ZL1 buyers remorse...

[Dutchman427]

[370zyzfr1]

Originally Posted by mjross

Yawn................ Nobody cares! Whatever you buy is outdated. Give it a little time and someone will be telling you how much of a POS your 2017 ZL1 is based on the latest and greatest whatever. Just keep chasing it, some day you might even catch it. Or not.........

Peace

[teddywetts]

Originally Posted by Nor Cal ZL1

Apple car play.... don't even use the stereo. Actually don't do anything apple at all.
Busy interior naw I will pass.
10 speed auto, well I don't do auto's ,and dont care how fast it shifts. I do the shifting.
Flat bottom wheel, we already have
300 lbs lighter was stated as 200 by chevrolet

I will give it the weight loss which is actually the result of shrinking the car, not so much using better materials.
I will say also the drivetrain engineers put together a great package, where as the exterior design team left too many, who the heck approved that, in too many places.

It is pretty clear that reading through different threads many current owners will not be upgrading, many are up around 700 rwhp, and dont feel.the need to ugrade. If you want to cool. I don't feel the new car, so I decided to do a build instead. To me I don't care if my cars is faster or not, but it makes more sense to do a cam and some other things than spring 30 grand to stay current with a design I don't really like.

Ya this is pretty much it. I Like things about the new one, and sure there are some nice upgrades. However, sitting in a 6th gen is miserable. I feel like I'm going to get out and have glitter all over me. Its too trendy and gimmicky. I don't give a shit about mood lighting. I don't want Apple Car Play. Im not a fan of 600 buttons on the dash. I want to open the door to a classic like the 67 Camaro, where its nice leather seats, simple but refined interior, and a loud ass engine. The new 6th gen is the equivalent of going to the mall and having a 17 year old girl pick out a new puffy shiny jacket with mp3 capable pockets and thumb holes cut out at the bottoms of the sleeves. The 5th Gen ZL1 is a black leather jacket with your Gf's panties in the front pocket. Outta my face with this Euro trendy shit.

[nvydvr]

Originally Posted by teddywetts

Ya this is pretty much it. I Like things about the new one, and sure there are some nice upgrades. However, sitting in a 6th gen is miserable. I feel like I'm going to get out and have glitter all over me. Its too trendy and gimmicky. I don't give a shit about mood lighting. I don't want Apple Car Play. Im not a fan of 600 buttons on the dash. I want to open the door to a classic like the 67 Camaro, where its nice leather seats, simple but refined interior, and a loud ass engine. The new 6th gen is the equivalent of going to the mall and having a 17 year old girl pick out a new puffy shiny jacket with mp3 capable pockets and thumb holes cut out at the bottoms of the sleeves. The 5th Gen ZL1 is a black leather jacket with your Gf's panties in the front pocket. Outta my face with this Euro trendy shit.

+1

[Mr. Wyndham]

Euro trendy???

I'm totally cool with not being folks' cup of tea, and they'd rather keep their car and upgrade it themselves...but glitter?

[phantom]

I love my 2012 ZL1, and really like what they did to the 2017 ZL1 with HP and weight. What a difference those two numbers make in any car. Now, I already have digested the 30% depreciation cost when I bought my existing car, and don't want to contribute a whole lot of money to depreciation in the future. I also went and tried on the C7 Corvette and my 6"6" frame is way to big for that 6' and under vehicle. So what does a tall "hot car" guy do. This time he waits until the new cars are bought, and ready for re-sale. Then I might swoop in and buy a second ZL1 to match the CRT I already have in possession. Don't tell the wife I'm having these thoughts, she just wouldn't understand.

[Chevy Runs Deep]

Originally Posted by teddywetts

Ya this is pretty much it. I Like things about the new one, and sure there are some nice upgrades. However, sitting in a 6th gen is miserable. I feel like I'm going to get out and have glitter all over me. Its too trendy and gimmicky. I don't give a shit about mood lighting. I don't want Apple Car Play. Im not a fan of 600 buttons on the dash. I want to open the door to a classic like the 67 Camaro, where its nice leather seats, simple but refined interior, and a loud ass engine. The new 6th gen is the equivalent of going to the mall and having a 17 year old girl pick out a new puffy shiny jacket with mp3 capable pockets and thumb holes cut out at the bottoms of the sleeves. The 5th Gen ZL1 is a black leather jacket with your Gf's panties in the front pocket. Outta my face with this Euro trendy shit.

[Kevlar382]

One thing about the 5 compared to the 6 is that I'm on the road a lot and hardly ever see a Gen 5 ZL1. The Gen 5 Camaro came out in late 2009 but they didn't release the ZL1 till spring of 2012 and only made them for 4 yrs. With the new ZL1 coming out so soon to the release of the 6 and the fact that they will make them for at least 6 yrs there is going to be a lot of them. It is going to be an incredible car and I will for sure get one, but I will wait till they are out a few yrs and they want to deal on them. They will never have the impact the 5s had when they came out being the first ZL1 since 1969. They will be like a C7 Vette, you see them all the time. I will keep the 5 when I get the 6, I think it will always be a special Camaro, plus I love it.

[rvnmaniac]

REMORSE? Hell no! This is the meanest most enjoyable car I ever owned. Saying that I will also say in my opinion the 2017 ZL-1 looks bad ass. It would probably take one of those 20% off MSRP at the end of a year sometime in the future to get me to trade my 5 Gen in. I really don't see that kicking in this year or next year either.

[big dave]

As I said before, I was never one of those guys who needed to have the newest thing on the block, but I did enjoy the attention my ZL1 got when I first got it. Because it was such a rare car 3 years ago, it drew lots of attention. Even now, seldom do I see them in the wild. At car meets...yeah, but seldom on the road. Though I would expect a similar experience from the new ZL1, for me it's all about the potential performance. I can't wait to see the numbers it puts down in the upcoming months.

[cmrl1986]

All though I do think the new zl1 is bad ass, I won't be upgrading. I plan on keeping my fifth then and putting a 70-73 split bumper in the garage next to it eventually. Also plan on building to 800+hp down the road and the LSA is more than proven capable of that easily.

[blk 2013]

not overly thrilled by either gen 5 or gen 6. my Z is a nice car but I don't get a thrill driving it. I like the older cars when I pulled into a car show with them people come around and ask question about them what motor how did I do this or that. now I get nice Camaro as they walk by.

[Bigtime53]

Originally Posted by blk 2013

not overly thrilled by either gen 5 or gen 6. my Z is a nice car but I don't get a thrill driving it. I like the older cars when I pulled into a car show with them people come around and ask question about them what motor how did I do this or that. now I get nice Camaro as they walk by.

If you would do some mods that "nice camaro as they walk by" will stop.

[blk 2013]

Originally Posted by Bigtime53

If you would do some mods that "nice camaro as they walk by" will stop.

have started to did full black out l.e.d.'s roto cai maybe I'll get fired up with the nice weather coming.