When I went to or local chevy dealer, to shop for the wife, there was a big memo posted on the door. It looked like something that someone typed and printed and not some sort of official document. It stated that it was illegal for the dealership to accept on trade or sale any vehicle that has any modifications that violates federal emission laws (makes sense). Then it goes on saying that the penalty was $25,000.00. Just wondering if anyone has had any issues on trading in a deleted truck or if you had to reinstall your emission junk. When I delete my truck I'll put the "new extra parts" in storage for when the day comes to get a new truck.

 

I think early on dealerships were accepting them, but now it's a no no because the EPA has cracked down hard on them.

 

I have a stash of parts in my shed if they are needed again

 

same here have all the stock parts stored away, however when you download a tune onto the truck it can always be seen even tuning it back to stock, so regardless if the emissions equipment is back would they still take the truck on trade seeing that it had been tuned at one point might be a better question.

 

Can't see them caring as long as they can resell the truck legally. I think these days are over, I bet this tuning won't even be made available for the gen 2. We will be able to sell ours used, at premium prices! Hehehe

 

why do you think that about the tuning?

 

I meant the delete tuning.

 

Look at it from the buyer point of view. He buys a truck and finds it is missing a bunch of stuff.

 

They should be smart enough to know what they are buying. Something as simple as this vehicle has aftermarket emission equipment installed should suffice.

 

Brett thats what i mean, what do you mean tuning wont be availible?

 

imagine buying a used truck from a dealer and finding out later you have no warranty because previous owner tuned it and returned it back to stock!

 

I haven't really thought of that. Maybe something to check into on my truck. Had 34k when I bought in August '12 an now pushing 60k. I may not have to wait out the next 40k miles but it was a cpo so it probably wasn't tuned prior

 

three of my 6.7s were deleted but we put them back to stock. Never a problem.

 

Seems pretty odd the 6.7 liter models are on the used truck market already....I guess people don't keep their trucks very long anymore?

There is a used truck dealer in our area that bought a 2012 at auction and paid premium price because the truck was in great condition and he thought it would quickly sell for a small profit. Unfortunately the emissions equipment has been removed (and I presume PCM calibrations to accommodate) and now it can't be registered here and he is stuck with it because he can't legally sell it to another dealer. Right now he is looking into the option of letting it go at the next auction and likely take a huge loss. The truck is pretty much worthless here unless it can be registered. A salvage yard will probably buy it for cheap and make a fortune parting it out.

 

Some of the original Job 1 2011 6.7s (manufactured in 2010) are nearing 4 years old... yes time to change.

Trucks are meant to be driven into the ground, buy another one, repeat. At some point if the truck isn't tired of me, I'll be tired of it.