ZL1 TO THE GRAVE YARD !

[Tampa Tuning]

I talked to the local chevy dealership today. I was looking a good used 2010, and got to talking ZL1. He said he has no more, but are only taking orders for the 2013. they are expecting 12 ZL1s with the same engine power

[fielderLS3]

Originally Posted by Blitz

Makes you wonder though how often stuff like this happens but nothing goes wrong and they don't get caught.

Whoever did this was pretty stupid, and would have gotten caught even if he hadn't wrecked it. Take a close look at that left rear tire. Apparently, he was doing a lot of burnouts.

Originally Posted by LINMUP

I've seen some terrible accidents at the rail yard in Oshawa...I remember a limited Dale Earnhardt Edt Monty SS getting dropped between rail cars as the ramps didn't get put up. Numbered car written off before it even left the Shwa...GM wasn't happy as they can't redo the vin....I've also seen other Camaro SS and WS6 Trans Am, trucks etc...GM would donate the drivetrains to schools alot of the time.

It must happen pretty often. My school's auto tech garage was full of donated cars and engines. We had a 350 V8 from an old Suburban that only had 75 miles on it. Several 5.3L Vortecs. A 3.4 DOHC (being used for teaching purposes in a high school was probably the best place for that one). They also had several complete cars...a fairly new Chevy S10, and a 7 year old Lincoln Mark VIII, with about 25K miles or so on it.

The year I was there, they got a new 2003 Chevy Malibu. It was a complete car, except the wheels/tires were replaced with donut spares. It had something like 7 or 8 miles on the odometer. Someone dropped something on the roof, and it had an 8 inch dent in it. Otherwise, nothing wrong with it. The same year, they also had a complete new Honda Pilot donated. I don't know what was wrong with that one. Too bad. Even those seemed like a waste.

[CajunSS]

Myself and others along with the employee that told me this offered to buy the car or parts off but they couldn't do it !
This happened on Friday and the dealership picked it up over the weekend. I didn't believe it either, but others said the same.. also the Guy that order it also had after market exhaust at the dealership ready to be installed.
I'll check to see if it is still there in the morning.
(The car was shipped by rail to the port of Baton Rouge)

[mlee]

Originally Posted by Deki

So they have the one ZL1 that was smashed to hell and it will get fixed and sold, but this one with just the destroyed bumper will be crushed? Story sounds fishy.

Does it always have to be a GM conspiracy with you...


Wonder what number it was?

[4RD H8R]

What will probrably happen is the car will be totaled and sent to salvage. I have seen cars here at dealers that were still new wrecked on delivery to the dealer and totaled because of the loss in value they suffer from the collision damage. After you look at the salvage value vs. the cost of repair and still selling the car for 1/2 price they save money. I'm still a little suprised because that damage isn't horrible,but after the cluster the other dealer created by repairing that other ZL1 and getting caught made GM extra sensetive to this one being damaged.

It is also possible that since the car has not been titled yet that it might really get destroyed or at least stripped for parts. Normaly that car would be rebuilt with a salvage title and be back on the road in a couple of weeks at the most.

[Toasty]

GM would have to buy it back from the purchasing dealer. GM won't buy back vehicles, at least not anymore. The fact that it is a zl1 might cause something special, but doubt it.

[alex33x]

The damage on this car, does not look as bad as the car, that was on the main page, and the dealer wanted to get over MSRP for.

I think they're BSing about GM not letting them and all of that, they would do the same for the other car.

[newb]

Is this a case of the dealer had not taken possession yet? If the vehicle made it to the dealership and it was damaged there, its on the dealer. But until it is delivered, it belongs to GM. GM cannot sell a repaired vehicle to the dealership. A dealer can sell whatever he wants. Much like a mail order purchase for you. Break it at home and your on your own, but if it arrives broken, its the vendors problem.

[alex70olds]

The car is so easy to drive. Got to be dip$hits doing this stuff.

[adam4356]

if i had that ordered i would walk and buy a competitors product. Utter BS on the dealers part.

[Fightinfire921]

Originally Posted by CajunSS

Saw this 2013 Zl1 with no miles at a local dealership this morning, and was told that GM is sending it to the junk yard to be smashed !! it was wrecked by a employee at the Port Of Baton Rouge (just delivered from GM), while doing burn outs in the parking lot last Friday and lost control hitting a pole !!, and now he sits in jail. The dealership was going to have it delivered on Monday and was pre-ordered !! They are told it's not for sale for any amount and to be destroyed by a junkyard !!, what a waste...
The body shop says it can be repaired, but GM won't let them.

Originally Posted by adam4356

if i had that ordered i would walk and buy a competitors product. Utter BS on the dealers part.

Dealer had nothing to do with it.

[skuttduck]

I don't know about that.

I have a Vin # off of a RJT Camaro that I bought my trunklid from a salvage yard. It was listed as junk in GM's system.

They will probably do something like this with that ZL1.


Found the last entry in the vin lookup of this Camaro 2G1FC1EV7A9164051

Branded Title
*The VIN information contained herein and information derived therefrom is the proprietary property of The Polk Company and is to be used only for the purpose of warranty verification and shall not be used for any other purpose whatsoever.

Brand Description: JUNK Date Branded: 02/01/2010
Title Number: 298Y0360137 Reporting Source Code:
Reported By: MI Effective Date: 02/26/2011

[Fat_Nick]

Damn there's gotta be something in the cool-aid here lately. ZL1's already dropping like flies, dude owned a new 5.Slow for 8hrs then proceeds to wraps it around a tree, kid (in the Vette) at C&C Dallas goes off roading. Way too many idiots behind the wheel of a vehicle that's too powerful for them.

[lopoetve]

That frame looks tweaked.