Used Car of the Day: 2014 Chevrolet SS

by Tim Healey

Published: August 13th, 2024

Today we go large, powerful American sedan with V8 power via this 2014 Chevrolet SS.

This was one has 92K miles on it and a brand new engine -- which is a bit interesting, to put it mildly. The ad doesn't say why the engine has been replaced though it's an automatic, so that would, in theory, rule out a blown engine via a dumb gear change.*

(*if this a known problem with SSs, I wasn't aware of it).

Also new is the radiator, fuel pump, water pump, battery, belts, and pulleys. The brakes have been upgraded, as well.

Our seller says the car is in good shape overall and is being sold because the owner isn't putting enough miles on it.

The ask is $32,500 and the car is in California.

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[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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1995 SC on Aug 14, 2024
If you are good with the auto in one of these wouldn't a retired Caprice PPV be a cheaper bet for roughly the same experience?

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- 28-Cars-Later on Aug 14, 2024
  Excellent point, probably with options being the major difference.
  
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- MaintenanceCosts on Aug 14, 2024
  Unless you can find one of the very rare “detective” cars, the PPVs have an interior that’s not very comfortable. Flat seats with equipment cutouts, an equipment mount instead of a center console, and a plastic back seat. They’re also very spartan in terms of equipment, and the suspension sacrifices some handling for durability.
  
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- 1995 SC on Aug 14, 2024
  I think I'd be good with all that so long as I could get a real back seat.
  
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28-Cars-Later on Aug 14, 2024
Unobtanium nearing 100K for $32,5... yeahhhhhhh... nahhhhhhh... buy the collector grade example without collision damage/blemished title for more coin and not lose your shirt when you sell in the future.

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- 1995 SC on Aug 14, 2024
  This car is probably bound for some budding "content creator"
  
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FreedMike Ah yes, my old car.(Sigh.)Not much I could add that Tim hasn't already, but I can wholeheartedly recommend it - it's a hoot to drive, and very easy to live with. I'll also be a contrarian and rep for the DSG. It's quicker than the manual, and far easier to work with in traffic. Tim doesn't mention this in the writeup, but DSG works better when you're shifting it manually, using the shifter paddles - you'll get probably 80-90% of the driver involvement you'd expect with a manual; in fact, I rarely let my old car shift for itself. I never regretted passing on a manual with this model. The only real sour notes I can mention here are a) you're restricted to the more expensive Autobahn package, which has a bunch of nice-to-have stuff, but hardly necessary (my car was the base S model, and it was comprehensively equipped), and b) it looks like VW is still fitting this car with the POS Hankooks my old car came with. The Hankooks were a model of consistency: consistently bad in the dry, bad in the rain, bad in the snow, and wore like crap (mine were done for at maybe 20,000 miles). If you want this car, spend the extra dough and get a set of Goodyear Eagle Sports (standard equipment on the GTI, by the way) - they are a major upgrade, and not unreasonably priced. Who knows? If VW is still making this when my lease is up in 2027, I wouldn't be opposed to taking another one of these home.
ToolGuy™ New, no. Used, maybe? (Target $24K for a 2024MY)
Zerofoo Less software, simpler designs, more robust materials = longer service life.The car with the smallest environmental footprint is the one that is never built.
Zerofoo So long as automakers design in planned obsolescence, the answer is a resounding NO.Disposable garbage is always worse for the environment than quality products with a long service life.
ToolGuy™ Nice, Mercedes.