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justindewoody · 10-11-2012, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by strych9

Also, part of the PDI process is to put a few miles on the car to check for squeaks and rattles, shift quality, noises, etc. No car should leave the lot with less than 15 miles. If it did, the PDI process was shotgunned. Not cool.

Dude are you serious? Where did you get that information? I work at a Chevy dealer...and in fact, I know MANY employees of multiple Chevy dealerships and NONE of them do that. That is completely absurd. We have 4 ZL1's in stock RIGHT NOW and they all have less than 5 miles on them.

strych9 · 10-11-2012, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by justindewoody

Dude are you serious? Where did you get that information? I work at a Chevy dealer...and in fact, I know MANY employees of multiple Chevy dealerships and NONE of them do that. That is completely absurd. We have 4 ZL1's in stock RIGHT NOW and they all have less than 5 miles on them.

Chevy must have different parameters, then. On the Ford PDI sheets it was a requirement to drive them through a full cycle of city and highway driving. It makes sense, because we caught a lot of dribbles, leaks, and inoperative components on those road tests. Stuff that would result in a pissed off customer if they got the vehicle home and experienced it themselves.

Case in point: I PDI'd a new Cobra R for the dealership owner (for his collection), and the lower radiator hose split in half during the road test. In the end, we had very few "immediate" warranties on the cars we sold, and the thorough PDI was a big part of it.

2cnd chance · 10-11-2012, 06:01 PM

That's because it's a Ford

strych9 · 10-11-2012, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by 2cnd chance

That's because it's a Ford

What a thoughtful, concise statement. Your mother must be so proud.

2012ZL1 · 10-12-2012, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by strych9

What a thoughtful, concise statement. Your mother must be so proud.

lol..very courteous owned statement

2012ZL1 · 10-12-2012, 09:39 AM

My car had about 30 km on it new which is almost exactly 19 miles. So I think that normal new car miles are within this range on a car with its PDI completed.

2cnd chance · 10-12-2012, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by strych9

What a thoughtful, concise statement. Your mother must be so proud.

Based on my experiences with a number of Ford's. Thanks my mother does love me.

10-12-2012, 09:39 AM	#48
2012ZL1 CaRaHoLiC Drives: '12 ZL1,67 Cam,68 Biscayne 427 4 sp Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 1,701	My car had about 30 km on it new which is almost exactly 19 miles. So I think that normal new car miles are within this range on a car with its PDI completed. __________________ 2012 ZL1 2.55 upper, 10" lower pullies, Innovators west billet hub and sfi balancer, solid blower drive isolator, 50 mm idler kit, full length S/S headers no cats, comp cams custom grind cam, comp roller rocker trunion kit, comp push rods,dual valve springs retainers and locks, Injector dynamics ID850 inectors, Rotofab ZL1 cold air kit, Lingenfelter 160 thermostat, Rotofab intercooler reservoir, stock plugs, LS7 90mm throttle body, GTO clutch reservoir mod, my own custom catch can, Tuning by Jannetty, install by me.

10-11-2012, 06:01 PM	#45
2cnd chance Too Many Great Choices Drives: Grand Sport/Z07 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: A Mountain Road Posts: 7,454	That's because it's a Ford