04-13-2012, 05:20 PM | #29 |
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04-13-2012, 08:41 PM | #30 |
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Fatherdad, this BLACK car has consumed my life. It will never be perfect but I will continue to try.
Black cars are not for perfectionists. My wife thinks I'm insane. Your kid, WA |
04-13-2012, 08:52 PM | #31 | ||
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All dealers that were given ZL1 allocations recieved this update from GM: Quote:
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04-13-2012, 09:05 PM | #32 |
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It seems this thread has turned into, somewhat, of a vent fest. Despite the problems this is still an awesome feat of engineering and we remain a very loyal GM family.
These are simple issues when we, take the time to, make each other aware of them. Hopefully, Mr. Goodwrench will catch up. Therein lies the bottle neck GM. |
04-13-2012, 09:11 PM | #33 |
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I know somebody that works at this dealer and he told me that a guy that ordered a Zl1 for his son and that he had a corvette and this person told the dealer not to touch this car at all do not put gas in it do not do drive not anything????????????
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04-13-2012, 09:27 PM | #34 |
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That is incorrect, the instruction was not to wash the vehicle QC inspection only. That was reiterated on several occasions.
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04-13-2012, 09:29 PM | #35 |
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And I never mentioned the dealer. This isn't the only dealer missing this stuff.
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04-13-2012, 10:10 PM | #36 |
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Lol! Kush. I wish fatherdad had bought the car for me. Your post makes no sense. I don't know of any dealer that would sell a car without doing standard qc inspection. The only thing I directed the dealer not to do was to not wash the vehicle. Even at that, the car still had swirls. Get your facts right dude. What a bunch of kidders.
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04-13-2012, 10:12 PM | #37 |
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One more clarification Kush396 my son ordered the ZL1, my son paid for the ZL1, his 2nd new Camaro in 3 years but his father, me, doe's own a Corvette.
And the only reason, we were told, that they didn't put gas in the car, was that they didn't have Premium at the dealer. |
04-13-2012, 10:16 PM | #38 |
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Hmm, we always gassed them up at the gas station and had a CC just for that. But if i was buying one I would specifically request they dont do shit to it. I especially hate those vinyl dealer stickers. If they want to pay me for advertising then I will let them put them on.
The tech can flag the hours for PDI and I can do it myself |
04-14-2012, 07:16 AM | #39 |
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There are good and bad dealerships. Maybe I am just lucky, the two that I deal with are excellent in every way. I have dealt with Macmulkin Chevrolet in Nashua NH for many years and they always treat me right and they are Camaro and Corvette fans! Tom Henry I don't think needs any kudos here, but so far he has been extremely helpful through the process and if Dragoneye uses him, he must be great, right?
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04-14-2012, 08:55 AM | #40 |
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04-14-2012, 09:00 AM | #41 |
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We to hooked up with our present Chevy dealer 2 years ago after issues with another and have been, up to this point, very satisfied. That is why I haven't been dropping names,
this is really about a point of information for anyone in the community that may be able to avoid the same issues, though there was a bit of venting creeping in. As it stands now, we have refilled and burped the intercooler and it appears to be circulating properly the plug will be in Monday, directly from manufacturer. I am very curious to see if anyone else has the same problem with the intercooler cap. By the way the filler cap is hidden nicely under the Super Charger Cover so it will be easy to miss. I'm also thinking about some sort of "Air intake temp" gauge as no codes were set due to the lack of coolant. Probably because the engine rpm has been under 4000rpm keeping intake temps within perimeters. I can't wait to for the 1500 mile mark so we can see how the ZL1 will stack up against my Z06. I'll just have to wait. Josh is just like his Grandpa when it comes to vehicle break in, there will be, "No wine before its Time" |
04-14-2012, 04:18 PM | #42 |
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If the intercooler cap is hiding under the red supercharger shroud.....I KNOW it's NOT on the PDI list. As an employee of a Chevy dealer and having my customers pick up their ZL1 today I know we didn't. Doesn't make us an idiot, and I take offense to that. PDI doesn't go over every nut and bolt like the factory assembling the cars do. We highlight the major points we are told to inspect before the car is sold.
I'm sorry fatherdad had to experience this and I hope it is an isolated weird issue. YES, we removed the yellow spring spacers. No we are not idiots
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