# Why do Grand Am owners think their car is fast? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 14, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289 "2006-06-14T05:48:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/1 "2006-06-14T05:48:19Z")
He tries to cut me off, so I put a stop to that. He pulled up next to me and asked for a race. So I gave it to him. When it was over, he just couldn’t understand how I beat him, since he was beating civics “just like mine” a few days earlier. I even tried to tell him that my car wasn’t stock, but he just couldn’t comprehend that the almighty Grand Am GT just got beat by another car. Will they ever learn? ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/2 "2006-06-14T05:54:04Z")
did it have a big HAVOC banner in the windshield ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/3 "2006-06-14T06:30:08Z")
Why do Grand Am owners think their car is fast? Pontiac builds excitement. Haven’t you seen the commercials? ---
**Author:** ![CobaltSS422](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@CobaltSS422](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CobaltSS422)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/4 "2006-06-14T06:31:59Z")
:lol: so true about Grand AM owners ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/5 "2006-06-14T06:37:06Z")
Haha, way to let him down easy. ---
**Author:** ![StairSRT4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stairsrt4/32/7585_2.png) [@StairSRT4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StairSRT4)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/6 "2006-06-14T06:43:39Z")
:lol: way to set him straight Jim 🙂 I used to own a grandam…but I knew it was slow so…I don’t count 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/7 "2006-06-14T06:43:54Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#): > > Pontiac builds excitement. They are the American BMW. I forgot who told me that, but I guess that is the way they want to position their cars. ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/8 "2006-06-14T07:03:54Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > They are the American BMW. I forgot who told me that, but I guess that is the way they want to position their cars. That made me lol. Zee germans are trying to ship those things bak to karutville like its going out of style! ---
**Author:** ![Jskrapper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jskrapper/32/7570_2.png) [@Jskrapper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jskrapper)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/9 "2006-06-14T07:07:38Z")
Nice! I remember one day two years ago, some 40 yr old man in a Grand-Am GT decided he wanted a roll race with me. After all was said and done he just yelled “YOU FUCKING KIDS”. lol…that made my day. ---
**Author:** ![slow84ta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slow84ta/32/7265_2.png) [@slow84ta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slow84ta)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/10 "2006-06-14T08:09:10Z")
> [@Jskrapper](#): > > Nice! > > I remember one day two years ago, some 40 yr old man in a Grand-Am GT decided he wanted a roll race with me. After all was said and done he just yelled “YOU FUCKING KIDS”. > > lol…that made my day. :lol: yea Grand Am’s, I’ve had many encounters with some of those, arrrgh ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/11 "2006-06-14T08:12:15Z")
just responding to title: i’ve driven a black '02 GT before. with the low-profile tires… it handles pretty good. the 3.4 is decently quick but overall they’re girly little shitboxes that shouldn’t race anything for fear that it’ll get smoked and be surrounded by plastic-y flying parts and fragments of it’s own wheel bearings EDIT: djnickthemix = exception ---
**Author:** ![rj-92](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rj-92/32/7310_2.png) [@rj-92](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rj-92)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/12 "2006-06-14T08:23:49Z")
> [@sureshot007](#): > > Will they ever learn? I highly doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/13 "2006-06-14T08:56:51Z")
lol this happens to me a lot, they think cause their grand am has a big wing and my car has a big wing that we are equal ROFL and they always have the 45 degree gangsta lean going on, with the sideways hat ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/14 "2006-06-14T09:00:59Z")
its got ram air yo 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/15 "2006-06-14T09:21:50Z")
i beat easily a GA GT from a roll in my virtually stock cav i have had little respect for them ever since. ---
**Author:** ![STEALTTH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stealtth/32/7582_2.png) [@STEALTTH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/STEALTTH)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/16 "2006-06-14T09:24:56Z")
> [@GSTairs](#): > > :lol: way to set him straight Jim 🙂 I used to own a grandam…but I knew it was slow so…I don’t count 😉 :bsflag: you thought it was fast. Racing people at lights down transit… > [@Adictd2b00st](#): > > its got ram air yo > > 🤣 i heard that Ram Air Grand Am’s beat low boost RX-7’s with big turbos :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![Samsara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Samsara](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Samsara)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/17 "2006-06-14T10:09:02Z")
I was on a road the other day datalogging, and I went by this grand am 3rd gear WOT. I slow down to take a peek at the parameters and I see this guy like 4 inches from my bumper. Then he floors is and scoots by me, slows down and matches me:shrug:. I looked over at him, blurped 2nd, he stomped on it, I stomped on it and blew him away.:shoot: As to why they think there cars are fast…well, thats because they think there cars are fast! What makes a car “fast” in ones head is relative to their prior experiances! Most of the time a grand am GT is a big upgrade from a 91 corsica, they think they’re flying!!! ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/18 "2006-06-14T10:13:10Z")
gt = Great fasT ---
**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/19 "2006-06-14T10:19:26Z")
> [@Samsara](#): > > Most of the time a grand am GT is a big upgrade from a 91 corsica, they think they’re flying!!! Or an 84 tercel ---
**Author:** ![StairSRT4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stairsrt4/32/7585_2.png) [@StairSRT4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StairSRT4)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289/20 "2006-06-14T10:20:10Z")
> [@STEALTTH](#): > > :bsflag: you thought it was fast. Racing people at lights down transit… you know that guy was asking for it before i ever started my car…so don’t start with me 😉 :lol: [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-grand-am-owners-think-their-car-is-fast/13289.md?page=2)