My '09 Pontiac G8 GXP 6M Journal

HKYStormFront · 02-11-2014, 07:20 PM

Made it home from work (in the truck, of course) with just enough light left to wheel the GXP out of the garage and snap a quick shot at the end of the neighborhood across the road during Snowmaggeddon 2014:

KaienZ34 · 02-11-2014, 07:24 PM

Mag. cover shot brotha.

HKYStormFront · 02-11-2014, 09:05 PM

Thanks buddy!

KaienZ34 · 02-11-2014, 09:15 PM

You got skills Pat.

HKYStormFront · 02-11-2014, 11:03 PM

It's mostly the camera

HKYStormFront · 02-22-2014, 09:53 PM

Attended the Cars & Coffee Upstate show this morning with the GXP along with my friends Andy, in the GTR, and Geoff, in the Nismo 370z. Today was the largest turnout thus far that I've seen at the "new" location, Michelin HQ. By 8:45am, the entire parking lot was full and people were having to park on the roads that circled the lots. Had a great time and stuck around till around 11, then we headed for the Carolina Ale House an exit down and had lunch with a big group of various car guys and gals. Weather looked gloomy in this snap but it cleared up not long after and turned out to be quite a beautiful day!

KaienZ34 · 02-22-2014, 10:25 PM

Looks fun man.

HKYStormFront · 03-16-2014, 09:52 AM

I finally got to put the new Super Sports to the test this weekend as I traveled up to Asheville for Cars and Coffee yesterday morning then joined a group from WNCRides on a cruise from Asheville to Brevard and then on to Caesar's Head then down. I have to say, these tires are absolutely amazing. Granted I never drove my car with the OEM tires in good shape but these tires just grip for days. I simply could not get the car to break loose within my own personal limits of what I feel is safe. They may have had more to give but I wasn't ready to test it and I was keeping up with the leaders of the pack and not holding anyone else behind me up. All in all, had a great time driving my car yesterday and the weather couldn't have been better for this kind of thing!

Album:

WNCRides Cruise to Caesar's Head - 3/15/14 - JPMcG Photography

Car:

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jcs...ature=youtu.be

HKYStormFront · 03-22-2014, 04:52 PM

Drove the car to Cars and Coffee this morning at Michelin HQ here in Greenville then out towards Traveler's Rest with the Carolina Z Club for lunch. Came back to my place and gave it a bath in anticipation for the upcoming road trip to Florida next week for the first World Challenge race of the year. Since it was clean, I decided to try out a place I drive by everyday on the way to and from work, it worked out decently I suppose. Wish the sky had been clear but what can you do...

Miles: 18,7xx

shadoquad · 03-22-2014, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HKYStormFront

Drove the car to Cars and Coffee this morning at Michelin HQ here in Greenville then out towards Traveler's Rest with the Carolina Z Club for lunch. Came back to my place and gave it a bath in anticipation for the upcoming road trip to Florida next week for the first World Challenge race of the year. Since it was clean, I decided to try out a place I drive by everyday on the way to and from work, it worked out decently I suppose. Wish the sky had been clear but what can you do...

Miles: 18,7xx

Terrible. Just awful. I demand you make the weather sunny and reshoot it this instant!

HKYStormFront · 03-22-2014, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadoquad

Terrible. Just awful. I demand you make the weather sunny and reshoot it this instant!

(nsfw, language)

( Click to show/hide )

KaienZ34 · 03-22-2014, 06:33 PM

user647_pic11047_1266642954.gif

The BlueMax · 03-23-2014, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HKYStormFront

Attended the Cars & Coffee Upstate show this morning with the GXP along with my friends Andy, in the GTR, and Geoff, in the Nismo 370z. Today was the largest turnout thus far that I've seen at the "new" location, Michelin HQ. By 8:45am, the entire parking lot was full and people were having to park on the roads that circled the lots. Had a great time and stuck around till around 11, then we headed for the Carolina Ale House an exit down and had lunch with a big group of various car guys and gals. Weather looked gloomy in this snap but it cleared up not long after and turned out to be quite a beautiful day!

Nice collection of cars, our Coffee & Cars has been growing over the years, we are already on our second location, its still just once a month but it brings out the best cars in our area. These morning gatherings have a huge influx of european & asian cars unlike the night cruises that are more dominated by domestic high performance cars.

HKYStormFront · 03-23-2014, 02:59 PM

Yeah we moved to the Michelin HQ because it had more room... annndddd now it's completely full every time. Well over 500 cars each month. There was a Ferrari F40 LM (real) there this year and the guy drove it there from NC! o.O

HKYStormFront · 05-09-2014, 10:08 PM

Haven't posted anything recently because I've been so busy. The GXP made the trip to St. Petersburg for race a little over a month ago. I took my friend Dustin (from Z1), his wife and myself along with all our luggage and my photo gear. Both Dustin and Erin were really impressed with the car as we all three took turns driving the beast. On the highway the new Super Sport tires really showed their advantage providing a quiet, comfortable ride. After St. Pete, I took it to Stone Mountain to meet with the Georgia G8 club for their first big meet. That was a lot of fun and I got to meet a lot of really nice G8 owners!

That's me standing almost dead center with my friend Ryan on the left and my car just above and to the left.

Somewhere during this time, my dad bought me a set of Lloyd Premium floor matts for the car. They came out great! (see pics in link below)

A few weeks later I drove the car to Barber Motorsports Park for the next World Challenge race. Once again proving to be exactly what I wanted in a car, I ended up with 3 other people along with my luggage and photo gear comfortably whisking us back to Carrollton, GA, to drop a few friends off at Z1. For this leg of the trip back I decided to let Jon drive as I was pretty beat from walking every square inch of Barber and insanely long days in the paddock (see my post about the race for my info on why!).

After all this running around the car was really starting to look worse for wear, despite my best efforts to keep it clean. In the capable hands of my good friend Andy, I dropped off the car last week so it could be detailed just in time for ZdayZ next weekend. Andy made a post about it over on DetailersBliss. Here's a link to that so y'all can see the paint correction process, it came out amazing from what I can see!

Pontiac G8 GXP correction - Show and Shine - Detailing Bliss powered by Detailer's Domain

Mileage: 22,242

02-11-2014, 07:20 PM	#46 (permalink)
HKYStormFront A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greer, SC Posts: 14,954 Drives: 06 Frontier SE 6spd Rep Power: 52	Made it home from work (in the truck, of course) with just enough light left to wheel the GXP out of the garage and snap a quick shot at the end of the neighborhood across the road during Snowmaggeddon 2014: Boost_lee, KaienZ34, Rockhound and 1 others like this. __________________ Patrick // 06 Frontier 6spd Nismosis // Mods: Uprev Tuned @ Z1 Motorsports: 257whp & 292 ft lbs 09 Pontiac G8 GXP // M6 // Sunroof // Tint... For now

02-11-2014, 07:24 PM	#47 (permalink)
KaienZ34 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: LA. not L.a. Posts: 21,652 Drives: Z34 Tour/Sport Rep Power: 178	Mag. cover shot brotha. __________________ *"These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends"* http://www.the370z.com/members/kaienz34-albums-z34.html

02-11-2014, 09:05 PM	#48 (permalink)
HKYStormFront A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greer, SC Posts: 14,954 Drives: 06 Frontier SE 6spd Rep Power: 52	Thanks buddy! __________________ Patrick // 06 Frontier 6spd Nismosis // Mods: Uprev Tuned @ Z1 Motorsports: 257whp & 292 ft lbs 09 Pontiac G8 GXP // M6 // Sunroof // Tint... For now

02-11-2014, 09:15 PM	#49 (permalink)
KaienZ34 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: LA. not L.a. Posts: 21,652 Drives: Z34 Tour/Sport Rep Power: 178	You got skills Pat. HKYStormFront likes this. __________________ *"These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends"* http://www.the370z.com/members/kaienz34-albums-z34.html

02-11-2014, 11:03 PM	#50 (permalink)
HKYStormFront A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greer, SC Posts: 14,954 Drives: 06 Frontier SE 6spd Rep Power: 52	It's mostly the camera __________________ Patrick // 06 Frontier 6spd Nismosis // Mods: Uprev Tuned @ Z1 Motorsports: 257whp & 292 ft lbs 09 Pontiac G8 GXP // M6 // Sunroof // Tint... For now

02-22-2014, 09:53 PM	#51 (permalink)
HKYStormFront A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greer, SC Posts: 14,954 Drives: 06 Frontier SE 6spd Rep Power: 52	Attended the Cars & Coffee Upstate show this morning with the GXP along with my friends Andy, in the GTR, and Geoff, in the Nismo 370z. Today was the largest turnout thus far that I've seen at the "new" location, Michelin HQ. By 8:45am, the entire parking lot was full and people were having to park on the roads that circled the lots. Had a great time and stuck around till around 11, then we headed for the Carolina Ale House an exit down and had lunch with a big group of various car guys and gals. Weather looked gloomy in this snap but it cleared up not long after and turned out to be quite a beautiful day! __________________ Patrick // 06 Frontier 6spd Nismosis // Mods: Uprev Tuned @ Z1 Motorsports: 257whp & 292 ft lbs 09 Pontiac G8 GXP // M6 // Sunroof // Tint... For now

02-22-2014, 10:25 PM	#52 (permalink)
KaienZ34 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: LA. not L.a. Posts: 21,652 Drives: Z34 Tour/Sport Rep Power: 178	Looks fun man. __________________ *"These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends"* http://www.the370z.com/members/kaienz34-albums-z34.html

03-16-2014, 09:52 AM	#53 (permalink)
HKYStormFront A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greer, SC Posts: 14,954 Drives: 06 Frontier SE 6spd Rep Power: 52	I finally got to put the new Super Sports to the test this weekend as I traveled up to Asheville for Cars and Coffee yesterday morning then joined a group from WNCRides on a cruise from Asheville to Brevard and then on to Caesar's Head then down. I have to say, these tires are absolutely amazing. Granted I never drove my car with the OEM tires in good shape but these tires just grip for days. I simply could not get the car to break loose within my own personal limits of what I feel is safe. They may have had more to give but I wasn't ready to test it and I was keeping up with the leaders of the pack and not holding anyone else behind me up. All in all, had a great time driving my car yesterday and the weather couldn't have been better for this kind of thing! Album: WNCRides Cruise to Caesar's Head - 3/15/14 - JPMcG Photography Car: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jcs...ature=youtu.be KaienZ34 likes this. __________________ Patrick // 06 Frontier 6spd Nismosis // Mods: Uprev Tuned @ Z1 Motorsports: 257whp & 292 ft lbs 09 Pontiac G8 GXP // M6 // Sunroof // Tint... For now

03-22-2014, 04:52 PM	#54 (permalink)
HKYStormFront A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greer, SC Posts: 14,954 Drives: 06 Frontier SE 6spd Rep Power: 52	Drove the car to Cars and Coffee this morning at Michelin HQ here in Greenville then out towards Traveler's Rest with the Carolina Z Club for lunch. Came back to my place and gave it a bath in anticipation for the upcoming road trip to Florida next week for the first World Challenge race of the year. Since it was clean, I decided to try out a place I drive by everyday on the way to and from work, it worked out decently I suppose. Wish the sky had been clear but what can you do... Miles: 18,7xx Roddy1 likes this. __________________ Patrick // 06 Frontier 6spd Nismosis // Mods: Uprev Tuned @ Z1 Motorsports: 257whp & 292 ft lbs 09 Pontiac G8 GXP // M6 // Sunroof // Tint... For now

03-22-2014, 06:33 PM	#57 (permalink)
KaienZ34 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: LA. not L.a. Posts: 21,652 Drives: Z34 Tour/Sport Rep Power: 178	user647_pic11047_1266642954.gif HKYStormFront likes this. __________________ *"These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends"* http://www.the370z.com/members/kaienz34-albums-z34.html

03-23-2014, 02:59 PM	#59 (permalink)
HKYStormFront A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greer, SC Posts: 14,954 Drives: 06 Frontier SE 6spd Rep Power: 52	Yeah we moved to the Michelin HQ because it had more room... annndddd now it's completely full every time. Well over 500 cars each month. There was a Ferrari F40 LM (real) there this year and the guy drove it there from NC! o.O __________________ Patrick // 06 Frontier 6spd Nismosis // Mods: Uprev Tuned @ Z1 Motorsports: 257whp & 292 ft lbs 09 Pontiac G8 GXP // M6 // Sunroof // Tint... For now

05-09-2014, 10:08 PM	#60 (permalink)
HKYStormFront A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greer, SC Posts: 14,954 Drives: 06 Frontier SE 6spd Rep Power: 52	Haven't posted anything recently because I've been so busy. The GXP made the trip to St. Petersburg for race a little over a month ago. I took my friend Dustin (from Z1), his wife and myself along with all our luggage and my photo gear. Both Dustin and Erin were really impressed with the car as we all three took turns driving the beast. On the highway the new Super Sport tires really showed their advantage providing a quiet, comfortable ride. After St. Pete, I took it to Stone Mountain to meet with the Georgia G8 club for their first big meet. That was a lot of fun and I got to meet a lot of really nice G8 owners! That's me standing almost dead center with my friend Ryan on the left and my car just above and to the left. Somewhere during this time, my dad bought me a set of Lloyd Premium floor matts for the car. They came out great! (see pics in link below) A few weeks later I drove the car to Barber Motorsports Park for the next World Challenge race. Once again proving to be exactly what I wanted in a car, I ended up with 3 other people along with my luggage and photo gear comfortably whisking us back to Carrollton, GA, to drop a few friends off at Z1. For this leg of the trip back I decided to let Jon drive as I was pretty beat from walking every square inch of Barber and insanely long days in the paddock (see my post about the race for my info on why!). After all this running around the car was really starting to look worse for wear, despite my best efforts to keep it clean. In the capable hands of my good friend Andy, I dropped off the car last week so it could be detailed just in time for ZdayZ next weekend. Andy made a post about it over on DetailersBliss. Here's a link to that so y'all can see the paint correction process, it came out amazing from what I can see! Pontiac G8 GXP correction - Show and Shine - Detailing Bliss powered by Detailer's Domain Mileage: 22,242 __________________ Patrick // 06 Frontier 6spd Nismosis // Mods: Uprev Tuned @ Z1 Motorsports: 257whp & 292 ft lbs 09 Pontiac G8 GXP // M6 // Sunroof // Tint... For now

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Pontiac GTO HP?	gussyturbo z	Texas	3	12-09-2012 11:09 PM
Pontiac G8	GTRFAN	Other Vehicles	22	04-03-2012 03:07 AM
Pontiac Stinger	molamann	Other Vehicles	13	05-30-2009 12:28 PM
Pontiac is Better!	drdre8424	Nissan 370Z General Discussions	16	04-30-2009 06:45 PM
2009 Pontiac G8 GXP	BanningZ	Other Vehicles	22	12-23-2008 05:23 AM