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03-22-2024, 05:40 AM
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Drives: 2023 Camaro LT1 6.2 MT6 Join Date: Jan 2023
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GM wants to "borrow" my Camaro?
So I get this letter in the mail this week from GM's "emissions certification & compliance" division in Milford MI offering me $500 "for the temporary use of your vehicle" and that they will "provide you with a current model rental vehicle, delivered to you, all free of charge" to do emissions performance testing on indoor dynamometer rolls on my vehicle.
Testing will put "roughly 150 miles, plus transit to and from our testing facility and may take up to 4 weeks to complete." Are they friggen nuts? $500 for the use of my car for a month is an insult! That's not even a monthly car payment! What if my no longer in production vehicle is totaled in transit? Of course there's no way I would accept this ridiculous offer, but I wonder if anyone else has gotten one of these offers? Last edited by 79 TransAm that never was; 03-22-2024 at 07:14 AM. |
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03-22-2024, 05:46 AM
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Long hauler
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03-22-2024, 05:55 AM
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Drives: 2017 Camaro SS, 2011 Corvette GS Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Erlanger, Kentucky 41018
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They do that from time to time. It's basically a free $500. I'd do it.
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03-22-2024, 06:23 AM
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Give speed a chance
Drives: 2015 Camaro 2LS, 2015 Camaro Z/28 Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Mesa, Az
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Why would they want to do emissions testing on a vehicle that's no longer in production? $500 (less than $17 a day) is current day chump change. No longer buys what it used to. Who knows what kind of "extra testing" could occur during lunch breaks or errand runs. Hard pass!
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03-22-2024, 06:34 AM
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Drives: 2024 2SS vert w/M6 & Dual Mode. Red Join Date: May 2023
Location: NJ
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At the time of delivery, my salesman offered to setup Onstar and the app. Politely declined, explaining that old guys don't need that crap.
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03-22-2024, 08:15 AM
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Probably doesn't like you
Drives: 2022 WCT ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Boston-ish
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I'd consider it for $1000... and probably do it if it was $2000.. but $500?
Wouldn't even think about it. Lord knows who driving my car? Hard pass.
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كافر ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ железобетонное очко Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur. There is an unequal amount of good and bad in most things, the trick is to work out the ratio and act accordingly. |
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03-22-2024, 09:35 AM
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  Drives: 2023 Camaro 1SS Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: United States
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Nope. They can rent one if that's what they need or talk to one of their dealers who has a used one in inventory.
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03-22-2024, 10:50 AM
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Drives: 2023 Camaro 1SS M6 Join Date: Mar 2023
Location: Northern NJ
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Wouldn't do it for $10,000, and that's no exaggeration. Who really knows what they're doing with my car...and what exactly are they testing for emissions when this powertrain has been in cars for over 10 years?
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03-22-2024, 11:42 AM
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Drives: 2018 Camaro 2SS A8 Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: East Tennessee
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It's probably for post-sales validation mandated by the EPA, and GM doesn't keep enough vehicles in its own fleet long enough to have them available. "Unfortunately", mine would no longer qualify for this testing
 , but that $500 isn't too enticing either.
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03-22-2024, 12:01 PM
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Drives: 2023 ZL1 Vert M6 "Sharky" Join Date: Mar 2020
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LMFAO!
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03-22-2024, 12:19 PM
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Drives: 2017 Mosaic Bk ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: South of Raleigh, NC
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They should get one from somebody with headers and catless midpipes!
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03-22-2024, 12:48 PM
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Drives: 2023 2SS Convertible Join Date: May 2009
Location: Metro Detroit
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I got that too. $500 and it will take up to a month? Pass.
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03-22-2024, 01:10 PM
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Drives: 2024 Camaro 1SS M6 Join Date: Nov 2023
Location: Western NY
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Yikes!
Considering how many of us don't even like to take our car to the dealership for service, I can't fathom sending it back to GM to have this type of testing done. |
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03-22-2024, 02:19 PM
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Drives: 2020 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Apr 2023
Location: Calgary Canada
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