Cool!

Cool!

Actually, I think I worded it the least like shaming possible in the English language given the situation. I repeatedly referenced that it was performing appropriately for the conditions in which it finds itself, and referred to the right of an owner of a machine to use it how they choose, even if they way they use it might break it. The only place I think I might come off as shaming is where I said:

. . . but I was only repeating what you had already said here:

Please let me know what I said that appeared to you to imply that driving your sporty car aggressively is something to be shamed.

Yes, they did, and then they included traction control with it.

To be fair, the 4L65 was installed in many vehicles with a 6.0 or larger engine. 2005 was the first year for the GTO to have a 6.0, so that'* why it got a 4T65 instead of a 4T60. Other vehicles that got the 4T65 were the Escalade, Corvette, Sierra Denali, Yukon Denali, and Hummer H2, all of which had a 6.0 or larger engine.

Wellll . . . there are a bunch around that do, but that'* fodder for a different thread.

I never said anything like that, and challenge you to find anything like that that I said in my entire time at GMForum. This entire thread is about verifying the validity of your mechanic telling you to keep your burn outs under 5,500RPM.

For some. Others have them as investments, many enjoy the look and how they look in them, many like the acceleration, some like the occasional burn out. Many of them strongly dislike buying tires for them, though, as tires for these kinds of cars are expensive. I haven't seen many that do lots of big burn outs on stock and/or tired parts, but that is not to say that nobody does. Some learn a lesson the hard way, others get away with it.

I'm guessing because, as you drive for whatever reason you are driving, you like to have some extra fun as well . . . but I don't now you well enough to really be able to answer that question.

Yeah, depending on what "occasional" and "uncommon" mean to each of us, keeping in mind that "occasional" and "uncommon" burn out could refer to small events, and they could also refer to 6,000RPM ten second burnouts. Either way, this thread has been discussing the professional advice to keep burn outs below 5,500RPM, while your transmission (that wasn't in the best health) had issues doing one at 6,000RPM before shifting to the next gear.