what is yalls biggest pet peeve concerning 3rd gen. camaro's? mine, without a doubt is the front bumper scraping the ground. while the length of the engine bay past the wheels gives it a kick a$$ look, it's almost impossible to never scrape the front of your car when you're comin out of a parking lot and back onto the road. when i got my car repainted, i was careful enough to not have it scratch for 4 months, but then one day i nailed it, took all the paint off the front tip! it killed me!

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=148010

 

oops, my bad yall

 

there is every pet peeve you can think of about third gens in that thread....

 

haha, yeah i looked through it...i did search before i posted but i didn't find that post so i went ahead w/ mine

 

My pet peeve is in the morning it is always so darn cold in the car and it takes like 15 minutes to get warm. Also I don't like the wind noise from the windows.

 

Thirdgen86: when it's cold is it hard to turn over in the mornings? i've never had a carbeurated camaro, but used to have a carbeurated olds' and it was a b**** to crank up in the winter

 

My car is actually TPI. IF you look in my sig. it says so. It isn't hard to start in the morning its just I let it warm up for like 5-10 minutes and it still isn't warm enough inside

 

my car is carbed and it has no problem cranking over in cold mornings well it didnt when the battery was still charged.

 

I have a couple...Like you said front rubbs a little..that dont bother me to much..and the damn v6s..lol even though i got one....But shes a little cruiser!..hehe ..And the consol dont have cup holder!! thats why im getting 4th gen Consol...thats about it!

adam

 

Oh yeah, I forgot about cupholders. I work at Starbucks and whenever I say I am going everyone wants a drink and I have to balance them all so they don't spill

 

Hmm I'd have to say the exhaust hanging down so damn low. It becomes a project whenever I have to put it on a lift.

 

i have a carbed lg4, and that thing is a beast to get started. It wouldnt start this morning after 20 minutes of tryin i gave up and a friend brought me, runs fine now, after i changed my brakes i left it in the garage overnight. Gave the maxima the boot

 

My biggest is trying to keep my car clean on a dirt road, which is impossible.

 

Just be careful and you can avoid scraping the front end. I've had my car over a year and the front ground effect is still perfect.

 

No kidding. When I started that thread, I was only looking to get a few responses to see if other people wished they had a glovebox under the dash.


I don't have a Camaro, but I really don't have a pet peeve that is a major concern. No car is perfect.

 

Why are all those guys saying that the 3rd gens are heavy. They only weigh like 3,300lbs right? Damn 4th gens weigh 3,700 and up. 3,300 is not heavy at all for a V8 RWD car of this size.

 

No one but me can drive my Camaro!!
Dont touch my Camaro! or all touch your girl friend
Dont finger my Camaro! or all ya!?!?!?! you get it ... so on and so on

 

You must also think of power to weight ratio...

here are the weights of 4th gens vs 3rd gens:

4th Gen - 2002 TA

Auto Coupe 3517 Ibs
Auto Vert 3627 Ibs
Manual Coupe 3495 Ibs
Manual Vert 3605 Ibs

3rd Gen - 1992 Z/28

Coupe 3273 Ibs
Vert 3377 Ibs

 

Squeaks and rattles.

 

how i can't open my door after a snow fall because some of it iced up the window to the weatherstripping on the vert and it takes 20 mins to get the damn door open

 

when it snows, and starts melting during the day, the water gets into my door hinges and freezes at night, makint pretty hard to open the doors, and because no sun gets there, if it's cold weather it takes forever for the ice to clear out

 

My BIGGEST PET PEEVE is that

it picks up the wrong kinda chicks!!!!!!

mine pics of all the hot bitches with bad personalities and just wanna use me for my car....

 

that's such a sad story............how do you go on living.

feel free to send them my way!


i personally hate how everything has to be custom fit to look decent......i could build to mustangs to the hill for the price of my f-body.

 

being a daily driver its hard to keep clean...

 

Hot bitches with bad personalities,,,isn't that kinda redundant??

I used to have that problem, til I decided to forget about picking up any chix and just concentrate on my car for now. Don't need the drama.

 

Long front and that damn air dam. I have hit the binders hard a couple times on the highways near home (I-70 in Missouri, if you have driven it you will understand what a rut is.) and had the damn thing scrape on the road. heck even a dip in the highway a few times has coused a scrape. Why they couldn't have figured out another way to get air to the radiator i don't know.

 

People referring to my 91 Firebird Formula as a Camaro. Or a T/A. Not that I don't like Camaros and T/A's, but you asked for pet peeves. It isn't one of those cars, dangit! It's a Formula!

Now, I would pick up my little bro in first grade before winter, and he would get the biggest grin on his face if I picked him up in the 'bird, and he'd say amongst giggling "wow, it's like a Corvette!" every time. Now that I can handle. hehe

 

FAILING ALTERNATORS!!! I am on the 4th one in 60,000 miles.

They ALWAYS die when I am halfway home. Grrrr....

At least my insurance company picks up the tow bill.

 

hey there was apost that told us how to solve that man! triple expanding foam does the trick.... you cut a small slice in the doors weather stripping and put in a little bit of triple expanding foam and let it sit for a few hours....


i dont have a problem with it needing to warm up i have a trans Heater Cup Holders arent a problem either, thats why *** gave us crotches. no problem with chicks ive been dating mine for over 2 yrs and she was with me before my other girlfriend (camaro) so i dont have to worry about her using me....my biggest pet peeve is how its near impossible to get new cool aftermarket stuff for our cars cause its so old, and gas milage....

 

One more:

Interior trim pieces!!

They crack easily, the bolt mounts strip out, they discolor, and the new replacement stuff isn't cheap!!!!

 

yeah im going to have to agree totally with the guy with the 91 red formula. I had to use 2 jacks and get both keft and right sides well off the ground just to get my lift under it. They couldnt of put a jack point anywhere else ya know>?

 

"Why are all those guys saying that the 3rd gens are heavy. They only weigh like 3,300lbs right? Damn 4th gens weigh 3,700 and up. 3,300 is not heavy at all for a V8 RWD car of this size. "


damn, what is wrong with mine then. I scaled it the other day on my friends scale pads for his modified, and i weighed in right at 3,650 lbs

 

pet peeve:
1. hard to install full duals.
2. ttop weather stripping along door window.
3. drivers seat ripped on the edge.
4. low exhaust
5. cracking paint from front and back bumpers.

BUT I STILL LOVE EM!!!!!

 

I figured out how to keep the front ground fx from scraping on my car... just come at an angle for all driveways going on or off and be careful around speed bumps. Never drive head on onto anything.

The front deflector takes less scrapes too.

My headliner is still on and pretty mint looking.. the seats **** me off.. tears etc... dashboard cracking... loose windows... sagging doors... takes me a good 20 mins to warm up my car (my own fault though for not having hoodliner and a rear hood seal)...

Crappy stock tinting gone to hell...

Easy rust zones...

Bad gas shocks on a extremely heavy glass hatch... damn thing is responsible for my back being in bad shape... it came down on me hard with the latch part hitting me directly on my spine on my lower back...

I had to make my own rear hatch release switch, where most have their switches I swpied the coin holder off an aerostar and put it in that spot... behind it will be a touch mouse pad soon

 

ground clearance

 

amen to that......4" exhaust is a bi*&h.

 

yeah well i just spent 10 grand on my car hookin it up so i dont know if i can affoard a girl right now lol , so im just gonna hide my car , so no chicks can see it hehe

 

People that bitch about stuff that breaks/wears out even though their car is old.

 

ill tellin yall, drive a purple camaro and ull have all the chicks chicks dig purple cars! ok for my pet peeves,no cupholders, front gfx scrape constantly, loose windows, doors sag, and the stupid hatch/hood struts are worth a ****....i think thats all..my car has 150K miles and no rips in seat though i have a nice stain on the passager seat

 

1 Headliner! ( A GIVEN)
2 Arm Rest on door folding out!
3 Dashboard cracking
4 No cupholder
5 Having to hit the top of your hood in the right spot for it to open!

 

HAHA my tower adn strusts are perfect..like brand new..no problems here and i got 130,000 Plus miles on it...

OH ya another pet pieve is the flip up head lights motor breaks in them all the time..and the cracking of dash!!! Mines cracked right now! and my head light motors are a little slow!

 

I also am annoyed by the fact that I have to hit the hood in the right spot to get it to open and the biggest peeve I have is this...

That some stupid Kentuckians (no offense) had the car before me and the cut a whole in the cargo floor to get to the gas tank, they ghetto-wired everything, changed the battery to top-mount, and I have tubes that I am sure are essential that don't go anywhere... they just hang there uselessly! Third car that has been ripped to shreads by the back-water hicks... (no offense yet again to anyone that lives in Kentucky) >.>;;

 

LOL. The hick parts of this post made me laugh. That's all I have to say.

 

pet peeves-
- "service engine soon" comes and goes
-rip in the drivers seat
-falling headliner
-wistling from the passager windows
-allways getting pulled over

 

Pet peeves about MY 3rd gen--

The massive amount of interior noise when going over bumps--it's the worst car I've ever driven or been in. I estimate it's structural integrity at 1-hz--and I expect the car to literally start falling apart one day while I am driving. I have a tolerate/hate relationship with my car--depending on the condition of the road I am drving over.


Pet peeves about all 3rd gens:

1. Long heavy doors
2. Rear speakers are mounted in a stupid direction
3. I wouldn't have minded if the car was 10% samller in dimsnsions
4. Qaulity is hardly bearable
5. Very unrefined

 

Wow... you guys cars are in crap shape... I feel better about my old baby now..
but i do have a few pet peeves....

1)Dang V8 wont let me catch traction...
2)Makes the girls drool
3)Makes the guys jelous
4)Flowmasters scare mustang owners
5)My younger siblings and cousins dont understand its not a Vette
6)Its fast
7)Its pretty
8)Its downright mean
9)Who honestly complains about hot bitches?
10)120-55 in a second on an interstate is enough to make my best friend barf...

wait... that wasnt complaining.. sorry, camaros are too awesome to compain bout...

 

hey hey hey- is warm out today and 3 out of the 5 things are fixed- pet peeves now- 1- getting pulled over 2-rip in drivers seat

 

How about the lack of space in the backseats??

 

I have a minivan for the lack of space in the backseat problem...

A few more pet peeves:

My car has been on jack-stands for the past 4 months
Winter - It is too cold to work on my car
Something is broken which makes my car die after start-up... haven't singled out the solution yet
I have no interior... I am 'customizing' it right now...
Nothing ever fits how it should.

Or maybe all that is my fault, but it still annoys me.