# so i bought a new car
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [January 10, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874 "2007-01-10T13:53:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 6
### Author:  [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/101 "2007-01-12T20:25:17Z")
meh, i dont really care. im sure its not the first time that car has been abused, and i sure as hell know it wont be the last. thats what a warranty is for 😉
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### Author:  [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/102 "2007-01-12T20:28:48Z")
spray the shit out of it and pwn heads
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### Author:  [@98GCL](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/98GCL)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/103 "2007-01-12T20:39:24Z")
The first thing i would do is exhaust, something like cut outs or something else really loud. My Jeep sounded sweet when I had a straight pipe after the cat. Now I have a FM super 40 and its weak sauce.
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### Author:  [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/104 "2007-01-12T20:55:11Z")
> [@98GCL](#):
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> something like cut outs or something else really loud.
hahahahahahaha
omg that’s hilarious. :lol:
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### Author:  [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/105 "2007-01-13T06:18:32Z")
> [@MikeRi24](#):
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> meh, i dont really care. im sure its not the first time that car has been abused, and i sure as hell know it wont be the last. thats what a warranty is for 😉
i dont think ur warranty covers clutches or manual transmission. if its a gm used car warranty i have never seen them do it
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### Author:  [@95Z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95Z28)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/106 "2007-01-13T06:19:47Z")
> [@psphinx81](#):
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> spray the shit out of it and pwn heads
I was going to say the exact same thing back on page one but I felt it was too early. :lol:
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### Author:  [@98GCL](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/98GCL)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/107 "2007-01-13T06:20:12Z")
what did you do, power shift and launch from redline in 5th gear?
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### Author:  [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/108 "2007-01-13T14:42:26Z")
no…
and it still has the NEW car warranty. and im leaving it completely stock for a while (at least until summer)
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### Author:  [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/109 "2007-01-13T15:21:26Z")
mmm looks like a grand prix…
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### Author:  [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/110 "2007-01-13T15:40:37Z")
ok, so now im really confused :gotme:
is it, or is it not, and LS1 powered car
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### Author:  [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/111 "2007-01-13T15:43:45Z")
> [@ImportMuscle](#):
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> ok, so now im really confused :gotme:
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> is it, or is it not, and LS1 powered car
ls1 sir
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/112 "2007-01-13T15:44:50Z")
it is.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/113 "2007-01-13T17:17:16Z")
> [@MikeRi24](#):
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> -skip shift
You ordered the eliminator
> [@MikeRi24](#):
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> -cruse control is taking some getting used to
Radio buttons on the wheel \> cruise buttons on the wheel
> [@MikeRi24](#):
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> -im finding myself relying more in the digital speedometer than the actual gauge because the gauge seems a little hard to read
never had a problem with reading mine. Maybe check out lenscrafters 😉
> [@MikeRi24](#):
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> -if they put the ebrake on the other side of the console, it would be nice
You do realize this is an austrailian car right?
> [@MikeRi24](#):
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> -the HUGE key
wait till the battery dies and you find out they glued that remote together at the factory. The screws only remove the key fromt he remote, the remote itself is permanently sealed.
> [@MikeRi24](#):
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> -i keep baning my head on the A-Pillar when i get out
you went from a slow ass truck to a fast car. Your head got bigger. Just learn to duck
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### Author:  [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/114 "2007-01-13T18:29:07Z")
> [@ImportMuscle](#):
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> ok, so now im really confused :gotme:
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> is it, or is it not, and LS1 powered car
wow
wow.
yes
LS1 power
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/115 "2007-01-13T18:40:41Z")
Ok thats kind of ironic… I was just there about a week ago with my gf, she was trying to close the deal on a car and I totally was in your car sitting in the driver seat letting one of the sales guys try to pitch it to me to trade my Subaru in for the GTO… I also sat in the Silver one they have there, but I told him I wasn’t interested.
Sad to say I shouldnt have said that cuz then he wouldn’t let me test drive either knowing I wasn’t gonna trade in and buy. Awesome car though!
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### Author:  [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/116 "2007-01-13T18:44:02Z")
> [@ryanmcell](#):
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> Sad to say I shouldnt have said that cuz then he wouldn’t let me test drive either knowing I wasn’t gonna trade in and buy. Awesome car though!
that makes no sense
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### Author:  [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/117 "2007-01-13T18:48:47Z")
Should have searched around for one of them purple numbers that I see every so often. They’re cute. I think they offered a purple interior to match…
😛
I really like the GTO.
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### Author:  [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/118 "2007-01-13T20:30:08Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> Radio buttons on the wheel \> cruise buttons on the wheel
agreed…im actually used to other GMs that still have it on the turn signal stalk, but just layed out a little differntly.
> [@JayS](#):
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> never had a problem with reading mine. Maybe check out lenscrafters 😉
when i have the trip minder set on a different screan, i dont have a problem, but ive never had a car that told me i was going EXACTLY 43 mph in really big number, rather than ‘about halfway between 40 and 45’…i guess it kinda entertains me lol
> [@JayS](#):
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> You do realize this is an austrailian car right?
yeah i can see other subtle things that show it was desinged to be a right hand drive car, such at how the buttons on the radio are layed out, the e-brake, and it would seem as if the window controlls and the cupholders would be reversed for a left hand drive.i find it amusing to discover these little thigns as well
my latest ‘problem’ has been with the key locking and unlocking the car. the first day or so i had the car, it would always beep at me once when i locked it, and once when i unlocked it, and i could hit the unlock button once to unlock just the drivers door, and twice for both doors.
now, sometimes it beeps at me 6 times when i lock it, and 4 when i unlock it and i cant get it unlock the passenger door unless i get in the car and physically reach over and unlock it. im thinking this is just a programing thing, and i plan on taking it to the Pontiac dealer on monday to have it checked out.
and tomorrow i am cleaning out my garage for sure so i can put the car in there…when i went outside at 7:30 this morning to go to work, and i had to scrape snow and ice off the car, i really wasnt feeling it lol. the heater works damn good though :tup:
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### Author:  [@rj-92](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rj-92)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/119 "2007-01-13T21:02:16Z")
> [@MikeRi24](#):
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> my latest ‘problem’ has been with the key locking and unlocking the car. the first day or so i had the car, it would always beep at me once when i locked it, and once when i unlocked it, and i could hit the unlock button once to unlock just the drivers door, and twice for both doors.
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> now, sometimes it beeps at me 6 times when i lock it, and 4 when i unlock it and i cant get it unlock the passenger door unless i get in the car and physically reach over and unlock it. im thinking this is just a programing thing, and i plan on taking it to the Pontiac dealer on monday to have it checked out.
WHen you first start the car and the computer display is checking systems, press teh mode button on the dash. THis will prompt you to choose all your steeings for the car including lock and unlock beeps. CHeck out the menu and scroll through it.
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### Author:  [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-bought-a-new-car/22874/120 "2007-01-13T21:06:40Z")
> [@rj-92](#):
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> WHen you first start the car and the computer display is checking systems, press teh mode button on the dash. THis will prompt you to choose all your steeings for the car including lock and unlock beeps. CHeck out the menu and scroll through it.
ok ill have to give that a try first. i got the car thursday morning, drive it all day and then had it detailed while i was working friday, and i noticed it started doing it when they gave the car back. they prob hit a button by accident or something when they were cleaning it.
for the NYSpeed GTO crew, thanks for the continued advice!
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