It's been 6 years... LLT vs LFX Durability

[qcman]

Originally Posted by CamaroFred

What part of the story am I missing?


You had the AFM tuned out of your V8 and now it is too expensive to drive on a daily basis? So you are willing to spend ~$20,000 to buy a more fuel efficient vehicle?

Tuning out AFM actually makes the L99 better on gas mileage especially city driving. AFM will save a tiny bit on steady highway speeds but its got to be perfect driving conditions really. Its a crappy "feature" thats optimized for a test loop but is pointless and useless in the real world. I'm glad it went bye bye on mine........

[PDXSSCE]

Originally Posted by GatorGreg

Interesting idea - are you looking for a beater, something pristine, or something in between? A bare bones LS, a 1LT or more luxurious 2LT? I just searched autotrader and there are 31 V6 manual 5th gens for sale within 100 miles of me and they are all under $20K, in fact there's only one over $19K (a low miles '15 with NPP). If it were me I'd try to find a RS with sunroof in one of the rarer colors like orange or synergy green. Good luck!

I want a base 1LS in excellent condition with slightly high mileage to mitigate the purchase price. The SS has the bells & whistles along with being a convertible, so those bases are covered. I hope to visit the local road course with it, which I haven't done with the SS for fear of damaging it. The V6 would be sufficient, because it's not about speed for me, but the experience of tossing it through some curves & straightaways. I'm flexible on the color, as long as it's not white or gray.

Originally Posted by qcman

Tuning out AFM actually makes the L99 better on gas mileage especially city driving. AFM will save a tiny bit on steady highway speeds but its got to be perfect driving conditions really. Its a crappy "feature" thats optimized for a test loop but is pointless and useless in the real world. I'm glad it went bye bye on mine........

I would've preferred a stick, but I wanted an SS Commemorative Edition convertible, the black one that I was eyeing was sold & the price on this one was too great to pass on it.

[Linker239]

118,000 on my 2010 LLT, nothing overtly major yet. Just maintenance and stuff related to mods. It's seen track use, and I enjoy it. Keep the maintenance on these and keep them full of oil and you should be fine.

[hplsromantic_90@yahoo.com]

140,000 and only a stuck thermostat. Regular changes with penzoil pureplus


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[PDXSSCE]

So is someone able to confirm if the 2013 V6 has a low oil level light?

[DonM]

I think I do, I had a low oil level message flash on my DIC briefly and when I checked, it was two quarts down, but it's never dropped oil like that since or before.

Originally Posted by PDXSSCE

So is someone able to confirm if the 2013 V6 has a low oil level light?

[PDXSSCE]

Originally Posted by DonM

I think I do, I had a low oil level message flash on my DIC briefly and when I checked, it was two quarts down, but it's never dropped oil like that since or before.

Simply to confirm, it was low oil level, not low oil pressure? I read in another thread that there's a difference.

[DonM]

I'm pretty sure it was low level, the message flashed so fast (AND I shut down the engine so quick) that I didn't really get to read it. I saw "Low Oil ... " and shut the car down and checked the level. I was basically just starting to pull off from a parking spot and it didn't happen 'in traffic,' so I shut it down real fast.

But like I mentioned, I've kept a close eye on the level every time I get gas now and it hasn't ever lost more than a quart @ 5,000 miles since.

Originally Posted by PDXSSCE

Simply to confirm, it was low oil level, not low oil pressure? I read in another thread that there's a difference.

[TheSmokingSuns]

143,000 miles on my 2011 LLT. No issues. Has a catch can and empty it every oil change. I check the oil level weekly and no signs of burning oil ever. I change the oil based off the oil monitor with full synthetic. 91 gas only. It's my beater and runs like a champ.

[PDXSSCE]

Originally Posted by DonM

I'm pretty sure it was low level, the message flashed so fast (AND I shut down the engine so quick) that I didn't really get to read it. I saw "Low Oil ... " and shut the car down and checked the level. I was basically just starting to pull off from a parking spot and it didn't happen 'in traffic,' so I shut it down real fast.

But like I mentioned, I've kept a close eye on the level every time I get gas now and it hasn't ever lost more than a quart @ 5,000 miles since.

[mr_honez]

Originally Posted by PDXSSCE

So is someone able to confirm if the 2013 V6 has a low oil level light?

My '13 does not. I does flash "Low oil level' or something like that in the DIC. Did it once to me a few months ago, and sure enough I was a almost a litle more than a quart low. Don't know how I lost that much, but it was near the interval so I went ahead and changed it. Haven't seen it since

[PDXSSCE]

Originally Posted by mr_honez

My '13 does not. I does flash "Low oil level' or something like that in the DIC...

Wait... so... it does have it.

[mr_honez]

Originally Posted by PDXSSCE

Wait... so... it does have it.

Well, technically no- not an actual light, but I'm splitting hairs I guess.

[PDXSSCE]

Originally Posted by mr_honez

Well, technically no- not an actual light, but I'm splitting hairs I guess.