Faults:

Broken window and door lock switches.

General Comments:

Pound for pound one of the best cars you can get for performance. I bought the car for next to nothing and have not had any real problems with it as a daily driver while taking it to the drag strip and pounding on the car. Lots of parts are out there for it for upgrades or just normal upkeep.

It does have normal GM problems with things like the window and door lock switches, but these are easy $20 fixes The seats do wear where you get in and out of the car, but nothing to outragous.

The car gets good gas mileage on the freeway for a performance V8.

Faults:

When I first got the car, I had to replace the rear end. I have replaced the alternator several times. I had to put a new bushing in the transmission, 2 coil packs, an ignition switch, and a powering steering hose when the car had more than 100,000 miles on it. This has been absolutely the best car I have ever owned. My car has 264,000 miles on it now and it blew a head gasket and I drove it 6 miles and it overheated. Because of the mileage, every mechanic is recommending me to have another motor put in it. So if anyone has a motor they would like to sell me in good condition, please let me know.

General Comments:

Great car if taken care of. I put 102 miles on my car every day and it has lots of power. Even before it tore up at 264,000 miles, it still had lots of get up and go power. Matter of fact, I was driving at 90 mph when I blew the head gasket. Makes me wish I hadn't been driving so fast now. It still may have been running if I hadn't been hot rodding it.

Faults:

Turn signal did not work, Battery died, front brake rotors are warped, ABS didn't work (ironically due to a burned out brake warning light), power window is not working.

General Comments:

When I got the car it wasn't in the best of shape due to a rather stupid teenage owner. Absolutely NO preventative maintenance was done at all, and despite the rear differential being bone dry, the dieing battery, engine oil that was well over due for change, and transmission fluid as black as the over due oil this Camaro ran the 300 mile trip back home with absolutely no problem. Since then I have had put this car through a major tune up and had it inspected by a mechanic and now it runs great. The durability of this vehicle is absolutely amazing, it took years of teenage abuse and with 154,000 miles it still runs with no problems, I must say the reliability of this car is up to par with the Japanese competitors.

With that said on to the bad. Chevrolet is made by GM so of course the Camaro has rather poor quality interior, the materials are cheap and don't fit well together, also consequently there are rattles, but there not bad. I must say the interior reminds me of a base line Kia.

My car is not a V8 it is a 3.4 liter V6 automatic and though it has more than enough power and performance for me, many people expect that I have a lot more under the hood. Though this may be a problem for some I find the fuel economy of the V6 (20 city/28 freeway) far out weighs the horsepower loss of not getting a V8. Don't let the V6 scare you away the v6 Camaro is still quite fast (especially in stick) and even Americans like myself have to be concious about gas consumption.

This car is by far one of the best deals I have ever gotten, it runs fine and it only cost me $1600 plus only $65 a month for liability insurance (I'm 21, have a bad driving record, and live in the city).