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Camaro SS vs. Colorado Diesel - What's Your pick? - What MVP Chose


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John Goreham
Contributing Writer, GM-Trucks.com
7-13-2016

After last night's baseball all-star extravaganza, the 2016 Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, Eric Hosmer, was given a choice; A 50th Anniversary Edition Camaro SS or Colorado Diesel Midnight Edition. What would you have picked?

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Hosmer took home the Midnight Edition Colorado Diesel. “Hosmer’s spectacular on-field performance tonight demonstrates to all baseball fans and especially our kids that hard work, determination and teamwork is what wins, and that is why Chevrolet is proud to present the MVP award,” said Brian Sweeney, U.S. vice president of Chevrolet.

 

This writer would have found it very hard to pass up a special edition Camaro SS in the middle of summer. What say you?

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The truck is a trophy just like the crystal bat he is holding.

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Given the choice, I'd do the same. I had an SS and many pickups. That tricked out truck is handy and sleek where the SS is just sleek. The SS is horrible for parking and urban driving and the cheapest repair I ever had was 512.00 for nearly any problem it ever had. The doors are long, hard to get in and out bc parking spaces are so narrow these days. Traffic is too heavy and too many lights to have fun with it. It is like owning a thoroughbred with only a 1 acre lot to ride in. I replaced the SS with an old fixer upper jeep soft top and a used Mini 3 door (for commuting, etc). Yea the SS is one spectacular car to drive and I had upgraded to the PP1 so I could do a u turn in the manner of a toe-in doughnut.

 

Lastly, he may have chosen the truck because they are so over-priced but nice trucks where the SS is priced very well for what you get (which is a LOT of car and power and one of the best looking rally race coupes ever) so one should not feel bad about just purchasing the SS if you want one but I'd feel like a sucker paying what they are asking for those little trucks. I feel that is a huge problem with GM and trucks these days: they are far too "high-end" with options and sparklees like cadillacs on truck frames and it puts them out of reach for those of us that actually USE them. If you need a rear seat entertainment center, wifi, plush leather, and the heated and cooled seat, and fake plastic chrome grills then you probably do not need..... a truck. However, if said truck is FREE....then yes, I need one. :)

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