Newbie from NY 9C1
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:24 pm
I own a 2011 Caprice 9C1 and I live in NY about an hour west of Buffalo. I first seen a 2012 9C1 Caprice at the Spring Carlisle Car Corral this year and got hooked... The write up said "4 door Camaro" fast and handles like one, and that got me intrigued. So I have been on the search for one ever since. Two came up in my area for sale in the Rochester NY area, and I went to look at one them. It was an old Town of Brighton Henrietta patrol car. Not sure if it had a cage in it, the back seat is in really nice shape unless it was taken out for something else. I bought it from a GM mechanic that worked at a dealership there and he bought it from a car auction. He had done some work to it, like replacing the wheel bearings, tie rod ends and upper strut bearings. He was going to just use it for a winter beater so not to drive his GTO through the winter then sell it. He was able to print out from his dealership all the maintenance and recall records. The motor has had the cam replaced at about 50k. It's had all the recalls done except for the seat belt tensioners and that's getting done tomorrow. The seat belt lights and chimes are always going on and off along with the airbag light. I have so far installed a Lokar transmission dip stick, changed all the fluids and filters. I have just now purchased the deeper trans pan and 2012 19" Camaro wheels. The car has 119,000 miles with no lifter noise. It runs smooth and tight and handles like a dream. I'm hooked!