After 13 years and 110,000 miles, our loaded 05' slingshot chrome is gone, but not really missed. I know I will forget some things, but a breif synopsis of our experience over the years of onwership since brand new:
Tires. Many. Keeping tires on the vehicle was just as challanging as finding the right size- difficult and frurstrating dealing with such weird sizes and manufactures. It never had the stock size on both front or rear at any one time.
Front end alignments. Won't miss these either. I lost count of front end allignments (and tires - see above) this thing went through over the years. Very front end heavy car. Any, even a slight jolt, would toe this thing in.
Upper and lower control arms and bushings. I think maybe went through at least 2 of each. Related to the fragile front end mentioned above I suspect.
Struts. 2 pair over the 110K.
Heat. Not good here in AZ and even after the great help and products produced by Mike in AZ, I still went through 2 fans and always ran hot in the summer.
Brake booster replaced. Not fun
2 water pumps replaced. -easy and cheap to do thank goodness, sorta fun!
Roof stopped working 4 years ago. Want the roof to open and not go into "hall mode"?.... open it manually on an incline because it too is heavy.
HVAC damper flapper - broke and premanatly stuck in "recirculation" mode.
No cabin filter .....I wonder what is inside the blower?!
Window indexing always out of whack.
Fan position 3 and 4 stopped working in 2011.
Starter replaced at 95K.
CD player- ate a CD to never be ejected or played again. This was in 2009 I think?
Oil leaks and consumption. little drips always being whiped up off the floor. Burned oil too. quart every 1500. But hey, it's an LS2 right? Even after Mobile 1 oil changes it's entire life at least once a year/8,000 miles or so when the DIC hit 0%.
Transmission(s). 2 of them. $5K a whack.
Transmission leaks. Just like oil. Stop fighting it.
Ignition switches. Changed out as many times as I changed oil I think.
Sometime the gauges would not work. The next day they would.
Windshild whippers.....has anyone ever found the correct replacement? Ran these dumb NAPA types for years without windshild washer nozzels. Could never use the washers.
4 visits to the dealer in the first 3 years of warantee-various things -mostly electrical grimlins and roof not operating or would just die in traffic to never be re-started. At one point in 2007 it spent 3.5 WEEKS at the dealer trying to fix a problem! ...."dont see these everyday - it's an exotic car - GM does not have OEM parts for this", yada, yada, etc. Finally, they made some make shift fuse box to limp along for the remainder of its life. That sucked.
Otherwise, the car drew attention and had to always whip nose prints off the windows! Always garnered great conversations at the gas stations.
Kept it in prestine condition; not a dent or scratch on it and got a good price for it. I was religious about clay barring and paint sealing (rejex) every 5 months. Looked brand new -headlights looked like glass not plastic.
Thanks to eveyone on here over the years, but this is my last ride. Enjoying the 2018 Camaro 2SS LT1 now and so far, not missing the R one single bit.
Bye to one and all!
Tires. Many. Keeping tires on the vehicle was just as challanging as finding the right size- difficult and frurstrating dealing with such weird sizes and manufactures. It never had the stock size on both front or rear at any one time.
Front end alignments. Won't miss these either. I lost count of front end allignments (and tires - see above) this thing went through over the years. Very front end heavy car. Any, even a slight jolt, would toe this thing in.
Upper and lower control arms and bushings. I think maybe went through at least 2 of each. Related to the fragile front end mentioned above I suspect.
Struts. 2 pair over the 110K.
Heat. Not good here in AZ and even after the great help and products produced by Mike in AZ, I still went through 2 fans and always ran hot in the summer.
Brake booster replaced. Not fun
2 water pumps replaced. -easy and cheap to do thank goodness, sorta fun!
Roof stopped working 4 years ago. Want the roof to open and not go into "hall mode"?.... open it manually on an incline because it too is heavy.
HVAC damper flapper - broke and premanatly stuck in "recirculation" mode.
No cabin filter .....I wonder what is inside the blower?!
Window indexing always out of whack.
Fan position 3 and 4 stopped working in 2011.
Starter replaced at 95K.
CD player- ate a CD to never be ejected or played again. This was in 2009 I think?
Oil leaks and consumption. little drips always being whiped up off the floor. Burned oil too. quart every 1500. But hey, it's an LS2 right? Even after Mobile 1 oil changes it's entire life at least once a year/8,000 miles or so when the DIC hit 0%.
Transmission(s). 2 of them. $5K a whack.
Transmission leaks. Just like oil. Stop fighting it.
Ignition switches. Changed out as many times as I changed oil I think.
Sometime the gauges would not work. The next day they would.
Windshild whippers.....has anyone ever found the correct replacement? Ran these dumb NAPA types for years without windshild washer nozzels. Could never use the washers.
4 visits to the dealer in the first 3 years of warantee-various things -mostly electrical grimlins and roof not operating or would just die in traffic to never be re-started. At one point in 2007 it spent 3.5 WEEKS at the dealer trying to fix a problem! ...."dont see these everyday - it's an exotic car - GM does not have OEM parts for this", yada, yada, etc. Finally, they made some make shift fuse box to limp along for the remainder of its life. That sucked.
Otherwise, the car drew attention and had to always whip nose prints off the windows! Always garnered great conversations at the gas stations.
Kept it in prestine condition; not a dent or scratch on it and got a good price for it. I was religious about clay barring and paint sealing (rejex) every 5 months. Looked brand new -headlights looked like glass not plastic.
Thanks to eveyone on here over the years, but this is my last ride. Enjoying the 2018 Camaro 2SS LT1 now and so far, not missing the R one single bit.
Bye to one and all!
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