Andre FINALLY Gets To Drive His Dream Classic Truck (Chevy SSR) - Does It Live Up To The Dream?? 

I drove one at a Car Chow in 2005. Wanted one ever since. It is amazing!!!!!!!!!

Totally agree

You'll never get interesting products like the XLR and SSR from GM ever again. No question.

@@Browningate Not with Barra in charge unfortunately.

To each their own but that thing is hideous 😂

@@gman3563 You're right, to each their own.

They looked best in that dark purple color with the silver wheels

Don’t care for the top but once it’s down they look a lot better

I wish more people hated them, because the prices are too high for me to ever get one.

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so happy for you. i have an 04 but have highly considered a 6 speed truck!

Don't forget the Chevy HHR

@@davehurbon That too! The Chevy version of the PT Cruiser lol.

@@davehurbon The HHR was hated, as with most of the others on the list. We had 2 and for what they were, ours were good, zippy little cars. I wish GM had kept the HHR and continued to improve it. Of course it would probably be $35k by now.

Right? 😅

This one is very tempting !

So, aftermarket windshield?

@@justinkase1360 Unfortunately, the aftermarket windshield has a flat spot in the middle. It's not made the same way, and the wipers don't work as well. It also looks different from the side. You can see it.

DO IT>>>>they are AWESOME!

Only seen older people drive them😅

@@Lane-jq3ed like everything else... expensive toys are usually most easily afforded by older people. So laugh it up, most likely you can't afford it as an extra car.

Need a hitch!

Definitely would have encouraged a much larger community of custom fab/modding.

Agreed. I drove an HHR for a short while, and in retrospect my main complaint about it was it is too small (and underpowered).

a guy I know near Ok city was going to build a woody panel truck from his, but once he got involved with a guy who could do it, he realized the wood would warp and create so many other problems. He spent a lot on it....and ended up just wood panelling the sides and rear. Its beautiful.

It doesn't? 🤔

Thank you for the kind words!

My family has a 2011 Nissan Murano cross cab convertible another great innovator and videos don't do that car justice

Thank you.

you can buy a low mileage one and have minimal problems. There is a very close community of owners across the US that get together locally and help anyone with tweeks and fixes as needed.

There is and the Jeep Gladiator is having the whole pie to itself right now. I have to imagine at least some of its sales are people who wanted a bed, and open air but don't actually care if it's a Jeep or not.

mine is RED....love em too!

haha....totally true...not totally practical, but thats the beauty! haha I live in Oklahoma and that is true truck country. And I don't get any respect as a truck....but everyone likes to look at this thing!

youd have STOLEN it for 16k. i bot my 2004 6 years ago for 16.8k and thot I got a great deal. a year later a 6 speed 2005 sold locally for 25k. that same car is easily 30k now.

both engines are LS engines. the 5.3 in mine is aluminum block as well. i've cammed mine and ported the heads and with headers is well over 400 hp. The 6.0 LS2 is just more cubes....no other difference. For the record, Id love the extra cubes, but ya run what you brung!

2 beam axles? the front is independent, no axles. unless you just meant thats what it felt like....lots of mods are available and I love mine! way more heads turn than any of my Vettes.

totally agree. i had to rebuild the whole top end on my 5.3 to get over 400.

very few probs. I have one and we have tech gatherings all the time. There are many other things you have to watch, but the motors are fine.

"The SSR is what the Prowler should have been." Nope! Performance: The Prowler is 2 tenths slower in the 0-60 and 3 tenths slower in the quarter mile with a so called wimpy V6 making a 144hp less than the 05-06 SSR. Not to mention both are (governor limited): 125 mph. The difference is 1270lbs. The Prowler purpose was a testbed for light weight design. Nearly 900 lbs of the 2,862-lb consist of aluminum--including body, frame, suspension, engine and wheels. Not to mention, die-cast magnesium instrument panel, composite brake rotors, rubber couplings in place of u-joints, and Kevlar body straps. As a result, the aluminum intensive Prowler weighs in 21%--roughly 600 lbs--lighter than a comparable vehicle with steel components. And unlike the TBSS in costume. The Prowler offered a lot of automotive first. Like The front wishbone suspension with inboard coilovers actuated by a pushrod. Being the first production car to use this assembly featured on Indy and Formula One cars. The first and only production car with body on aluminum frame and the first to run 20's...

@@seanthornton726 Remember those old TV ads... "I coulda had a V8"? That.

@@aaronbritt2025 Yea I always wondered why Grand Nationals never went up in value... missing 2 cylinders

@@seanthornton726 I always wondered why oranges don't taste like apples.

@@aaronbritt2025 Sir that's a medical issue or a mental one...Good try though :)

Im 6"0. and you are correct that it might be short for you. Seats are adjustable down, but then you have a length issue. Still love it for me. It will be a classic for sure, maybe not quite yet, but soon. Everyone loves them compared to any vette i've owned.

I like the idea of the el camino as well and would love and aussie version we didn't get. But This has styling that it just does not have...and its more lovable for it. yes, i have one.

Those Thunderbirds were awesome I thought too and Ford didn't sell any of them either. I actually had a neighbor that had both an SSR and one of those Thunderbirds. That guy was something else lol. He moved out years ago now but he had a tiny yard one you could push mow in less then 30 min but he had a John Deere rider and he mowed like every 3-4 days and when done he would be out there with the power washer washing under the deck.

😂😂😂😂😂 at Barbie truck!

well....its actually a truck...a ute is more car based. This is built to be a truck street rod.