Hello from Texas

Texas Joe · 01-05-2015, 12:10 AM

Greetings all. I just purchased a '15 ZL1 on 12/26 and I am loving it. This was not my original plan, however. Ive been a Chevy guy my entire life and have been out of the performance car game for some time UNTIL Dodge announced the Challenger Hellcat. I've always liked the Challenger and how much it resembles the classics so I ran down to the dealer, placed a deposit and was eagerly awaiting... Until all the gaming began with the dealer allocation nonsense and dealers marking these things up $10-$20K. My order went in on day one... so I should have a car by now. Nope, I was stuck in Hellcat purgatory like thousands of other folks where Dodge had SOLD vehicles with. The last straw for me was when I found a dealer that had an allocation available. They wanted a $7,500 deposit, which I was fine with... Until I got to the dealer and asked two questions. 1. Was the deposit refundable... and it was. 2. The deposit goes towards the purchase price of the car? The answer was NO. Basically they wanted me to pay them $7,500 just for the opportunity to buy a car. Call it a mark up or whatever... If any of you are familiar with the press releases and how the program was set up, it was to avoid all of this. I told the dealer thanks for wasting my time and what they could go do with themselves.

So then I go to the Chevy dealer I purchased my '11 Silverado from. On the showroom floor sat a '15 ZL1 with just about everything I would want on it. It had arrived two days prior. Long story short, after all the dealer dog and pony shows, I am now the proud owner of a Black '15 ZL1. Ive already been pulled over but I think the cop just wanted to look at it. 55 in a 50? Really haha?

So thats my story... I'll be looking aroung the forum for performance upgrade recomendations and all the other greatness that comes with this hobby. So now I have a '78 anniversary Corvette, an '11 Silverado and a '15 ZL1. Life aint so bad

USCAMARO14 · 01-05-2015, 04:59 AM

Congrats! WELCOME! Post pics.

1KillerSS · 01-05-2015, 05:19 AM

Welcome to C5 and congrats on the car!

Sir Nuke · 01-05-2015, 06:43 AM

CONGRATS on your ride and Welcome to our happy little corner of the net, and to Camaro5. There is a BIG fridge on the back porch with anything you can think of in it...help yourself...of course only take what you can LEGALLY have. Make yourself at home on one of the big fluffy couches, kick your shoes off, put your feet up on one of the tables, yes we are allowed to do that, mom's, dad's, wives', husband's, girlfriend's and boyfriend's here don't care....and take it easy.

oh...btw....every once in a while a food fight breaks out...so you may not want to wear nice clothes here.

Welcome!!

el-guapin · 01-05-2015, 10:39 AM

Congrats and Welcome!

mpiersd · 01-07-2015, 03:22 PM

Welcome to the forum.
Enjoy the Camaro, make it yours and post up the pics!

01-05-2015, 12:10 AM	#1
Texas Joe Drives: 2015 ZL1 Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Dallas Posts: 2	Hello from Texas Greetings all. I just purchased a '15 ZL1 on 12/26 and I am loving it. This was not my original plan, however. Ive been a Chevy guy my entire life and have been out of the performance car game for some time UNTIL Dodge announced the Challenger Hellcat. I've always liked the Challenger and how much it resembles the classics so I ran down to the dealer, placed a deposit and was eagerly awaiting... Until all the gaming began with the dealer allocation nonsense and dealers marking these things up $10-$20K. My order went in on day one... so I should have a car by now. Nope, I was stuck in Hellcat purgatory like thousands of other folks where Dodge had SOLD vehicles with. The last straw for me was when I found a dealer that had an allocation available. They wanted a $7,500 deposit, which I was fine with... Until I got to the dealer and asked two questions. 1. Was the deposit refundable... and it was. 2. The deposit goes towards the purchase price of the car? The answer was NO. Basically they wanted me to pay them $7,500 just for the opportunity to buy a car. Call it a mark up or whatever... If any of you are familiar with the press releases and how the program was set up, it was to avoid all of this. I told the dealer thanks for wasting my time and what they could go do with themselves. So then I go to the Chevy dealer I purchased my '11 Silverado from. On the showroom floor sat a '15 ZL1 with just about everything I would want on it. It had arrived two days prior. Long story short, after all the dealer dog and pony shows, I am now the proud owner of a Black '15 ZL1. Ive already been pulled over but I think the cop just wanted to look at it. 55 in a 50? Really haha? So thats my story... I'll be looking aroung the forum for performance upgrade recomendations and all the other greatness that comes with this hobby. So now I have a '78 anniversary Corvette, an '11 Silverado and a '15 ZL1. Life aint so bad

01-05-2015, 04:59 AM	#2
USCAMARO14 Drives: 2LS 2014 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Staten ISland Posts: 3,404	Congrats! WELCOME! Post pics. __________________

01-05-2015, 05:19 AM	#3
1KillerSS Too much is never enough! Drives: AGP TT SS [COTW] 4/20/15 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 4,149 View My Garage	Welcome to C5 and congrats on the car! __________________ AGP TT kit, 54/57 Forged rotating assembly, Custom grind cam... Dual nozzle meth, ID850's, Livernois dual fuel pumps, ECS BAP, 25% UDP, 3 inch Magnaflow catback with X pipe, Mantic 9000 clutch, DSS 1000hp axles, DSS aluminum driveshaft, ZL1 rear end, solid subframe bushings, HE differential offset bushings, BMR Trailing arm, BMR toe rods, Lingenfelter LNC-2000,SJM Line Lock. 747 whp 714wtq *Build thread* http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...55#post8107855

01-05-2015, 06:43 AM	#4
Sir Nuke Master of All Things Drives: '20 Corvette Stingray Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southeast of Houston, Texas Posts: 22,374 View My Garage	CONGRATS on your ride and Welcome to our happy little corner of the net, and to Camaro5. There is a BIG fridge on the back porch with anything you can think of in it...help yourself...of course only take what you can LEGALLY have. Make yourself at home on one of the big fluffy couches, kick your shoes off, put your feet up on one of the tables, yes we are allowed to do that, mom's, dad's, wives', husband's, girlfriend's and boyfriend's here don't care....and take it easy. oh...btw....every once in a while a food fight breaks out...so you may not want to wear nice clothes here. Welcome!! __________________

01-05-2015, 10:39 AM	#5
el-guapin Trust No One! Drives: 2010 SIM 2LT/RS Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: NOLA Posts: 531	Congrats and Welcome! __________________

01-07-2015, 03:22 PM	#6
mpiersd Drives: ABM #2041 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Yorktown, VA Posts: 1,558 View My Garage	Welcome to the forum. Enjoy the Camaro, make it yours and post up the pics! __________________ Retired United States Army Bernadette: 2LT/RS, ABM #2041 of 3903 ZL-1 Springs \| CAI \| Muffler delete \| Magnaflow resonator \| LED DRL \| DRL harness \| RX Catch Can \| Mini me Cortana: 2015 Harley Davidson Road Glide Special V&H Power Duals Headers & Oversized 450 Raider mufflers \| Screamin' Eagle Stage 1 Chisel Extreme intake \| Screamin' Eagle Stage 1 programmer \| Klock Werks 12" Pro-Touring windscreen Own an Aqua Blue Metallic Camaro? Click here to join us on Facebook and help us in establishing the Aqua Blue Registry to locate all 3903 of these beautiful Camaros!