepboys and asked for the parts the guy just looked at me funny and had no idea. He thought they had stopped making drum brakes all together a long time ago and really didnt even know what they were or how they worked.

now you have those people who just want to learn but this guy works at a parts store and wasnt even a new guy...and yet they wouldnt hire me when i applied.....drives me nuts....

Yeah, they still use drum brakes (UNFORTUNEATELY). My wife's 03 Taurus has them on the rear. But yet the 96 and 97 Taurus's we had before had 4 wheel disc. Go figure?!

I understand your frustration. Like you I'm also a gearhead who has a good knowledge of cars and how they work and when I applied at those places in the past they never called me. But yet they'll hire some dork who doesn't even know what cars Ford and Chevy make! And they wonder why people get pissed off at them.

[Firebirdlad03]

well most auto parts stores, (ones around here) they are just teenagers that are just trained to look up part numbers, or match part numbers...really they dont kno jackshit.

[2.2 Straight six]

i found at my old college, that even people who were into cars didn't know jack shit.

i did my entire 1-year course without help because i knew it all already. most of the class couldn't change oil.

fair enough you go there to learn, but i was amazed by how little my class knew.

[cardboardpimp420]

yeah ive done my share of applying at auto parts stores, ive applied for autozone 3 times now, and each time i talked to the hiring manager, i am literally never late to work or absent and last time i was in there they were short handed cause the guy who really knew nothing about cars has his second no call no show that day.

[Earlsfat]

heh.. I once drove RD to Pepboys.... and some total fuckwit that worked there asked me if it was the new Mustang (before the newest model came out). I politely told him it was a camaro, he asked when they went on sale... my wife goes "about 35 years ago"... he goes "no shit? that thing looks like it's brand new?"

I turned around, walked out, and haven't been back since.

[ikeyballz]

haha. hey you should be proud.. your paints so shiny he thinks its new :P

ive actually had good luck in hawaii with those guys.. sometimes, they mislabel the parts like radiator hoses/etc.. they go through the trouble of finding a hose that fits, if they dont have the right one (look for one the same size/shape). they're alright overall..theres this one guy there who has a 2nd gen, two 3rd, and 2 4th gen camaros.. so i just ask him..

[Firebirdlad03]

Originally Posted by Jimsfat

heh.. I once drove RD to Pepboys.... and some total fuckwit that worked there asked me if it was the new Mustang (before the newest model came out). I politely told him it was a camaro, he asked when they went on sale... my wife goes "about 35 years ago"... he goes "no shit? that thing looks like it's brand new?"

I turned around, walked out, and haven't been back since.

HAHA thats hilarious...

[wrightz28]

Originally Posted by Jimsfat

I turned around, walked out, and haven't been back since.

No no no

That is the perfect opportunity to have fun and have him search around for an hour looking up the price of a thermostat for a 69 Beetle.

[ikeyballz]

lmao@wright. hey, what if he actually brings you one? 'uhh..69..looks like 96..same thing..' then youre gonna have to buy it!

[Savage Messiah]

Originally Posted by korndogg

He meant 67 AND 69..... excluding 68s

[wrightz28]

Originally Posted by ikeyballz

lmao@wright. hey, what if he actually brings you one? 'uhh..69..looks like 96..same thing..' then youre gonna have to buy it!

Alright then, tell the dislexic little prick to scrounge up a set of connecting rods for a RX8

[MrPbody]

Hey, Camaro guys... Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder...

If they never built Firebird, would Camaro still be ugly? Yup... (:- Thankfully, they DID build Firebird... Too bad they rolled them in together in '82... At least the '77 T/A had a real "scoop" (I know, "non"functional) and not a sticker... (:-

This is all in good fun, guys. You really shouldn't be bickering back and forth. You should get your 1st gen cars out and go beat up on Mustangs... Okay, then, 2nd gen... What? 3rd or 4th gen only? Cheviacs... and SMALL blocks, at that... Argh! Argh! Humor... Never send a boy to do a MAN'S job...

Truth be known, 2nd gen F-bodies are among to best factory performance cars ever offered by anyone (mass-produced). Between the early T/As and Z/28s and the later T/As (later Camaros were woefully under-powered), 11 second 1/4 miles and 200 MPH capable should do the "trick"! The big block Camaros are beasts in a straight line. So are some of the earlier 'birds. The '69 Firebird 400 is an awesome car! (yes, I own one...) I used to have a '73 T/A. It would out-handle pretty much anything I encountered in the mid '80s.

NOTE: I didn't mean the factory produced cars that would go 11s and/or 200 MPH. I meant the 2nd gen F-body is capable of supporting such performance. We have a couple out there (Firebirds) with big Pontiacs in them, that can and DO do such performance. Okay, 200 may be a little bit of a stretch... But 180 isn't! Been there, done that!

I have not owned a Camaro, but I see nothing wrong with them. Just a cheaper version of Firebird. Kinda like the difference between GTO and Chevelle SS from olden times. One of our guys goes 10.40 all weekend on 93 octane, no adders and a relatively stock suspension. 461 CID.

Hotrod ChevyZ,

Chrysler agreed with you! Look how much the '70-'74 'Cuda and Challenger looked like the '68 Camaro... (same shape, just a little bigger) Imitation IS the most sincere form of flattery!

Jim