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Update, test drove one yesterday, in some ways it far exceeded my expectations and in others fell a bit short. I certainly love the looks of the car and from a practicality standpoint its far better than either of the cars I have now. Its so quiet and smooth, if you didnt know any better you would think its a lexus. I expected a bit more noise and harshness from something able to have such performance. When you start it up even its no louder than a V6, no indication of whats under there. The performance though is where I felt it was lacking. It didn't seem to pack the punch that I'm used to and by that I mean hitting the gas and then feeling yourself pressed into the seat and your eyeballs being forced into your head. Just didn't feel as torquey as the dirty bird or even my Cobalt for that matter. I wonder though if thats all factory doing and I'm sure with some modification it would turn it into the bad boy its supposed to be. The handling and braking also werent quite what I'm used to. It does feel big and the center of gravity is noticeably higher than what I'm used to. Again though what I'm used to is no longer what I want, and thats to be hurled and jarred around. All and all I thought the performance would be what impressed me but it was the creature comforts that blew me away.

That is very cool

Seeing as how ZZP just made 900whp with my engine, depends what your definition of "limitations" is. If I was concerned about all out speed I'd keep the dirty bird because that will spank any G8 with ALOT less money put into it. I'm getting it as more of a cruiser and nice daily summer car. Its not going to see a dragstrip, ever. Though I would feel alot more comfortable driving it at the limit than what I would the dirty bird. The Bird is like an axe murderer waiting to hack you when driving hard, back end has a mind of its own and steps out VERY quickly, theres no electronics like traction control or stability control. For that reason the Dirty bird has never been dragged. I'm afraid of wadding it up into a concrete barrier and for what a piece of paper? Not worth it, theres only so many of them I'd never be able to live with myself knowing I destroyed one.

im really liking what ive saw so far of the 2013 malibu

The thing is I really dont like the GXP wheels, I like the 19s that are in the sport package. I'm also not looking to mod it like crazy, thats what I'm keeping the cobalt for. I want something nice that I dont screw with. Id be perfectly happy with an intake, tune and a Borla catback, really I have no desire to start ripping stuff apart inside the engine. I want to keep it nice. I find that the more I mod, the more I wish I never did, theres so many things I hate on the cobalt right now because of that. Biggest reason is I flat out cant afford a GXP, so no matter how awesome it is, its not an option for me.

yea if i went to boost id certainly turn off the DOD but I think ill be plenty happy with it with just an intake, exhaust and freight train torque I have HP Tuners already so I could do some stuff with the tune, though I really don't want to mess with it since I've never worked with a V8 PCM. I'd prob just use a superchips Cortex programmer they seem pretty effective

10k, only reason im letting it go that cheap (I paid 14,500 for it 2 years ago) is that the tranny struggles to shift 1-2, ive been told it could even be a kickdown switch or something? I know nothing about automatic trannys its witchcraft to me. It runs fine, drove it yesterday actually and cleaned it up. Been this way for almost a year and a half actually just havent had the time to take it anywhere to get diagnosed. Hardly ever drive it anymore because of that.

Theres nothing in the GXP that I would want with the exception of the Brembos. I dont want a manual I'm tired of driving stick and don't want to be bothered anymore. The GXP is 7-8k more for nothing more than 40hp, better brakes, ugly wheels and badging. No thanks. If I'm going to spend 7-8k more on a G8 it would be for a TVS 2300 Supercharger! Most importantly the GXP does not have active fuel management, the beast needs as much help as it can get with gas costing what it does Now its just a matter of what color I want, im thinking red, blue or silver, leaning towards red though, its my fav color and is always the poster child color of pontiac.

its prob going to go way cheap too

I'm fairly certain that as soon as the transmission is fixed on the Dirty Bird its going bye bye and I'm getting a G8 GT. Ive yet to test drive one but the more I read up on them its a slam dunk to me and everything that I'm looking for.

Can i vote no? Making a car like this will put gm back out of profitibility hasn't this been tried and failed twice before with the original cancelled due to poor sales and the ssr also was a flop despite having an awesome engine Having a LSx doesnt make everything worth buying How many bajas is suburu selling? Sport trucks dont sell and performance is a dirty word right now

had to give some V6 firebird love... haha

I believe a G8 may be in my near future

Love the 3rd gen !

There is no way this can legally stand

This is def one I was thinking about writing about. Very Rare, very forgotten, which is sad because its the car built by "the King"

what color is it going to be? or the same

GNX yum

meh needs to be silver and black

wow thanks guys totally unexpected!

fly like a G6!

an interesting argument ive heard over the years is which Firebird (rules being one you can order from the dealer and pick up at the dealer) is the fastest of all time. I think this would make for an interesting comparison once all the candidates have an article completed on them. That would leave about 2-3 more but I don't want every single article to be solely based on Firebirds so im thinking in a few months all the info should be up to have a comparison article.

Ghost FTW

sadly not as with many other meeting places it goes on for a little while and then even if things are ok, property management gets their panties in a bunch and ends things there was some talk of a once a month meet at the harrisburg east mall but thats not going on over winter and may not start back up till spring

60DegreeVVT - lucky dude has the lead so far id say