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My First Camaro is a ZL1
So, basically I'd like to introduce myself to this automotive community. My name is Justin and I just recently purchased my first Camaro ZL1 this past Sunday. I was super excited to get into such an historic community as an enthusiast.
A little history about me: I've been building cars my whole life. However, I was operating in the Japanese market. Naturally, as a kid, I was influenced by the whole Fast n Furious crowd. As I got older and more mature/experienced, I developed a passion for the 3rd generation RX-7. I was a rotary enthusiast for a long time, approximately 10 years. The rotary engine still fascinates me and I do enjoy working on RX-7s, since I now know every damn bolt in that car.
Fast forward to now, having been recently divorced with no kids, I've gotten out of the rotary scene and jumped into the Camaro world. I've always been a fan of the late 60's style Camaros. However, everything in between those until the latest 5th generation I haven't been a particular fan of. I will eventually pick up a late 60's Camaro to match my current one.
So, I decided to go big and get a ZL1. I'm used to forums having worked on the RX-7s, since they are a pain to work on if you have no clue what you're doing. The twin turbo system on those cars is extremely complicated. So, I have a bunch of confidence that I can competently take care of and work on my ZL1 without issues.
The details about the car are as follows:
I picked it up with 9200 miles on it. It has approximately 9700 on it now and closing to the 10k mark. The car was a previous repossession and we all know how that goes. I have no history on the car so I basically want to make sure that everything that should be done is performed and the car is in tip top shape.
I have been reading a bit on these forums before this post but I need to read more.
Right now the car needs: An alignment, tires, I want to replace the brakes just because, and probably just some general maintenance.
So, my real question is does anyone have any advice as to what services should be performed? Should I just take it to the dealer to see if all the recalls have been performed and just have them generally take a look at the car to make sure it's performing as it should?
Also, I'm trying to see if I can get ahold of the original window sticker (or a reprint if it comes to that) but since the car was a repo, I have no way of getting ahold of the previous owner, information privacy issues. Plus, I doubt that he kept it anyways.
Thanks guys!
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