05-22-2015, 11:49 AM | #1 |
Drives: 2013 ZL1 A6 #7860 Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: CO, USA
Posts: 1,279
|
"Does it have the 427?"
I am getting a little annoyed being asked 2 or 3 times a day at the track if my ZL1 has the 427 in it.
I answer nicely with the specifics of the LSA and that it is a 376 (6.2L) supercharged motor. I always amazes me how surprised they are to hear that it is not a 427. I had a guy last week ask this question and when I told him it was an SC 376 LSA, he asked why I didn't get the quicker 427 Z/28? I don't expect everybody to know the ins and outs of the Gen 5 but these are drag racers with a lot of time and money in their cars. They should know the basics anyway. I wonder if these same people will ask the C7 Z06 guys if their car has the 427 in it? I am getting tired of the same old questions. I might start answering with it has a V6 and keep the hood down... |
05-22-2015, 11:52 AM | #2 |
C'mon- really?
Drives: Looking for a ZL1 Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Nortwestern Ohio
Posts: 1,966
|
Just shrug your shoulders and say, "I don't know" or "What's a 427?".
That will REALLY throw them!
__________________
Steve
2018 Camaro 2SS 1LE Black #3805 - SOLD |
05-22-2015, 12:02 PM | #3 |
The BBOMG fill-in husband
Drives: 2015 2SS/RS 1LE AKA V1LE Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Elmira, NY
Posts: 4,461
|
Mines a hybrid, lol
__________________
UPSTATE C5 MEMBER
|
05-22-2015, 12:05 PM | #4 |
Dazed &
Drives: matte blue 2014 z28(186) 2015 R1 Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: The Jungle
Posts: 708
|
I get asked the opposite lol its if they were doing it on purpose? LOL
"is that the one thats supercharged?" No its the 7L Naturally Aspirated V8... |
05-22-2015, 12:09 PM | #5 |
Drives: 2010 Camaro SGM 1LT M6 Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 1,630
|
lol even ZL1s get the "well why didnt you get...?" I thought it was just us v6s haha
|
05-22-2015, 12:16 PM | #6 | |
Drives: 2013 ZL1 A6 #7860 Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: CO, USA
Posts: 1,279
|
Quote:
People are so stuck on the size of motors and the number of cylinders. That is largely irrelevant in 2015. Its the power being put to the ground that matters and the ZL1 is king of the 5th gens in that department. |
|
05-22-2015, 12:19 PM | #7 |
Drives: 2013 ZL1 A6 #7860 Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: CO, USA
Posts: 1,279
|
|
05-22-2015, 12:34 PM | #8 |
Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: tangent or
Posts: 2,984
|
duh this car is the one with corvette motor right?
normal people really don't understand the power train on this car. I gave up long ago. I just nod my head and say yes to what ever they say. at first I though I would just explain it but the look on people faces when you explain it is one of your the dumb one and I got tired of it. normal people just like simple answers.
__________________
shopping for 2017+1le or zl1
2009 CTS-V -sold 2015 Hellcat-sold 2013 ZL1 -sold 2007 Z06- sold 2014 Chrysler 300 2011 Duramax 8" lift, deleted tuned |
05-22-2015, 12:40 PM | #9 |
C'mon- really?
Drives: Looking for a ZL1 Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Nortwestern Ohio
Posts: 1,966
|
The other annoyances are the ones who ask you about your car - but before you even answer - start to tell you either 1) about one they have/had/are going to get that is faster or 2) start to tell you about YOUR OWN car as if they are the expert BUT have nothing right.
Crazy world out there.
__________________
Steve
2018 Camaro 2SS 1LE Black #3805 - SOLD |
05-22-2015, 12:46 PM | #10 | |
Go fast, please.
|
Quote:
|
|
05-22-2015, 12:50 PM | #11 |
Cone Killer
Drives: 2012 SS Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Posts: 832
|
I feel your pain. I guess it's the wide black wheels and dovetail spoiler, but I get asked if my car is a Z/28 on a regular basis. Even at the alignment shop, they have different alignment specs for the SS and Z/28, and the techs always have to ask me which one I have.
__________________
2012 Camaro SS - Sold
Selling off my remaining wheels, tires, 27mm front sway bar, and MGW shift knob. Get them out of my house before my wife puts me out! |
05-22-2015, 12:58 PM | #12 | |
Drives: 2017 Mosaic Bk ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: South of Raleigh, NC
Posts: 9,483
|
Quote:
__________________
|
|
05-22-2015, 01:02 PM | #13 |
SHKE BKE
Drives: 2013 Camaro Join Date: May 2014
Location: SoCal
Posts: 3,108
|
Tell them it's the 22RE or the new 2.0L turbo. lol
|
05-22-2015, 01:16 PM | #14 |
Drives: 2012 Ram 1980 Malibu Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Otherside of the screen
Posts: 362
|
|
|
|
|
|