How did you end up with two 80s roach coaches? I assume they scratch the same itch?
The Camaro was his dad's car brand new, a commuter for almost 30 years. A great family heirloom... thing has like 300k+ on it and he'll keep it forever.
The silver Trans Am he bought as a press car leave behind years ago and the clown fell in love with it, because he is in fact, Firm. I've driven this thing billions of times over the years and while it's not my style in the slightest (I am too bald to grow a mullet) it's immaculate and actually very nice to drive.
Hey Firm, how about a stick one next time around? ![Smiley :)](https://www.autos.ca/forum/Smileys/CarTalk/smiley.gif)
lol, yeah, The Hire's explanation for the roach coaches is bang on. The Camaro is sentimental, I came home from the hospital in it, and grew up in/around that car. The T/A wasn't suppose to be long-term, was originally just a cheap car ($2K) I bought and fixed up when I needed decent reliable transportation, primarily for press-car leave behind duty. It just has the right 'vibe'; the look, the colors, etc and I did fall in love.
I should sell the T/A, as it is duplication, and if I thought hard enough there's probably another car I'd rather have in that parking slot....but it's a better car than the Camaro (V8, t-tops, AC, etc), it's 100% rust free, and really well sorted...It's also my favorite road trip car. So, for the ~$10-15K it's worth if I sold it, I'd rather just keep it around. It looks like I'll need to be in Montreal for work in a couple weeks, if so, I'll drive the T/A out of the barn and the 5 hours straight to Montreal without hesitation.
Both cars have pretty detailed S&S threads on here if you care to dig them up.