Homepage Garage Wiki Register Social Groups Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
#Camaro6
Go Back   CAMARO6 > CAMARO6.com General Forums > 2016+ Camaro: 6th Gen Camaro general forum


AWE Tuning


Post Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 04-30-2018, 02:47 AM   #1
Neil350
 
Drives: Nike Air Max
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: T E X A S
Posts: 93
Market flooded with rentals?

Has any one else noticed this? I have been looking at 17+ Camaro SS' online, and it seems every single one is a former rental or fleet car. Most are still low mile enough to be within the manufacturer's warranty period. But still, unless it's a 1LE or ZL1, they all seem to be former rental cars. Last time I was in the market the 6th gens had come out, so there were hardly any available used, still to new.
__________________
'18 Camaro SS 1LE
'93 T/A l 398" Gen 2 LT1 l 24X l M6 l 12 Bolt 3.90 l Full suspension l Fikses
'89 T/A GTA 48K mile hard top L98 car
12 F150 5.0 Lariat Super Crew - Stock daily
Neil350 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-2018, 03:50 AM   #2
indyz
 
Drives: 2SS, CT-R, LC500
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: FLorida
Posts: 534
Or 2SS. Some forum members have opined that a rental 1SS with a CPO would be a good choice.
indyz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-2018, 04:22 AM   #3
Neil350
 
Drives: Nike Air Max
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: T E X A S
Posts: 93
Quote:
Originally Posted by indyz View Post
Or 2SS. Some forum members have opined that a rental 1SS with a CPO would be a good choice.
My old '08 Sierra was a CPO, bought it in 2009, sub 10K miles. Had the 100K power train warranty, which apparently they still do on CPO. Which is odd because new GM is 5/60K. But they're still so new and low mile, most are sub 20K miles that I am looking at. So at best you have maybe 1-1.5 years left on the 3/36K and 3.5-4 years on the factory power train. Some of these cars are sub 5K mile 18s.
__________________
'18 Camaro SS 1LE
'93 T/A l 398" Gen 2 LT1 l 24X l M6 l 12 Bolt 3.90 l Full suspension l Fikses
'89 T/A GTA 48K mile hard top L98 car
12 F150 5.0 Lariat Super Crew - Stock daily
Neil350 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-2018, 07:05 AM   #4
SecondZ28

 
SecondZ28's Avatar
 
Drives: 2013 ZL1
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Illinois
Posts: 807
They usually keep cars in the fleet for 1-2 years. It was probably just time to swap out
__________________
'13 ZL1
'06 TBSS
'98 TJ
'87 GN
SecondZ28 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-2018, 02:09 PM   #5
john94si
 
john94si's Avatar
 
Drives: 17 2ss vert
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: orlando
Posts: 89
They never rented the 2ss.. find one of them. Its worth the price upgrade.
john94si is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-2018, 03:45 PM   #6
init4fun
 
Drives: 2017 50th Anniversary
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: illinois
Posts: 424
Haven't seen many around here as they don't typically have sports cars for rent due to the weather. You can only really drive them 8 months of the year.

I can tell you that I rented a 1SS A8 car in southern California for a week back in the late part of 2016. That car had 2800 miles on it when they handed me the keys. It had 3100 on it when I handed them back they keys. I noticed that it had mismatched tires on the rear when I picked it up so it had already gone through a set in the first 2800 miles of it's life. The 2nd set were down past the wear indicators when I dropped it off and I felt the need to take it to a spray was to get all the rubber off the fenders and wheel wells.

Moral of the story is don't buy a rental. I don't care how good the warranty is. I've literally seen air time in rentals on back roads.
init4fun is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-2018, 04:04 PM   #7
JDono
 
JDono's Avatar
 
Drives: 2024 ZL1 M6 Vert - Riptide Blue
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Binghamton, New York
Posts: 139
I rented a 2SS convertible in Las Vegas last summer from one of those super discount places for like $200 for a week. I dont think they realized how much the other places upcharge for the V8s. I reserved a mustang conv. or similar. They didnt have any other convertibles on the lot. I just happened to see the 2SS in line to be returned. Of course, the top worked intermittently (which i think there was a recall for) and it had wheels/tires from a 5th gen so who knows what happened to the thing before I got my hands on it. It defintely had its fair share of concerning rattles and a pretty constant clunk in the front end.
JDono is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-2018, 08:15 PM   #8
Baddawg53
 
Drives: 17 hyper blue 2SS M6
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: NorCal
Posts: 590
Living along the pacific coast highway, I can confirm the countless rentals I see. Convertibles mostly, camaros and mustangs, SS, RS ... all over the place.... gotta be a large share of the market.
Baddawg53 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-2018, 08:25 PM   #9
Number 3
Hail to the King baby!
 
Number 3's Avatar
 
Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Illinois
Posts: 12,156
Go to the monthly sales thread and read how GM has sold very few Camaros to rental companies.
__________________
"Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley
Number 3 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-2018, 08:35 PM   #10
laynlo15
 
laynlo15's Avatar
 
Drives: 2022 Lt1 A10
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: clark, mo
Posts: 8,857
Remember they are rentals and people run the shit out of them
__________________
2022 Lt1 6.2 A10, Maggie 2300, THPSI Port Inj/10 rib, Rotofab, E, Nickey, SCOL, Griptech, RC Bandits, Hoosiers/MT 9.80@142.96 1.44 60ft, 6.34@112 707/669 RWHP/TRQ. 16SS Maggie 2650 9.41@147 1.35 60ft, 5.99@119. 16 C7 A8 10.90@128 Bolt on stuff
laynlo15 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-2018, 08:43 PM   #11
Gunkk
Thank you Al Oppenheiser!
 
Gunkk's Avatar
 
Drives: Red Hot A10 ZL1 Convertible
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Sarasota, FL
Posts: 4,966
I saw more Camaros on my trip to the Keys this weekend than I ever have in 2 days.


They’re out there.
Gunkk is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-30-2018, 10:05 PM   #12
1fujifilm
 
Drives: 2019 Mustang GT Convertible
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Green Bay, WI
Posts: 182
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunkk View Post
I saw more Camaros on my trip to the Keys this weekend than I ever have in 2 days.


They’re out there.
Agreed, went there last year and noticed the same.

Bear
1fujifilm is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-01-2018, 12:21 AM   #13
warriordave927
Deadpool
 
warriordave927's Avatar
 
Drives: 2016 camaro lt rs m6 redhot
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: El Paso Tx
Posts: 250
Yeah theres a hyundai dealer in my area that has 5 or 6 2017 convertibles all about 20,000 miles going for about 30k a piece i assumed they were rentals when i saw that many at a hyundai dealer
warriordave927 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-01-2018, 08:25 AM   #14
oftenimitated
 
Drives: 2004 Honda Civic+2011 Camaro 2SS
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: South Vienna OH
Posts: 396
buy a manual and you dont have to worry about it being a rental haha
oftenimitated is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Post Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:56 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9 Beta 4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.