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Date Posted: 14:58:57 04/19/02 Fri
Author: ?
Subject: Re: A few Facts
In reply to: Jim Tracy 's message, "Re: A few Facts" on 00:16:52 04/17/02 Wed

It wasnt in dispute that Victor had driven or seen a GTO, what was in question was that particular persons right to rubbish something he had never driven or actually seen in real life. I have myself seen BOTH cars, I have never at any point seen fit to Rubbish the GTO. I was merely offended at the persons right to rubbish something he knew very little about. Not only was the current Monaro rubbished but so were all previous versions. If you look at it from my point of view, the Monaro holds the same level of passion in an Australian's eyes as the GTO does for an American.
Why did you feel the need to say "with all due respect?" you were in no way disagreeing with what was said...

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: A few Facts -- FrazLS1, 14:23:32 04/24/02 Wed

>>Aussie, with all due respect, I grew up in the era of
>the GTO and when you were on the road at a stop light
>and a GTO came rolling up beside you the first thing
>you noticed was the styling that set it apart from
>every other muscle car of that era. It looked like an
>animal ready to attack. The next thing you noticed
>was the gutteral sound of the engine even at idle.
>The next thing you noticed was the apprehension you
>felt at being next to the beast before the light
>changed. As the light changed you felt an
>exhilaration as the combination of beauty, sound and
>power left you and all the other drivers at the stop
>light in it's tail lights. Based on what I've seen of
>the Monaro on various sites unless GM does a major
>overhaul from a styling standpoint this will be just a
>case where GM has found a low cost platform that will
>enable it to slap a GTO label on and sell 20 to 30,000
>cars for one year. The people like me who never owned
>one but always wanted to will see this as an easy way
>for GM to make a quick buck and again tarnish the name
>of a great car like they did in the early 1970s. I
>would love to see the GTO come back and now that I can
>afford one, I would surely buy one if GM comes out
>with the real thing.

Theres already quite a few Monaros and factory holden GTS coupes that are sporting the usual modifications around sydney area and sound like caged animal so my gf says. I'll step on people to have my deposit in first for the GTO. Keep going on about your ethics of GTOs by time you have it figured out aussie know about real cars they will be powered by a fuel cell :)