# Too late to enter, unfortunately **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** pontiac\ **Created:** [July 23, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129 "2025-07-23T18:49:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/1 "2025-07-23T18:49:44Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/b/7b39da4ccf3f7d3a6c048e6b008aaa22130df538.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![oldnotdeadyet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a6a055/32.png) [@oldnotdeadyet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldnotdeadyet)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/2 "2025-07-24T21:55:39Z")
I remember gas wars taking gas prices down to 10 cents per gallon back then. What would you ever do with 300,000 gallons of gas? Maybe that was the total purse. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/3 "2025-07-25T13:11:21Z")
> [@oldnotdeadyet](#): > > I remember gas wars taking gas prices down to 10 cents per gallon back then. What would you ever do with 300,000 gallons of gas? Maybe that was the total purse. I’m pretty sure gas didn’t stay $0.10 a gallon for ever… lol And most likely is was basically a lifetime of gas and they figured the pay out would be much less… lol ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/4 "2025-07-25T18:36:38Z")
My roommate had a car like that. All three of us had pontiacs of various vintage. When it was a cold morning in South Dakota and his wouldn’t start, he’d just wait for a warmer day. A chemist. ---
**Author:** ![Clueless33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Clueless33](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Clueless33)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/5 "2025-07-25T19:08:13Z")
I almost bought a Pontiac GTO back in the days. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/9/99df65312ab9e3a3e0347b01ee16cf086445b806.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/6 "2025-07-25T19:21:06Z")
Yeah my room mate had a trust fund so bought a new GTO in 1969 still in college. He just had to convince the bankers to release the money. Once he turned 25 it would all be his. Adopted with rich farmers in support. He had finally discovered his real mother late in life. I would not trade even though I was broke. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/7 "2025-07-25T19:50:51Z")
Most Americans probably wouldn’t consider that to be a “real” GTO, as it was a rebadged Holden, and it was manufactured in Australia. However, it did pack a big, powerful V8 under the hood. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/8 "2025-07-25T19:53:50Z")
Better than this, at least, all 200 hp of it: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/e/ce142162d220485586dc3971405901f808c645e6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/9 "2025-07-25T19:56:31Z")
Yeah, those Chevy Nova-based “GTOs” were a bad joke. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/10 "2025-07-25T19:56:33Z")
That is not a real GTO - the word Phoney applies here. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/11 "2025-07-25T20:20:38Z")
A coworker has a Pontiac G8, similar to the GTO, both are real cars. While it technically is an imported car as was the GTO, it was manufactured by General Motors. Some forum members drive imported vehicles, they also seem to hate cars. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/12 "2025-07-25T20:47:44Z")
> [@Clueless33](#): > > I almost bought a Pontiac GTO back in the days This clearly illustrates that “back in the day” is a relative term 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/too-late-to-enter-unfortunately/201129/13 "2025-07-28T15:56:45Z")
I liked the Holden Goats, C&D did a side by side comparison with the 2005 Mustang GT. The GTO beat the Mustang in most objective categories, so C&D added a subjective “gotta have it” 25 points to the Mustang. If I could have found a GTO when I bought my then two year old Mustang, I would have purchased it. BTW, I have had 2 T-Birds and 3 Mustangs.