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Originally Posted by ParisTNDude
I can vouch for the awesomeness of the 1le after driving mine for only 400 miles before it was creamed. The cornering ability was awesome, but there are some drawbacks to be remembered.
Unlike the bulging fenders of the ZL1, with the same tires on the 1le the tires stick out a bit from the lip of the wheel well. This allows it to throw up unbelievable amounts of gravel, sand, or whatever ruining the paint in various places. Mine had Xpel, but you could see clearly where even that was chipped. Driving over any graveled roads threw up tons of stuff on your paint job.
Speaking of the tires, I bought my 1le with just under 10k miles on it and the original Goodyear tires were shot. So every 10K you need a new set of $1300 tires. Yeah, I know, someone will surely say theirs lasted 20K, but the ones on my car didn't and others didn't get that much out of them. I believe my car was driven reasonably hard carving canyons because that's what it was built for...no regrets. However, many will tell you that other tires with the same performance potential wore approximately the same and were more expensive. So the Goodyears were a bargain for the performance. Oh, and you are warned that it's dangerous to drive them in temperatures under 40 degrees...the tires may crack!
The 1le is absolutely dangerous to drive with any spirit in the rain. I know! On ramps are tempting to accelerate quickly, but in the rain, simply don't do it! The electronic traction control will not save you!
The 1le carries a huge amount of oil in the reservoir and it's expensive as all get out to service at a dealership.
To achieve the best road course performance, you have to do a performance wheel alignment on the 1le as well at $80 bucks a pop. with that alignment, tires wear even more quickly than the street alignment.
If you order your 1le 1SS you can't get some of the options available to 2SS cars. You can now buy a 2SS 1le, but the added weight of the options surely affects the all out performance compared to the 1SS because of weight. However, if you're buying a 1le for it's best in class road course performance, you probably don't want the 2SS options anyway. I haven't heard of a road course comparison between a 1SS and 2SS equipped 1le, but that would be interesting to see.
Out of the box, a 1le won't be able to stay with an 8A Camaro 1SS on the street in acceleration or at the drag strip. So, don't buy a 1le if the only sanctioned racing you will do is the drag strip. It launches poorly from what I've read.
With all of that said, even with ONLY 455 hp, the Camaro 1le simply can't be beat for the purpose it was built. There are some drawbacks, but there are some very clear advantages. It comes very close to staying with the Mustang GT350R which is at least $20k more expensive if you could find one at MSRP. In the end, Chevys rule.
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The dealership oil change with the Dexos1 AC Delco stuff is actually extremely cheap, but not rated for track duty however for daily the oil change is actually quite reasonable. The issue comes when useing the 0 or 5w-40 Dexos 2 oil, $10 a quart you have $100 in oil into it before filter or labor.
Also on the track alignment, my tires are worn the opposite, I for sure need more negative camber, the track alighnment specs are actually quite modest, 2.5 degrees negative I think, if you drive hard at all this will be beneficial.
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Originally Posted by Boost Creep
It's all good.
I went through a lot of comparisons while deciding on my purchase of the 1LE and happened to notice that the 1LE seemed to weigh more than most other Camaros.
Thought that was interesting since the car is suppose to be great on the track yet is carries more weight than the others. |
I wish they would have went more hardcore with a lighter weight audio solution and lighter seats.