Little Hello from France

[Nirgal]

Hi guys,

First excuse me for my poor english, hope you'll understand what I say :)

I've been reading a lot on this forum lately, it's very interesting and lots of good advice.

Let me introduce myself, I leave near Paris and I've always been keen on big american muscle cars. :tup:

I have 2 of them :
- 1968 Camaro 396 SS, with TH400, completely stock !
- 1998 Camaro V6 3.8L with auto gearbox.

Both are great, but I really love the 68 ! :tup:

I use the 1998 to commute to work everyday, bit expensive with our gas price equivalent to 7.5$ per gallon but as we say :
"we you love something you don't mind paying."

Well, have fun, take care of your Cams and long life to the forum :wavey:

[gugdathug3]

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bonjour misour...

welcome to the site. sounds like u have some nice rides. you sure share some pictures, if possible.

1969 camaros are > *, but '67 and '68 are just as nice.

[kristen]

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hola...oh wait wrong lang. anyways. welcome to the board. i'll let the newbie beating for not posting pics slide this time.

POST PICS

[v6mOtOrhEAdftOp]

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bonjour monsieur!! Je ne connais pas que tu ne vois pas plus photos de ses voitures. I know that's probably pretty bad, seeing as I haven't taken french in a long time, but I tried :) It's nice to have you on the forum. Good luck. Also, I have a friend here in school with me from Toulouse Business school. I'll see if I can get her to help me next time :)

[Nirgal]

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Here is my week-end toy :



And the one I use for everyday :



Don't worry for your french v6Motorheadftop :) and enjoy weather in Toulouse should be quite warm in here ... or at least less cold then Paris

[HokieBird]

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Welcome! :wavey:

You have two nice looking Camaros. Your english isn't bad either. It's probably better then quite a few other people on this site.

[Nirgal]

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Thanks HokieBird, I came several times to the states, really liked the people and their state of mind :tup:

Problem with my english is with technical vocab on engines :( anyway, I'll learn :)

Enjoy, thank you all for your welcome, that's cool :tup:

[Shad0wguy]

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I've been told that French don't like Americans. Nice to hear that is isn't all French.

Nice cars there.

[josh98bird]

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Very sharp 68... and nice 98 as well. Welcome to the forum and hope you decide to stick around. How much does it cost you to fill up a full tank of gas?

[Nirgal]

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Well you know Shadowguy, there is big difference between what the media says and what the population really thinks :)
Minority always talks louder than majority in here :(

You know, it's part of the french culture to criticize the ones who have succeded. It's easier than trying to do better.

[youngsc]

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Welcome

Minority always talks louder than majority in here :(

And that is so true anywhere you go. It's not so much louder as it is they just won't shut the **** up though.

[Nirgal]

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Well Josh, to fill her up, I'd say it costs about 100$ or so, just gas, have to add substitute for unleaded fuel :naughty:
Don't tell me how much it costs to you or I'll cry 'till the end of the day ! LOOL :)

The 396 is doing 16L for 100km, which makes about 15mpg. The V6 is doing around 27 mpg, which isn't much.
When I bought these cars, people around told me I was crazy and I could not expect more than 5mpg ! Yeah right !!!
Handling is also quite different from french cars.

And don't worry I'll stick around ;)

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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Welcome! :wavey:
that's quite the expensive gas, hope you stick with it.

[josh98bird]

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Well Josh, to fill her up, I'd say it costs about 100$ or so, just gas, have to add substitute for unleaded fuel :naughty:
Don't tell me how much it costs to you or I'll cry 'till the end of the day ! LOOL :)

The 396 is doing 16L for 100km, which makes about 15mpg. The V6 is doing around 27 mpg, which isn't much.
When I bought these cars, people around told me I was crazy and I could not expect more than 5mpg ! Yeah right !!!
Handling is also quite different from french cars.

And don't worry I'll stick around ;)

I was just wondering because my 80 malibu gets 9 miles per gallon on a good day. I've gotten up to 30mpg in my firebird when using 5th gear on long trips. Thats why i love it when these import/ricer guys says "atleast I get better mileage" then I reply with "what... 3mpg more than me?"

I know you'll stick around... its too addicting. I don't have class or work today and I've come back to the site about 10 times already.

[Blip55]

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7.5 per gallon!!!!!!!:omg::eek: