11-06-2013, 03:53 PM | #57 | |
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First of all, they aren't just giving these cars away. If you make considerably less per year than this car costs and have less than stellar, they are taking you behind the dealership and over the fence to look at their special of the day and you will have to write Camaro on the side of it. Personally I think there are more ZL1's sold because it is just a more practical high performance car, whereas the Shelby is less forgiving. Every youtube video and magazine publication says so. So I think that has more to do with why so many ZL1s are on the road. I could have had either and when I chose the Chevy it was still a carefully calculated purchase. I wanted a SS and when the ZL1 came out I had to wait a year and make the adjustments financially. |
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11-06-2013, 04:17 PM | #58 |
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I'm not saying smarter. But I don't see any GT500 threads about "how expensive monthly payments are" like I have seen here about the ZL1. Taking everything I see and read into account, it seems to me that more Mustang fans are okay purchasing GTs instead of GT500s while any Camaro buyer who can find a financial way to do so has to have a ZL1 over an SS. Even if they have to wait a year and make some financial adjustments.
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11-06-2013, 04:31 PM | #59 | |
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And let's not forget that within those "how much is your ZL1 payment" posts, there are plenty who chime in to say they paid cash. I am one of them and therefore the extra year was well worth the wait financially. |
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11-06-2013, 04:34 PM | #60 |
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LOL!!! Crazy thread..Why is the sky blue? What came first? The chicken or the egg? Stupid question IMO. Cheap plastic? Uh "fake suede"? Get over it. This car is freaking AWESOME!!! I've owned the 911, Corvette, BMW..Etc. For 57k you can't touch this car with anything comparable. GT500? HAHA trolls. Not in the same universe. Shelby? Ten grand more and handles like doo doo?. I for one will be the last to complain about material. I dropped an additional 3500.00 for headers, CAI and make another 119hp. Dyno numbers! and I'm still looking for that Shelby..Here Shelby.... Heeeree Shelby.... just as I thought Another opinion preceded by a stupid question. GIGO
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11-06-2013, 06:41 PM | #62 | |
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11-06-2013, 09:48 PM | #63 | |
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11-06-2013, 10:52 PM | #64 |
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If the ZL1 is your only car, many have found that with creative financing they just can't afford it and move on! Others just want to own one and then go for the next best thing. As for the low mileage ZL1's!!! Don't know how you can let it sit!
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11-06-2013, 11:11 PM | #65 |
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Agree with above statements and for gods sake go price out a decked out anything decent these days. Hell, a diesel decked out pick up is more than my ZL and the decked out Honda Ridgeline I traded in wasn't a bunch less. I've had my car two weeks and turned just over 1,200 miles or 2,000kms last night. Low mileage garage queens don't interest me and I may mileage mine out even with the extended 5 year warranty. But yes your undriven ZL1 in the garage is very pretty, maybe your scared to drive it like it was meant to be driven, just sayin'.
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11-07-2013, 06:56 AM | #66 | |
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Here is SVT thread: http://www.svtperformance.com/forums...-14-gt500.html
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11-07-2013, 07:29 AM | #67 | |
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I would guess that a large part of why ZL1s are being let go so quick is the buyer...most people who have enough cash to plop down on a car that expensive is probably also the kind of person who jumps from car to car to get his/her kicks. I sold mine about a month ago....traded in on a Camaro SS/1LE. My reason was that "other" things took priority and to make my life easier, I wanted reduced payments. I loved the car, and it had zero problems... There are no major issues with the car in general that would incline people to get rid of it. It's a solid, fast, comfortable, awe-inspiring automobile. It could be that some people didn't know what they were getting into, besides the excitement that surrounded it....and all the power/handling/performance wasn't their cup of tea. It's certainly not a luxury car. |
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11-07-2013, 08:47 AM | #68 |
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I always find that the people that actually have one or had one? Are not the ones so worried about material. If you are so worried about material? Then why even look here? Here is the biggest fact: People that can afford to worry about "cheap plastic" are driving the Merc, Porshe, etc.. The one thing I hate is someone picking apart the car that was offered to the American public (primary market) for the best bang for your buck ever offered from an American manufacturer. 580HP? Bullet proof Trans? World class suspension? Brakes? Geez, kills me. Uh wait, it's got rubber tires, could have put glass in the windows, what? Carbon fiber? six piston calipers? What a waste. YEAH, Sure... Oh its too heavy, It can't beat a car that costs tens of thousands more. I love all these world class designers on this site telling us all how bad this car sucks. Guess we are lucky they didn't design the ZL1. To all the C5 members that get tired of the whiners? Let them know..Pitiful
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11-07-2013, 06:57 PM | #69 |
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...it's all about getting off,...at times at whatever cost. If you don't feel that way after awhile..., and the thrill is gone...then it's time to move onto the next thrill. Just sayin'. I still think the ZL1 is the best bang for the buck Camaro ever built.
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