[spotswood]

I took my car in today to schedule a september fluid change and some other items and the service manager sat in it and when he was logging it in with the vin he was having problems. Then he noticed, he thought it was a corvette. Then he said, thats a camaro. No Sh--.
These guys have never seen these cars.
At least he knew the rear differential fluid has been upgraded in the ac delco number.

[Artos]

Well come on...you got a unicorn there brother.

Give the guy a break...he likely won't see another until you take it back.

[utsteve98]

Lol. One of the technicians actually changing the oil on my car put in his notes that the car needed new tires. The service advisor told me and chuckled when he saw that. Guess even the guys that work on these cars don't even know that it comes with borderline slicks.

[four0nefive]

Originally Posted by utsteve98

Lol. One of the technicians actually changing the oil on my car put in his notes that the car needed new tires. The service advisor told me and chuckled when he saw that. Guess even the guys that work on these cars don't even know that it comes with borderline slicks.

Reminds me of the time my uncle went to a track day with me last year. He was checking out a new C7 Z06/Z07 and says "Wow, he's at the track with worn down tires?" He didn't know that they made near slicks for the road (Also on the subject of near slicks, did you know Hoosier R7/A7s are technically street legal? They even come with a DOT label!).

[VAZL1]

Originally Posted by utsteve98

Lol. One of the technicians actually changing the oil on my car put in his notes that the car needed new tires. The service advisor told me and chuckled when he saw that. Guess even the guys that work on these cars don't even know that it comes with borderline slicks.

Scary part is he changed your oil

[trakdayz]

they are all naive and could care less about selling cars. Its about numbers.
1.5 months ago i went to 2 local dealerships to ask about allocations for this car. They looked at me .... both dealerships..managers said verbatim "ive never heard of the ZL1 1LE"

I said thanks and take care.

[JoeP@TeamBeckyD]

..
...........

I know ALL Camaro's
.....including the ZL1 1LE
...........Very Well!

My Journey to Camaro Fest VII - with a ZL1 1LE


Becky

[MrChrisLS3]

For service, need to pick your dealerships carefully. The key is to look for the dealer that sells a good number of the performance line. Look for a dealer that sponsors an enthusiast club, Camaro, Corvette, either one. These are the dealers that have a better understanding of performance customers. They are the dealers that will invest money into sending their lead techs to GM training sessions, in order to maintain the loyalty with enthusiasts.

The other dealers are more interested in selling the bread and butter lines, Malibu, Cruze and Trucks. Sure, they might have a Camaro or Corvette in the showroom, but they are just there for the Halo effect, to bring people in to gawk at while they're looking for that family vehicle. They are not going to invest the time and money into learning about something they really have no interest in selling or servicing. They would actually prefer you took it somewhere else because they know the enthusiast buyer is too picky and too hard to please. They know we know more about the car then they do.

[spotswood]

My dealer who is doing my service always has a boatload of corvettes. I live in Florida. Every guy over 70 has white hair and a corvette convertible and is holding up traffic.

The chevy dealer sent me to local upholstery shop to fix my unglued suede by the knee pad on the center console. The upholstery guys race at a local oval track we have. They saw the car and loved the tires. They actually knew what they were.
The service manager is going to let me be back there with the mechanic in September and has assigned the best mechanic he has.
These tires are not good at all in heavy rain. two hours on a single lane twisty back road wailing on it was a blast. In track mode with all the electronic stuff turned off it drives great.
The road is in horse country and not smooth so car was bouncing all around a lot.
Had 30 minutes of hard heavy rain and has to slow way way down like around 40. Above that it started to hydroplane too much.
What a great car.

[SPARTAN sui]

*Service Manager opens the passenger door*

"Oh, the wheel is on the other side".

-Service Manager, probably

[KaBoom1701]

I would never let any dealer touch my ZL1-1LE for anything....period.

[HDRDTD]

Originally Posted by BeckyD@RodgersChevrolet

..
...........

I know ALL Camaro's
.....including the ZL1 1LE
...........Very Well!

My Journey to Camaro Fest VII - with a ZL1 1LE


Becky

I can verify that !
She's driven them ALL, and owes most of them herself!!

Rodger's Rocks !

[Inspector 17]

You have to put things in perspective a bit. A lot of dealers don't get ZL1s let alone ZL1-1LEs. And not every dealer has the ability to spend time on a forum specific to a particular car. That doesn't immediately mean they are incompetent, careless, or can't change the fluids on a car.

Having said that, if that's what you expect when you take your car in for service, then check out the dealer before you purchase and certainly before you take your car in for service.

[Glen e]

Originally Posted by Inspector 17

You have to put things in perspective a bit. A lot of dealers don't get ZL1s let alone ZL1-1LEs. And not every dealer has the ability to spend time on a forum specific to a particular car. That doesn't immediately mean they are incompetent, careless, or can't change the fluids on a car.

Having said that, if that's what you expect when you take your car in for service, then check out the dealer before you purchase and certainly before you take your car in for service.

Perfectly said.... also, what motivates salesman is money. And in many cases a hot car like the 1le or even a ZL1 or Z06 pays less commission than your average Camaro or even a SS Camaro. Why? Because the dealer puts a "pack" on hot cars, because he doesn't think you actually sell them, you just take orders.... a "pack" is money that is deducted from the computed commission, usually $300-$500. Or in many dealerships, all the cars carry a pack.