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Originally Posted by SamHouseIII
If your worried about the budget, then its not the car for you. ZL1s are not cheap to drive.
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Originally Posted by Msmall143
The pics are pretty accurate, especially the second set.
And I get zl1's aren't cheap or cheap to maintain. But I got some stuff going on with my wife regarding health and I just have to make sure I don't over commit on this car. Basically I set a comfortable budget for a new 1le at 45k out the door (lots of tax in va). I saw this car and said if I can get it for that then it's just meant to be. They wanted 46k I hit them with 41k and we settled under 42,500. Which was 45 out the door
I just have to make sure I wouldn't take a huge hit if I had to get rid of it should things turn south with my wife. At 42.5k I'm sure I could dump this fast at 40-42k.
Just sharing so you guys get my frame of mind.
When I see the car I smile, so I think I'm keeping it.
License plate may be SHDYZL1 (shady zl1, a spoof on the different hues of red)
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I daily drive mine and they do not cost so much more compared to a SS.
If compared to a 1LE they are going to be similar in cost. The big expense of driving a ZL1 daily is the tires.... which the 1LE shares. (I budgeted $1500 a year to replace them as 12000 miles per set is doing good. A DD will average that many miles so one set of tires per year.) They only other difference is MPG. I had an SS and my ZL1 added about $60 a month to my fuel cost. I hope you are not that close on your budget that $60.00 breaks you.
As for other expenses. Oil change is the same as my SS. Most consumables are the same as any Camaro. My insurance went up $3 verse my SS but most of that was the age difference.(2010 to 2013)
Now if you track your brake refreshes are going to be more $$$ verse a 1LE. (Pads are more money than a SS and the rotors are very pricey.)