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Offline tailhooker

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I need some opinions, please.
« on: February 21, 2019, 04:16:58 PM »
I'm trying to track down the history of my GXP. I had ordered "my" GXP with the Pontiac Dealer where I used to work. I kept going to the (for want of a better description), the nationwide "locator" to see which dealers were getting GXPs. On a lark, I drove past the Pontiac dealer 10 minutes away, and they had a Mean Yellow GXP on the showroom floor. This was a very small dealer (Key Pontiac - Bethlehem, PA. They were asking 5,000 over MSRP. I eventually got them down to MSRP. My car has Black bucket seats with gray only stitching. All the other ones I had seen had the red stitching. Was this common? The last six of my vin  reads 123001.

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Re: I need some opinions, please.
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2019, 04:59:39 PM »
Here's what I have on it:

7Y123001   
2007   
Pontiac Solstice   
Build Date: 1/7/2007   
Warranty Date: 2/24/2007
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LNF   
GXP   
Convertible

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Re: I need some opinions, please.
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2019, 05:41:00 PM »
The stitching was a color option for the buyer if my memory serves my right.
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Re: I need some opinions, please.
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2019, 05:41:40 PM »
My car has Black bucket seats with gray only stitching. All the other ones I had seen had the red stitching. Was this common?

Mine has the gray stitching too.  I think it was as common as the red.
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Re: I need some opinions, please.
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2019, 09:40:26 AM »
As I remember the gray sticking was standard on the GXP and the red was a no charge option. I went with the gray.
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Re: I need some opinions, please.
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2019, 01:47:01 PM »
Standard was black cloth seats on the GXP.  If you added leather seats you had the option of gray or red stitching.  When I get a chance I will post some picks of the brochure the dealers had for the GXP when they first came out.
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Re: I need some opinions, please.
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2019, 05:26:42 PM »
Thanks, everyone .

 

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Re: I need some opinions, please.
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2019, 09:49:55 PM »
Here are the pics
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Re: I need some opinions, please.
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2019, 08:34:21 AM »
Why didn't Pontiac go with that front fascia in 2006!?!?
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Re: I need some opinions, please.
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2019, 10:35:48 AM »
That was the GXP fascia which didn't come out until 07
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