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arpad_m · 05-20-2019, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Darkpassenger91

Hey guys, new to the forum, 4x Camaro owner, longtime lurker...

I bought a 2018 Red Garnet 1LT 6 months ago and have regretted not upgrading to something more fun. The super low end of year price plus my 100 mile commute to work convinced me it was the sensible choice. I’ve decided to fix this mistake and buy the car I should’ve bought in the first place, 2018 Red Garnet ZL1 Convertible, needless to say it wasn’t just sitting at my local dealer.

Walking into a dealer at 27 asking for a ZL1 definitely gets more than a few dismissive looks around here. I asked to talk to the internet salesperson who reluctantly agreed to search for what I wanted but found a few other colors but no red. He talked me into considering a 2019, even though the refreshed taillights are what made me buy a 2018 in the first place. He then suggested we could just order one, should have been my red flag number 2

I knew from Becky the ordering option was long gone.

I gave up and left. After sleeping on it and reading more than a few posts I decided to switch to a fully loaded all black 2019 ZL1 VERT . Found one local and after seeing it in person absolutely fell in love, ugly taillights and all...

I can go for a used 2018 but I don’t want to risk those being 4K hard miles with no regard for break in only to save a few $. I don’t qualify for a conquest, GM, or military so I don’t expect a significant drop from MSRP besides what I can negotiate. I’m planning on giving half down to leave my payment roughly the same price it is currently. Now I don’t know whether to wait until the 2020 orders open up or just go ahead and pull the trigger on the local 2019 one. Nothing is expected/rumored so far to significantly change as far as I can tell right now between the two MY. It’ll be months before I get the 2020. Is it worth it to wait? What do you guys think?

If I were you, I'd expand my search to include HBM and buy a leftover new 2018, save $10-12k, get the good looking booty and have quite some $$$ left for upgrades and paint protection. I understand you love garnet red (me, too, hehe), but hyper blue is right there with our favorite color. Actually, it was, sadly.