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About This Quiz
Competition brings out the best in the world in companies. There's Big Mac versus Whopper. There's Pepsi versus Coke. For automotive enthusiasts, there's Mustang versus Camaro versus Challenger. This muscle car competition between the American "Big Three" has been fought since the '60s, starting with the Mustang and then echoed with rivals. In the first year of production, only 220,000 Camaros were produced and bought, nearly half the number of Mustangs produced that same year.
Camaros gained a few different reputations across the span of its 50 years of production. In the late '60s, they were competitive muscle cars that held their own on the drag strip. During the oil embargo, federal regulations took away the high output powerhouse of a V8, but drastic aerodynamic changes in styling compensated for what was taken away. The '80s rolled around, and IROC was king, complete with aftermarket spoilers and louver windows. Fast forward to 2010, and the Camaro was again competitive in the muscle car world. Every decade of the Camaro was unique, but with which one do you resonate the most?
Red with racing stripes
A taupe sort of brown
Bleach white
Metallic midnight black
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John F Kennedy, because he pioneered the new frontier
Richard Nixon, because he got us through the oil crisis and eventually we got our V8s back
Nixon's head in a jar from the television show, "Futurama"
James Buchanan, because he didn't really do much and let some of the South secede
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"Heck, yeah! The only thing that would make this better was if there was a Foreigner concert tonight!"
"I wonder how many ponies they have under that hood!"
"That's such a waste of natural resources, like fuel and rubber!"
"I remember when burning rubber really meant something and when a gallon of gas cost less than a dollar!"
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Retired, but living out your youthful dreams
Assistant manager of a local home improvement store, but you feel a promotion coming very soon
Accountant, but you work with the volunteer fire department in town (and have the emergency light in your car to prove it)
Software designer, but in your free time you coach little league
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The Grapefruit Diet, but sneaking Cracker Jack between meals. You also make a mean cabbage soup.
The Beverly Hills Diet plus copious amounts of aerobic exercises done in a florescent leotard of sorts. You have a workout buddy, but more gossiping is done than working out.
Fat-free foods, including foods that are supposed to be fatty, like cookies and potato chips. You secretly think it all tastes like garbage but eat it anyway.
Alternating between paleo and keto depending on what holiday is coming up. You LOVE talking about your diet.
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Lingenfelter TVS2300, and you enjoy telling people about it
Vortech V-3 for your LS swapped engine
Weiand 144 Pro-Street ordered from the fine folks at Summit Racing
Edelbrock E-Force 122, and you have an Edelbrock bumper sticker to prove it
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Kem-arrow
Come-a-row
Cam-air-ah
C-am-are-ow
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Feathered, layered and hairsprayed
Chunky highlights
A perm
A man bun
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Farrah
Tiffani
Audrey
Camaro Spice
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Chatting up fellow drivers and laughing about the good old days while wearing your Chevy ball cap
Watching from the grand stands with your big old tub of popcorn
Selling hot dogs in the concession stands and trying to up-sell chili for the extra $1
Racing, but hitting every cone on the course, and when you get your time, you complain about the track temperature
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Parallel parking, because the blind spot makes finding the curb extremely difficult
Mall parking lots, because there's always so much traffic and it's hard to find a spot
Parking garages, because no matter how many pictures you take of where you parked, you still have trouble finding your car
Dirt lots at concerts, because you never know who just relieved themselves where you parked
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Filling your tank yet again because you get horrible gas mileage
Buying energy drinks and a couple of lottery tickets
Going to the bathroom for about the millionth time that day
All of the above
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"Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires"
"My Child Is an Honor Student at Sunnyvale High School"
"Horn is broken, watch for finger"
"Vote McGovern"
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"Remember the Titans"
"Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
"Sharknado"
"Transformers"
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1983 Fox Body Mustang with an automatic
2002 Honda Prelude with a ridiculously large rear wing
A primer grey C10 driven by a man in overalls
Who knows, you're too busy texting
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The nearest chain car repair shop, like Goodyear, and make sure to get the extended warranty
Wherever it decided to go out, because you travel with a toolbox and several replacement parts
In the comfort of your very own garage, which is complete with air tools and residential lift
After several trips back and forth to the auto parts store because you forgot the core, twice, you twist wrenches in your dirt driveway
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Tinted taillights
Carbon fiber hood complete with hood pins
Rear window louvers
Air conditioning
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Jolt Cola
Surge Soda
Red Bull
Cold Brew coffee
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The car in front of you at a stoplight. You were so engrossed in your Instagram feed that you accelerated before the car in front of you did.
A deer crossing the road, because you live way out in the country and deer are everywhere!
Another car in a demolition derby, because after the road-worthiness of your car became questionable, you wanted it to go out with a bang!
The tennis ball hanging from the ceiling in the garage — why bother trying to estimate how close you are to the wall when you've got a tattle-tale tennis ball to help you out!
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Yahoo
Gmail
AOL
Hush
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1963 split window, because the stylistic ridge lines mimic a skeletal system of the beast of a car
1963 split window, because peer pressure tells you this is the right choice but you're not sure why
1963 split window, because pop up and down headlights are the coolest thing to happen to the automotive industry since the internal combustion engine
1963 split window, because it turns heads quicker than a drunken celebrity getting married
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Creates a melodic engine note
Gets rusty and falls off at inconvenient times
Somehow causes engine codes
Allows us to breathe fresh air
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Cragar Super Sports
American Racing Torq Thrust
BBS LM in Crystal Black
Year One Honeycomb
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'64 Ford Mustang, because there's a ton of them, so what's the big deal?
'70 Dodge Challenger, because, sure, it's fast, but it's also an aerodynamic brick!
Foreign cars, because they're just showing off!
All of them, because you attend the show and spend your time taking pictures of the cars for social media, not actually looking at them!
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Pendleton, Oregon — It's cool to be able to experience a real rodeo town and still get a decent continental breakfast.
Washington Island, Wisconsin — There's nothing quite like driving your car onto a ferry and pretending like you're traveling to a brave new world!
Branson, Missouri — Your likeness on an airbrushed T-shirt is the highlight of your year and will potentially be featured on your Christmas card.
Winnemucca, Nevada — Glitz, glamour and casinos surround you, but you are safely situated far away from anyone who knows you professionally.
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"Rolling frame, but good bones"
"Burt Reynolds-approved"
"Brim full of horsepower"
"Low mileage, driven by college girl"
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The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter"
Nickleback's "Photograph"
Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping"
Seals and Croft's "Summer Breeze"
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L35 396ci V8
L22 250ci Inline 6
ZL1 6.2L V8
LS2 small block
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A coil-over suspension system
Airbags that will deploy when they're supposed to
A cooling system that actually keeps the car from overheating
A steering wheel with buttons to control every single thing in the car
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