Price
is a popular topic when talking about the Z/28. Everyone has an opinion
on the price tag, and the subject’s been discussed to death. (I remain
firmly in the “totally worth it” camp, for the record.) What hasn’t been
talked much about is maintenance and upkeep, so with the car in its
sixth month of our loan, let’s broach the subject.
You may expect the Z/28’s maintenance costs to be uninteresting, as it is, after all, a mass-produced Chevrolet Camaro for which parts are plentiful and cheap. Alternatively, you may expect the Z/28’s race car-ification to contribute significantly to the upkeep. You’d be right on both accounts. For example, an oil filter for the Z/28 cost us all of $10. The fresh oil to go with it, however, set us back $90 because its dry sump lubrication system takes 10 quarts of fully synthetic oil at $9 per bottle. All told, an oil change totaled $123.88. That’s the full price, anyway, and what we paid for the second oil change. The first time around, the dealer gave us an unrequested but welcome discount on the oil.
You may expect the Z/28’s maintenance costs to be uninteresting, as it is, after all, a mass-produced Chevrolet Camaro for which parts are plentiful and cheap. Alternatively, you may expect the Z/28’s race car-ification to contribute significantly to the upkeep. You’d be right on both accounts. For example, an oil filter for the Z/28 cost us all of $10. The fresh oil to go with it, however, set us back $90 because its dry sump lubrication system takes 10 quarts of fully synthetic oil at $9 per bottle. All told, an oil change totaled $123.88. That’s the full price, anyway, and what we paid for the second oil change. The first time around, the dealer gave us an unrequested but welcome discount on the oil.
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