So here is the story. I had a 2010 SS/RS I was modifying into a daily drivable track day car, (see my garage for pics). I found out that our local Chev dealership (Ulmer Chev Lloydminster) was soon going to receive their first ZL1, and would be doing a draw for it. If interested, they would take $500 into the draw, and your name goes into the hat. The name would be drawn a week after the car's arrival. If your name is drawn and you liked what you saw, they would offer you the car at base price, or you could have your money back. All that was known about the car was that it should show up as a new Victory Red, lower optioned, 2012 model. After little persuasion, a trade appraisal over $6000 more than I owed, and an attractive payment option shown to me, I put my money in. After 3 long weeks, the car arrived and I was called to come and see it. Quickest trip to the dealership ever. The car that showed up was a 2013 model with all options, and they were still asking base price. As it turned out, no one else had been willing to enter the draw before seeing the car. Understandable, since the ZL1 was fairly new and I live in a place where customized trucks are more popular than sports cars. I have loved cars/Camaros for as long as I remember, my parents owned 3 Camaros between them when I was little. I owned an SS and saw many early vids and specs on the ZL1, even sat in a ZL1 at the Edmonton auto show...I knew what I was dealing with. The sales team surrounded me and told me the car was basically mine if I wanted it. Paperwork was signed minutes later. After a week in the showroom while my SS was prepped for trade in, I picked up my new ZL1 on October 12, 2012. It was hard to leave the SS behind, but my new ride quickly turned my frown upside down...and the smiles have kept coming ever since.
