I took a test ride in a silver 02 Z06 today. The car is for sale at a Chevy dealership in southern Wisconsin. The car was in very nice shape, it has 6700 miles on it. The car ran flawless and the trans. shifted smooth. The exterior was free of scratches and dents. The interior was also very clean. The tires had ~90% of the tread left on them. After I took it for a ride, I asked the sales guy if they could put it on a hoist so I could look underneath the car. The sales guy said no problem. When inspecting the underside I looked for anything that might be leaking. I could not find anything that looked unusual or leaking until I walked under the rear of the car. I saw what looked to be grease/oil on one of the drivers side half-shaft boots. The grease/oil was on the wheel side boot. The boot connected to the rear end side looked to be free of oil/grease. Are these cars are known for leaky half shafts?

One other thing I found out was that the car was bought at an auction in Michigan. I guess I am kind of reluctant to buy a car that was purchased from an auction. Has anyone out there bought a car from a dealer who purchased it at an auction? The VIN # is 1G1YY12S425109351. Can someone tell me if there was any warranty work done on this car? If anyone could run a carfax also I would appreciate it.

Thank you in advance for your help,

 

The practice of dealers buying from auction to stock inventory is very common. Dealerships that are not specialized in a particular brand name will take a trade for one of their products, then sell the non-particular trade-in to auction.

Just get a thorough "pre-purchase" of the car from a reputable Chevy dealer or mechanic. Take the results and judge for yourself. You can also use the PPI as source with your price negotiations.

Good luck.

 

To answer your question, Yes, they are known for their leaky half shafts. Just have them fix it, ask the salesman for a Carfax report, and hopefully drive off in your new Z!

 

Remember, the car has a 3 year, 36K mile OEM warranty from the date it was
originally placed in service, and it is transferable to subsequent owners. The dealer should handle the warranty transfer
paperwork, which will allow you to compute the remaining time, mileage that
is left, so any problems that crop up prior to warranty expiration will be covered, and if you believe there might be a CV-joint problem, you don't have to have the dealer repair it before you take delivery, but it's something to watch.

The dealer should also be able to run the VIN through their service computer to detemine any and all warranty or service work that was accomplished on the car at any GM dealer. Having the dealer run the VIN through their service computer and giving you a printout of any warranty service work will be much more informative that Carfax, but with only 6700 miles it might not have had any work done, but it might be close or beyond the one year oil change time requirement. If so, have the dealer include and oil and filter change.

Duke

 

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Must agree with everyone else is saying here. Guess it depends on the price of the car and what they will let it go for. Hopefully I'll run into a Silver Z06 when driving around southern WI in the spring.

Good Luck :cheers: