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    has anyone ever mistaken your gtp for a gto? too many people have told me "nice gto" and one time i was at a car show and someone was like "How do you like driving one of those auatralian cars? I have a magazine with your car in it if you want to buy it" he opens the page up to a picture of a bunch of new GTO's. I mean i know its a two door, and they do look somewhat similar, but you can tell the difference definitely. C'mon people get it right, yes it is three letters, but thats GTP not GTO... but hey... i guess a gto isnt so bad to be mistaken for, they are 400 hp and they are pretty nice!
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    I feel even more sorry for GTO owners who heard, "Nice Cobalt."
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    I've heard "nice Grand Am"...that makes me pretty mad. Or I get the "How do you like driving that RWD in the snow"...I say..."Ever know what a sideways motor means?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by bluegtp91 View Post
    I've heard "nice Grand Am"...that makes me pretty mad. Or I get the "How do you like driving that RWD in the snow"...I say..."Ever know what a sideways motor means?"
    oh yeah... ive gotten grand am before too... i usualy get gto more, grand am really pisses me off
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    i want a GTO....... with CCW's and Twins....... one day jeff, one day
    my buddy used to call my car a Grand Am for the longest time, so i called his 540i a 3 series, he knows its a GTP now
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    well not all front wheel drives have side motor my crysler concord had a straight motor and was fwd
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deezul_AwT View Post
    I feel even more sorry for GTO owners who heard, "Nice Cobalt."
    and Grand Am's.... it sucks! but car guy should easily tell the difference.

    I just look at them and say: Can a Cobalt do this..and light up the rears
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    Quote Originally Posted by QwikGT View Post
    i want a GTO....... with CCW's and Twins....... one day jeff, one day
    my buddy used to call my car a Grand Am for the longest time, so i called his 540i a 3 series, he knows its a GTP now
    yea man, i would buy an old gto though. i think they should have called the new ones something else it doesnt look like a gto. still i would definitely take one though... they are so fast
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    i hear grandam all the time. pisses me off!
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    Friend of mine got a grandam SE and he thought we had "Basically the same car now"...so I raced him...needless to say how that ended
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    have gotten the confusion before once. but come on now. they don't even make the gto in green.
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    ^ haha lmao
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    haha, we call my budys GTO a W-Body, Grand Prix, Colbalt, all kinda of stuff
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    When I flipped my '97 GP GT last june, I was pretty upset..and the cop said "relax Mike, there's a million black grand am's out there" I have never wanted to punch someone in the face so bad in my life...
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    I get the grand-am thing every once in a while, I take it with a grain of salt since these people don't know anything about cars.

    When i first got my car i got mistaken for a gtp frequently
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    ya ive had "u drive a grand am right? or wait is it a grand prix?" its like lets see u drive it n u wont forget the name next time!
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    Yeah...if your car is stock it is no faster than a 3.4 Grand Am GT. Seen it. N/A GP's ain't fast unless you gots lots-o-mods.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bluegtp91 View Post
    Yeah...if your car is stock it is no faster than a 3.4 Grand Am GT. Seen it. N/A GP's ain't fast unless you gots lots-o-mods.
    yea thats true...
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    those 3.4 grand ams are weak. quarter time is almost a full second slower than a GP GT....
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    I got that. "Is that one of the new GTOs?"
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