And check this out too. The thing has all stock exhaust still. She doesn't like it. She wants it LOUDER!
Designed by Lotus and built by Mercury.
Back when the those ZR1's came out somebody in our little town bought one. At the time my uncle was the service manager for our local Chevy dealer. Said it only left the service dept occasionally only to return in a few days/weeks with something else wrong with it. I beleive it was the first year of production for them, so that could explain some of the lack of reliability. Not sure if subsiquent years got better.
Back when the those ZR1's came out somebody in our little town bought one. At the time my uncle was the service manager for our local Chevy dealer. Said it only left the service dept occasionally only to return in a few days/weeks with something else wrong with it. I beleive it was the first year of production for them, so that could explain some of the lack of reliability. Not sure if subsiquent years got better.
That is generally true but I think it expires at the same time as the factory warranty.
True. You know the old joke. What's the difference between a porcupine and a Corvette?
The Porcupine has the pricks on the OUTSIDE.
N* engines? ROFLMAO.. I had an 02 DTS. 50K POS that spent more time me fixing than driving. That motor had NO reason belonging in that car. A "race" motor- aluminum with steel sleeves- Besides designed to use a quart of oil every 1000 miles, they are known to lift the heads at anywhere from 60k miles on due to another GM quality design flaw- the head bolts pitch and count was not not strong enough. Doesn't matter how you baby the car. Ask me how I know. At 90K miles, sure enough my heads started to lift- overheated and exhaust in the coolant. And you have to pull the motor out to repair- drill out the head bolt holes, retap with a special jig and replace with inserts and stronger bolts. About a 3k-5k job at a shop if you can't do it yourself.
That and the rubber intake plenums that rip, the water pump drive belts that sieze, the starter that is under the intake manifold and fail, the blowby problems do to the low tension rings and engine design, the coolant tubes that clog, the smog valves located at the lower firewall that fail and you can't get to without going from underneath the car, and the fact the engine is modular and in two pieces and leaks oil out of every seal and sensor eventually- it's a great engine. Google Northstar head gasket failure and prepare to see 100's of posts about the POS.
Did I forget to mention the "pop and drop" window regulators? All four window regulators replaced usually every year as they use a cheap plastic clip to hold the cable. Good thing I could replace them and the part was $30, The dealer wanted $600 a pop to replace. Got so good at it, I could do a window in 40 minutes.
Or the HVAC door motor under the dash that fails- $100 part and you have to replace it by spending an hour upside down under the driver side dash. Or the blower motors that fail- $200 and yep- another 2 hours upside down under the passenger side dash.
Then there's the electronic air ride suspension- the motors fail, the shocks need replacement- only $1000 if you want to replace with GM parts.
That was my last time ever buying a GM product.
Rant off.........
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