My 20 year HS reunion is coming up in July...I'm thinking of taking the GTA in since its an 89 too. About a 10 hour trek.
Does this sound really cheesy or what??? Just think it would be really cool to whip in there blasting Whitesnake with my collar turned up. Just like old days.
Wife swears I'm mentally challenged....

I'd skip the Whitesnake, but it sounds cool to me! You don't want to look like you're stuck in a time warp.... but who wouldn't appreciate seeing a sweet 80s f-body at the reunion?!?!

I dunno... A little "Still of the night" can go a long ways on impressions...

Sounds like something I would do for grins...

She calls you mentally Challenged? My wife sais I have a disease "Formulaitis" Just because I would whip my head around looking at Firebirds while driving... And I find time to stop and look at all of them that are for sale... its not a disease it's a way of life...

John

Thats funny...my wife refers to me as "Frank the Tank" from Old School. The scene where Will Ferrells working on the TA, drinking beer and jamming to Whitesnake. Thats me

BTW--Whitesnake has a new album out...just as good as the old stuff.
Think it'll be fun, might even try to find some neon Raybans.
My class would expect it out of me

sounds cool to me...... I also have an 89.... but just a trans am..... I am about 32 years out of highschool...making me old,.... (do the math) hahahahahaha but hey whatever floats your boat!!!!!

Let the Whitesnake part go. I'm sick of hearing Whitesnake, AC/DC, Aerosmith and Bon Jovi right now. Every time I turn on XM Radio, one of these bands is playing. There was a lot better music in the 80's than this. Take the car though as that would be cool showing up in the old car. It would almost be expected from me since I had 2 Camaros (my 82 and 83) during my Junior and Senior year. I did crank up some AC/DC and Ozzy with the ttops out the last day of school. The 80's were great!!!

My grad was in '88 and if we would have had a reunion, you bet I would have brought my Camaro and gone full 80's!!! Why not? Some people spend to much time worrying about what other people might think. It's fun to have a sense of humour and enjoy the event.
The fun part about going over the top is everyone will get a kick out of it and I'm sure they'll know it's just for fun. See if you can score a couple of concert shirts from back then. You can always go back to "normal" after your arrival and they'll appreciate the memories!

If that is the case, then I think it is your duty to not disappoint!

Actually, your cool classmates who fondly remember the 80s as good times and not something to disown will probably be waiting in line to go for a ride!

Do it.

Take the car & play what you like!!

my reunion will be for the class of 91
i have a 91 camaro
id have to blast nirvana,pearl jam, soundgarden,and whatnot

Still have an original "Kix" Blow my fuse shirt from 89

Hey, there's nothing wrong with living in the 80's. It sure beats the present. I graduated in 1990 and still have my first car ('82 Firebird) that I bought my senior year in high school (Dec. 11th, 1989). Now that's what you call living in the past!!! WooHoo!!!

Also, if you graduated in '89 I think you need to be blasting some '89 music. Motley Crue/Dr. Feelgood or Skid Row should be perfect. Maybe some Tesla.

I guess I'll be having my 20 year reunion next year. Wow...twenty years already. I already see friends from high school who have kids going to the prom or have already graduated from high school. Geez...somebody from my class will probably be a grandparent soon. I'm sure glad I'm not that old!

I had a woman work for us and she was 36 years old and had a grandchild...

Class of 1991 here! I have a 1991 Firebird... I doubt I would bring it to anything but a junyard tho...

John

Some of my HS colleagues have grandchildren. A lot have kids in college, I waited til I was 31 to have kids...got two now. A 5yo and a 7 yo, glad I waited.
But I grew up in WV, where by the time you're 25, you're supposed to have 4 kids, a single wide trailer, a harley, a big truck, and an 84 vette. Glad I got outta there.

Sounds like you're going to get the award for being the biggest underachiever!

very true, I was an "old" man with kids, no harley (got a zuki Bandit 1200), I have a real house (no wheels), I do have a truck, and no vette.

Im a slacker.....

I would roll up in your thirdgen... I graduate on the 4th... Man, Class of 2009!

Man High School?

Yep. I am graduating High School in 3 days...

C'mon, guys, this thread is worthless without pics...

I graduated in '89 also, although (he he) I wasn't exactly driving a Camaro back then... But I did listen to Whitesnake!

wow, i was BORN in 1989 i say go for it and get your wife some neon spandex with leg warmers! and you have to post pics, you cant say those things and disappoint.

i graduated last year =)
only high school pictures of me and my camaro were right before prom.

Bullydawg, Are you graduating from Man High School in Man WV? Your info says CA.

Class of '91 sucks...'89 too! Class of '90 RULES!!!

We were the party class and I can think of at least six people in our class who had thirdgens at some point in high school.

We had quite a few as well, along with the correct ******s to go with them. Had one friend who had an 89 RS 305TBI 5spd, that was afraid to race it. I used to drive it for racing for him. We'd flip the air filter lid and run. Slow as hell. Quite a few TA's though. Had many fun and crazy nights in those 3rd gens....wonder I even made it thru

I am Class of '95, but there were still plenty of third gens around my HS parking lot back then. I think driving the GTA to your reunion would be awesome.

mu!!et is blocked? Wow, thats a 3rd gen staple!

If I ever go to my high school reunion I am so driving my camaro

I am graduating from Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, Ca. That is a very clean 5.0 if I say so myself. My buddy owns two of em that I do all his work on. Then I got my other buddy a killer deal on an 87 Trans Am 305 TPI T-Tops... It cool having all your buddies into cars!

sweeet...I will definitely take some pics

Rollin'...in my 5.0 Ice, Ice, Baby!!!

I remember the Choir Director/Music Teacher/Play Director/Jr Varsity Golf Coach drove a GTA. I want to think it was about a 1989 Red Metallic one IIRC...

John

Taking the '89 GTA sounds like a great idea to me! When I went to my 5 year reunion I rolled into the parking lot in my '71 Tran Am just like did when I got it senior year. It was like no time had passed!

Now that I think about it, I graduated from High School exactly nine years ago today! 6/2/2000. I guess my 10 year reunion is just around the corner.

Thanks. The car was literally one month old when that picture was taken.

I was definitely rollin in my 5.0 back then. "Yo let's get outta here. Word to your *****."

Take the TA! Who knows there might be 10 more thirdgens there! And blast what ever you want, most people will enjoy it.

I'm coming straight outta Compton....

I graduated in '78, and went home for my reunion. I still have the car I drove in High School, stored at my folks', since we don't have room for it up here yet - It's a '69 Camaro - still in good original condition, as Dad runs it up and down the road now & then for me. Pulled it out, cleaned it up, and drove it to our reunion. I was the only person in our class who drove his High School car that night, and it was a neat experience to have it there. A few of my classmates still have their cars from back then, and it brought back a lot of good memories.

Yeah, by that time they were just getting affordable enough for the average high school kid to own.

So how did the reunion go?

I love the pic of the 5.0 GT! I graduated in '82, My 30TH reunion is coming up, I wish I would have kept my '82 Pace car, I would have love to drive it to the reunion, but she's long gone.. oh well

I drove my 89 Formula 350 (TTOP350) to my 20yr reunion... Rockin' Motley Crue the whole way....

here's what I'd be playing in my GTA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KJte4O-zD4

My third gen wasn't running for my 10 yr reunion last November, so I borrowed a modified Red/Red 07 Z06 from work. Bummer.

What really sucks is that the reunion was at a fancy downtown restaurant with valet parking, so no one saw me in it.

Moral of the story: make sure your reunion is situated in a place that people see you in your car if you're going to go to any trouble to drive it there.

Please please tell me your kidding !!!!


Adam Sandler,Medium Pace. "careful with that song"
I'm thinking it will be my 1st dance at my wedding in 2 months..

I agree. Go out and get Lillian Axe "Love + War" and blast that. It came out in 89' and is a much better album than anything Whitesnake put out. Or, you can go really, really obscure and throw in Beau Nasty "Dirty But Well Dressed". It came out in 89' also. See if anyone in your class remembered that album!

Or just go with Metallica or Megadeth. Classic thrash bands that will turn heads