Well as most of you know, last week I traded my truck for an IROC...Dealer said it was the 350tpi model...Excited and in a hurry to get it, i didnt investigate...Ran the vin today after reading an article on the web about not being able to visually distinguish the 5.0 from the 5.7, and found out that it was the 305...On top of that, the sticker price for the camaro was $2999.00. They are now selling my truck for $5000.00...Im a little upset...Happy as hell that I have my camaro, just disappointed that I was lied to and it isnt the 350...I know there is only a 10hp 200rpm difference between the two...but still...Now what the hell should I do...build the 305 or find a 350 to put in there???

 

Well, any time you trade in a car, you get the shaft...period. Dealers are in business to make money. And if they don't get it from what you buy, they'll get it from what you trade in. It also sounds like your truck is worth a bit more than the Camaro, so they should have owed you money! Not gonna happen though. Did they advertise the Camaro in print as having a 350, and also have it stated that way on the bill of sale? If so, you can go after them legally since it was false advertising, and misrepresentation on their part to inflate the value of the car. A 350 IROC is worth more than a 305, and they need to know what they're selling. Them saying "gee, we didn't know" ain't gonna fly legally. You either need to talk to a lawyer, orgo into the dealer and threaten to, and demand to be financially compensated...or else. This is a time where you have to act pissed to get results.

 

DOH! I just noticed this was posted in the "mysterious" and ultra-rare 2nd Gen "IROC" section!!!

 

As stated, I would go after them for sure. If you have proof that they said it was a 350, that is. I know if I had spent thousands on a 350 Camaro that turned out to be a 305, I'd be super pissed.

 

i happen to own a 2nd gen iroc, its a 81 iroc z that was only availble during pre-order for the 85 iroc

but you never know, someone could of swapped the 305 for a 350 years ago, it just wasnt from the factory

 

a 4 year old car on preorder for the 85? what?

 

Ive never heard of an 81 Iroc-z my first car was a 1985 Iroc Red with gold on the bottom. And it was built late 84. The first model year. Are you sure its not just somebodys creation and got you sold that its a true 81 Iroc?

 

Now this thread isstarting to get funny.
Do you feel a pulling sensation on your chain?
The biggest joke of it all is that there's a 2nd gen "IROC" headingto begin with.

 

All i have is a enlarged photograph of it on the car trailer the day we brought it home ill take a pic of the pic..lol and post it but i loved that car all the way untill it was totaled.

 

What concerns me is that a forum that is acting as a discussion platform for camaro topics offering a subsection for something that has never existed. I can see there being confusion over a 70 camaro being a first gen and a 70.5 as a second, since there was that quick slide of hand by GM, changing the body mid year, but an IROC was never and had never been a 2nd gen vehicle and was not produced until 85. Seems to me that that is clear in the history books.

So why does this sub section exist? All it does is confuse the novice and discredit the forum with the vet, it should be removed