Keep or return the zl1 I just bought

[boondocksaint]

Heated seats FTW.

[TannerJPowell]

There's no way I would take it back! But I did troll your poll.

[45TH RS]

Keep it and enjoy it!

[Fred 6528]

If you take it back here is one in Fredericksburg for 399??

[Msmall143]

Originally Posted by Fred 6528

Attachment 593114 If you take it back here is one in Fredericksburg for 399??

I wouldn't have considered a 2012 because no nav or mylink. To me that was a must.

[Spektrum]

Glad to hear no major problems with the alignment. Sounds like a keeper, then

I bet it was real interesting to drive in the snow!

[ss/rs/378]

Originally Posted by Msmall143

All good feedback gents with good reasoning. I'm sure you can tell by my post I am leaning towards keeping it.

I'm pretty confident I could get out of it without much of a hit at 42k if it really became a mental problem for me

I'll get it out in the sunlight tomorrow and really see how evident it is.

You should check out a inferno orange Camaro you can see a difference between the rear metal quarter panel and where the plastic bumper cover wraps around to meet the rear quarter panel it really shows in the sun light keep it you wont be happy going back to a ss and if your anal about it the dealership really should be honest with you and make it wright with you I would be curious what happened to the car to begin with I was kinda in the same boat I purchased mine from a dealership in Michigan for 45,000 its a 2012 the only problem it had was road rash on the front bumper cover it bothered me so for $700.00 it was repainted know the car looks like it just came off the show room floor real happy since I got it at a good price!!

[ss/rs/378]

Originally Posted by Msmall143

Snow angles

How does she handle in all that snow?

[CamaroTom]

There's no way just a bumper cover got replaced.

If it has a new hood, fenders, bumpers, wheels (you said alignment was out). I would have walked away.

If the alignment was off due to the accident, it was a much harder hit than they where telling you. That means it had both suspension and body damage. One hard hit to a wheel can tweak the subframe and it will never feel right again.

[Msmall143]

Originally Posted by 1LEMayhem

There's no way just a bumper cover got replaced.

If it has a new hood, fenders, bumpers, wheels (you said alignment was out). I would have walked away.

If the alignment was off due to the accident, it was a much harder hit than they where telling you. That means it had both suspension and body damage. One hard hit to a wheel can tweak the subframe and it will never feel right again.

know one said this has new hood, fenders, bumpers, wheels...not sure why you think that...

I'll never know the extent of it but have decided to keep it....but not sure where fenders, bumper, wheels came from. If wheels were new I'd imagine tires would be new, which they aren't. All I know as fact is what carfax says...Front impact, no airbags, anything else the dealer told me is just them trying to sell the car.

Allignment was out to me it was important it can be aligned properly. Here is spec chart...

All in all I've had 6 cars in the last 10 years so I don't get to attached to these things. If I have this for 3 years and get out of it without a big hit I'll be fine with it.

I get your point though, it wouldn't have been for you.

[PQ]

For 42k you got an amazing steal of a deal. Pull that car up on any price estimator. That car is going to get dinged and scratched up anyway. 6 months and it'll blend in. If your budget is stretched already and you just want a ZL1 then you HAVE to keep that car. You won't get another in that shape for that price.

On the other hand one wonders why they'd let it go so cheap. 42k and only 3k miles. That is just crazy.

[GoldCartridgeGamer]

I too am looking at used auto ZL1's for low pricing. Considering that 2012 in Fredericksburg along with a few others.

[PQ]

Originally Posted by Msmall143

To be honest I don't think they had much in it. Previous owner rolled 40k of negative equity into a 145k Benz. He walked out owing 190k. I think they made their money off the other car and financing and being that they have a bright red chevy sitting in a lot of all black benz's they just wanted it gone. Add the carfax and the fact theirs 4-5 chevy dealers in a 20 mile radius they just wanted to move the car.

They also didn't hesitate to take it back even though it's against policy. I imagine they didn't think they would have a tough time selling it (again)

But who knows, maybe it will blow up in a week!

Regardless I still have the chevy warranty

Agreed. Was not my intent to make it seem like a bad or shady deal. Just thinking it all the way through. You got a helluva deal so seems to me it's a very easy decision. Congrats and enjoy that bad boy.

[ZLeeper]

If there is no frame damage, then keep it. Wouldn't worry about the paint.