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Replying to: hammen2 (Jan 29, 2008 6:05 pm) Did the new bushings/changes increase noise or harshness. I want to make sure my car stays farily quiet. The suspension on my '06 loosened up at about 1400 miles to where the '04's was. |
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I think my car is quieter than it was (maybe the fact that the front struts aren't just paperweights might have something to do with it). It certainly rides/corners/handles way better than stock, no rattles or harshness - quite the opposite, actually (one GTO owner compared the normal "going-down-the-road" ride of my car to his dad's Camry... 'til I took a curved onramp at 2.5x the suggested speed limit, demonstrating the lack of body roll  If ride quality/comfort/lack of harshness is what you're looking for, the Comfort Gas shocks and struts are for you. If handling and cornering prowess is what you're looking for, the Gas Sport Ryders (GSR's) are the way to go, unless you're autocrossing the car, at which point I'd go for Big Bores... |
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| Just saw 2 GTOs the other day here in NY, which was a treat for the eyes as there are so few on the road. However, once I got past the drooling I came back to thinking how obvious it is that this car's suspension issues make it basically into a lemon. It must be real love for current GTO owners to deal with the expense of tire and suspension parts replacement for such a late model vehicle. I want one, but only if GM foots the bill for replacement parts. | |
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Hats off to the Ford Motor Company...brand new show on tv ----Knight Rider ....................a 2-hour advertisement for the Ford Mustang---car--Shelby Cobra ---KR---really a great job. The GTO is history....amazing tha Ford can dwarf General Motors.......I guess it is over for Pontiac ...what do they have to offer a Pontiac G6/G8....................detuned old GTO styles in 4-doors......please Cadillac performance car is a 4200 pound behemoth with a ZR-1 corvette engine....please stop. And Chyrsler /Dodge Challenger / is going out of business...giving up dealerships/ worker buyouts ....so who knows who will be building those cars with smelly tuna -fish sandwiches in the back-seatand who will sell them or services them . Imaging the first-year problems..and no one to fix them.. So hats off to the Mustang ...it is the only muscle-car standing to takeon the Tonka Hot Wheel Toys from Japan. A sorry situation 
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I think us GTO owners are making too much of the situation. Both of my GTOs have been great, with the '06 being the better built of the two. My car rides great, handles well, etc. but it is no Camaro with a beat you up ride and flat cornering. It is more of a GT car. You need to spend some time with the car before you label it a lemon. With proper alignment none of my GTOs have eaten tires, etc. For instance I had my '04 alignment fixed because of a factory camber alignment issue and then put BFG KDW tires on at 8800 miles. When I turned the car in at 31K miles all tires had completely even wear and they had been rotated only once. The normal with the GTO is that once the accumulate a few thousand miles the sharpness in the steering goes away. If all I have to do is bushings, I can live with that. If you want me to go back and talk about the front alignment design issues with the FOX body Mustang we can do that too. |
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| Not interested in the Mustang as it never caught my attention. But when you have media coverage, and forums dedicated to an obvious flaw/defect, call it what it is. All cars have defects more or less but this issue here is affecting not all but quite a substantial amount of GTO owners. | |
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after proper alignment the GTO remains one of the best cars I've ever owned - out of more than 20. i really miss satellite radio but I might drive the GTO into the ground even without it. GTO is so great for road trips and feeding dust to drivers of pseudo-fast vehicles like non-shelby/non-gt500s, just for example. that new knight rider show looks good, i missed the pilot though. maybe it's downloadable from slowercarsthatsellmorethanGM.com . |
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If the internet had been popular in the late eighties there would have been reams of information about the FOX body Mustang front end alignment problems, which were basically not fixable, unlike the GTO's. If you have the camber correct in the GTO the tires don't rub. |
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| I see this is an uphill battle and not quite sure why reference is constantly made to the Mustang as the discussion could then lead to any and all manufacturers who've had bad models. In the end for me, it's not like I'm going into this purchase blind but just calling a spade a spade or a lemon a...... . But then I like lemonade anyway. | |
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Replying to: hammen2 (Jan 29, 2008 6:05 pm) Do you know of any Pedders dealers in the Washington DC area? I looked at their website but didn't see any. The closest seems to be PA. Any ideas? Chris P.S. Still loving the car. |
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