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Originally Posted by arpad_m
Looks like a good deal to me. You can't beat instant depreciation completely if that's your concern, and 1LE's hold their value a bit better.
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Well I am not too sure about holding their value better. We bought a Satin Gray 1LE about 6 months ago that had a sticker of 76K and we paid basically 70K for it and we just traded it in and we got 63500 with about 2K miles on it. Taxes on the car were roughly 4500 dollars and we went thru a set of tires at about 1600 dollars. Total cost of ownership then was (70K - 63500) plus 4500 + 1600 or roughly 12600 dollars plus six months worth of payments at 1100 a month for a total number of 19200 dollars.
We used the car as a daily driver but that was a horrible idea as it rode like a dump truck. Any water whatsover on the road and the car was a nightmare with those R rated tires. MY point of comparison for this is our 2019 ZR1 handles BETTER than our ZL1 did and the ride is a thousand times better. Of course its a 140K car so that might not be the fairest of comparisons.
A much better choice for a daily driver would have been a ZL1 NON 1LE with michelin Sport 4S tires. The magnetic ride shocks are a much better solution for a daily driver.
Were we to do it over again, you can find a LOW MILE 2017 ZL1 for about 45K. Since I still love camaros, I did also buy a low mileage 2019 SS for 32500. I couldnt find one with MRC but we are going to put 305 30 19 Michelin 4S tires on it with APEX 10.5 x 19 inch wheels all the way around so that they are rotatable. Of course this wont handle like my Zl1 1LE but with a few more modifications it should be close enough for me.