'82 Camaro Z28 chase Pt. 2

[@SteveMagnante]

If nobody said it yet, lets all remember that A MIME IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE!

[@90daysinvegas53]

@SteveMagnante... Hi Steve, love your car reviews of old muscle cars and commentary that you do. Your the best!

[@johndrake2729]

Still think the Gen 3 was ahead of its time, even for '82.

[@madmeh2929]

I guess the Z28 was a rental since they didn’t scratch it. Such a careful slow chase when on the city streets. Unlike the jumpers later!

[@fernandorocha-dx1wv]

These Camaro Z28 red is conserved and preseverd in the chase

[@FilmingAustralia1623]

It was a showroom model that was stolen in the episode

[@AtomicReverend]

Definitely the way I recall vehicles back then, accurate to the slow cars of the 1980s.

[@privateprivate1865]

True.. but I'd gladly take a gutless early 80s Gm or Toyota over these ugly looking, unnecessarily complicated, overpriced, modern appliances we call automobiles today. I'm all for safety and technology, but countless automobiles go to the scrapyard far too soon, due to repair costs being high over something as small as sensor that takes too much time to get to, or elusive electrical shorts due to manufacturers putting too much unnecessary crap in cars. Planned obsolescence is a serious issue. I mean they put starters under the damn intake now, wtf?

[@AtomicReverend]

@@privateprivate1865 I have questioned engineers and their logic when it comes to wear type items my entire adult life of wrenching. Who puts a heater core behind the dashboard? Or a starter underneath an intake manifold, or spark plugs against a firewall, or how about the oil filter where it is almost inaccessible and when you spin it off it gets used oil on everything and that is after you remove a splash shield or 2, speaking of splash shields How about plastic trim clips that are designed to go in but not come back out assuring the mechanic will almost always break at least a few of them they are all over the exterior and interior of a modern vehicle that probably starts in the 1990s. How about the electrical plugs that started coming out in the 1980s (with the rise of electronic fuel injection) that we still use today that easily gets stuck together from their watertight connection so when you press the button to release them they never pull apart so you end up having to pry them apart sometimes breaking the clip in the process. When we are talking about reliability I would say about 1996 to somewhere around 2005 ish is the pinnacle of reliability without too many overly complicated systems but the cars are pretty cheesily built using all those things I just complained about. When we are talking about cars that are designed to be worked on by a mechanic or even a enthusiast. I'm going to have to say the 1920's through the late 1960s are are the best cars to wrench on or repair by the hobbyist, every year after that point the cars get more and more plastic, more trim clips, more compact and just become a nightmare to work on. I am not trying to be a hater on vehicles from the 1980s or newer there is actually a handful of 1980s cars I really like because of their simplicity and reliability. I just remember when all those cars were late model used cars when I started driving and I can't think of a single one that was moderately spry but I can appreciate some of the 1980s styling because at least it was styling. Since the mid-1990s everything looks pretty much the same the only thing that changes is the size of the headlights and tail lights... There is a poster online of a bunch of white midsize SUVs from all the different manufacturers and they all look almost I absolutely identical, I know every era there is a certain design language followed byt no cars are so bland unless they are modern clones of a former era (like the Challenger or Mustang).

[@timonsolus]

⁠@@privateprivate1865: Fun fact: Georgians are buying written off cars in the USA, and shipping them to Georgia (the country in the Caucasus, not the US state). There they are fixed for only 20% of the cost of repairing them in the USA (or stripped for spare parts). Then they are sold to dealers in Khazakstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, who sell them on to buyers from Russia. It’s a booming multi million dollar business. Tens of thousands of American insurance write off cars are ending up in Russia this way. And that’s the way Russia is evading Western sanctions.

[@DC322]

Welcome to California Emissions.

[@privateprivate1865]

@DC322 yeah but that crap is easily removed.. not sure of what years are exempt now, the last time I lived in so cal in 96 I think it was 67 and older? But I heard rumors that cal is planning on limiting old cars or something?

[@pmprei3767]

I just seen a Datsun B210... wow!

[@cynthiaprange9561]

Simon and Simon had a nice red one, but it had better rims on it

[@johndrake2729]

They really messed it up with that custom top, though. AJ Simon should have been more of a C4 Vette guy.

[@briank.8925]

Imagine the episode ended with the arrest of the suspects and the salesman was there and asks "well how'd you like it?"

[@privateprivate1865]

1st year of the 3rd gen camaro

[@fernandorocha-dx1wv]

198s is 1st year of 3rd gen Camaro. The 3rd gen is best of the Camaro

[@wydopnthrtl]

@@fernandorocha-dx1wv Best looking yes. But the "best"... either a 1970 BB or a late model w/LS3

[@privateprivate1865]

@@fernandorocha-dx1wv 1982 is the first year of the 3rd gen camaro

[@FallGuy467]

Before the IROC Z hit the street in '85, this IMO was the color combo to get in a Z28. Cream over Gold wasn't too bad either 💯

[@johndrake2729]

Police brutality is one thing, but cops throwing criminals over the railings to their deaths is something else. I don't have to tell you what happens in real life ...

[@irocz0r]

This is some Red Letter Media quality shit.

[@DC322]

Z28 has less dents than those of the Monacos and St. Regis crashing into everything during a car chase. lol.

[@mexicanspec]

Los Angeles really is a big city but in these shows the bad guys always drive into a warehouse or off a pier or something like that.

[@aaronstreeval3910]

Lol true, like the one chips episode where the stolen movie car is one that comes to mind.

[@aaronstreeval3910]

I’ve watched like a dozen or more of these tj hooker chases and only like 3 of them have resulted in them catching the suspect or the suspect dying. These guys suck 😂 Ponch and John are actually capable of chasing down criminals and not crashing every time 😂

[@ekop1778]

RIP DARREN

[@timpriddy349]

Looks like the same place they filmed NO MANS LAND with charlie sheen a few years later

[@johndrake2729]

I'd take that Z28, put it in Hardcastle and McCormick, and call it a Coyote. So dope.

[@briank.8925]

1:40 seatbelts!

[@paullynch928]

Do all the males where wigs ?

[@maraqlmlumatlar2585]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tyronebiggims1613]

Ive never seen a camaro with a rear wiper.. super rare,,

[@tyronebiggims1613]

loved the face grabbin. should have done it in slow motion..

[@rjsgraphix]

My Mazda has more horsepower than that Z28. They were pressing hard to get it to drift.

[@manher4335]

Maybe because idk....IT WASN'T A MODIFIED Z28? Like your RX7

[@woecp]

@@manher4335it’s probably bran new as well 🤣 shit guy you only got 40 years of technology on us I’d hope it would be faster

[@manher4335]

@@woecp What's a dinky RX7 without it's crutch of a turbo anyway? Rotary garbage you have to get frequent oil changes on eh? 🥱

[@ricardolivi9158]

0:48' Kim Carnes?

[@AJ-Bruno]

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