carmigo
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- First Name
- Carmigo
- Joined
- Nov 11, 2022
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- Location
- Tupelo, MS
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- Occupation
- We help people sell their cars.
- Thread starter
- #16
What a story. It sounds like you formed a lot of memories with that car. Glad you had those times, many people never get to put in that much energy or care into their cars.After I graduated high school and was working at Best Buy while attending college, I picked up a copy of the the new-ish (at the time) Need For Speed Most Wanted and started playing the hell out of that. This was back in 2007 or 2008 and didn’t really know much about cars. I played that game and would see Mustangs, Civics, Acuras, the typical Need For Speed cars. One day I saw the 2005 Pontiac GTO and decided to play with that in the game.
Now I know that handling, speed, exhaust noise and acceleration don’t translate from games like that to the real world, but man did I fall in love with that car.
Fast forward to 2009 and low and behold, a 2006 with the 6.0 LS2 pops up for sale in my area. I went and test drove it and was sold. Ironically enough, one day at work the previous owner came in and was asking who drove the GTO out there. I thought for sure someone hit it, but he informed me it had a Pedders Track 2 suspension system on there and that was his wife’s daily driver. Score!
I went through all kinds of growing pains with this car. Lingenfelter over the radiator cold air intake, Kooks Axleback exhaust, Wretched Motorsports H-pipe and Pacesetter long tube headers and tuning. Everything, with the exception of the exhaust, done by myself and/or buddies in their shop. Blew a hole in the radiator, got in to my first wreck, had my first highway blowout. All kinds of blood, sweat and tears went in to this car. It is where I grew a love for modifying cars and trucks.
Probably the only car I actually miss, and miss more than some people that have come in and out of my life. I have since looked up the VIN stored in my insurance account and it was last sold at an auction wrecked. Made me pretty sad to see, but happy about the time I got to spend with it.
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