New Cars and Trucks Thread

[Plutonic Panda]

wut

Do you have the shift lite rpm set-up feature.... isn't that what it does? I was able see one in Dallas not too long ago and they had the instrument panel for display in the dealership and that's what the guy told me.

[Mel]

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[MadMonk]

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[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

Do you have the shift lite rpm set-up feature.... isn't that what it does? I was able see one in Dallas not too long ago and they had the instrument panel for display in the dealership and that's what the guy told me.

WUT?

You said: "Is there the feature where you can your rpm's to each gear?"

That sentence doesn't make sense. I think you accidentally a whole word.

Tons of cars have shift lights. Cavaliers in the 80's had shift lights. My car has them...But they're shut off.

I'm talking about the giant screen interface that controls music, displays, HVAC, and a host of other things. Dodge has been using it in their vehicles for a while now. It's pretty whizbang stuff to the eyeball, but I hate it. It requires taking your eyes off the road to do anything (this is my only gripe about the Tesla, it's turrble about this as well)...Some things, require entirely too much time to accomplish because they're two or three options deep and require you to read and understand before pushing each one. That's unsat for road use in my opinion. I much , MUCH prefer tactile buttons. At least the HVAC in the Dodge stuff also have hard buttons.

[Plutonic Panda]

WUT?

You said: "Is there the feature where you can your rpm's to each gear?"

That sentence doesn't make sense. I think you accidentally a whole word.

Tons of cars have shift lights. Cavaliers in the 80's had shift lights. My car has them...But they're shut off.

I'm talking about the giant screen interface that controls music, displays, HVAC, and a host of other things. Dodge has been using it in their vehicles for a while now. It's pretty whizbang stuff to the eyeball, but I hate it. It requires taking your eyes off the road to do anything (this is my only gripe about the Tesla, it's turrble about this as well). I much , MUCH prefer tactile buttons. At least the HVAC in the Dodge stuff also have hard buttons.

I'm looking back to try and think what I was going to say. I can't remember right now

I agree with you about the screens... I like the "physical" buttons much better

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

My truck suffers from it a bit too. It has the nav w/bluetooth setup. Which is okay at best (not bad for a factory unit, that's for sure). But when I get a text, it changes the screen and tells me I have a text and gives me options that I have to choose from before I get my music display back. It's infuriating. IT DOESN'T COUNT AS HANDS FREE WHEN I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY DICK AROUND WITH MY F'N STEREO FOR EVERY CALL AND TEXT.

Oh, and my stereo is a ridiculous distance from the driver's position.

If I turn it off, I can't use the hands-free talking feature...Which is actually very useful.


*slams head on desk*

[Plutonic Panda]

My truck suffers from it a bit too. It has the nav w/bluetooth setup. Which is okay at best (not bad for a factory unit, that's for sure). But when I get a text, it changes the screen and tells me I have a text and gives me options that I have to choose from before I get my music display back. It's infuriating. IT DOESN'T COUNT AS HANDS FREE WHEN I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY DICK AROUND WITH MY F'N STEREO FOR EVERY CALL AND TEXT.

Oh, and my stereo is a ridiculous distance from the driver's position.

If I turn it off, I can't use the hands-free talking feature...Which is actually very useful.


*slams head on desk*

yeah I hear you. My Fiat uses uConnect for its software. It's alright, but much could be improved

The new z/28 is cool and the interior is pretty simple for the most part. Air conditioning is optional and you can get single-zone manual ac for a couple thousand extra I think.

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The new Z28 isn't really a road car either. It's a Captain Insane-O track car that's barely DOT legal. It's also prohibitively expensive.

Too many other cars I'd rather have for that money. That's a track monkey, I'd rather have something much nicer lol.

[Plutonic Panda]

The new Z28 isn't really a road car either. It's a Captain Insane-O track car that's barely DOT legal. It's also prohibitively expensive.

Too many other cars I'd rather have for that money. That's a track monkey, I'd rather have something much nicer lol.

Yeah I def agree with you on that. No way in hell I'd pay 75,000 for a Camero. Here I thought the ZL1 was pricey.

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Oh, it's worth it. It's an awesome car.

HOWEVER.


They just announced pricing for the new Z06.

It's under eighty grand. For 650 horsepower in a world-class chassis. I think it looks f'n fantastic too. I've driven a few of the regular old 455 horsepower C7 Vettes, and they're pretty much the best car I've driven (and I've driven more than a few).

78 grand and change for that car is a steal. Oh...And you get all that with a 100,000 mile warranty.

EGADS, I'm not even a big Corvette fan, and I may just wind up owning one of these.

Upped the horsepower by around one Toyota Camry, stepped up the quality of the chassis in a big way, improved the looks, vastly improved the interior, and only increased MSRP from the last generation Z06 by two thousand dollars.

WAY TO GO CHEVY.

[Plutonic Panda]

Sorry man... I don't think 75,000k is worth it for a Camero.

The Corvette, yeah, they could have that one 90,000 and it still would have been a bargain. With dealer mark up, you might end up paying that anyways.

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Well...It's really more of a street legal race car. And those aren't cheap.

I won't pay dealer markup. I'd buy it used lol.

[Plutonic Panda]

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You can buy those for any manufacturer and put them in any car. They're cheap. I know several Toyota guys that have done it.

[turnpup]

Geez...

I get tickled how people who already have a very high-end car will double-advertise what kind of car it is. Just yesterday we were sitting at in intersection and saw a newer Mercedes (the ones with the logo made into the grille). Just below the logo on the grille was a front plate with yet another Mercedes logo on it. Um, OK, we get it.

Or the people who have, say, a BMW and then need to get a vanity plate that also says "MY-BMW" or some such verbiage.

Whatever makes people happy. I guess I just fall into the less is more category and prefer to be a bit less obtrusive.

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

The front plate was probably stuck on there by the dealer. If you have a front plate frame, and it's empty, they'll stick an advertisement in there every time.

[turnpup]

Yeah you're probably right and most people aren't so particular about it. I think I need to chime in on the thread where people are discussing their OCD. When my car got here it had a front plate cover which I promptly removed, leaving two tiny screw holes in the bumper. The car is black so they didn't show at all but I knew they were there and couldn't stand it. Luckily the dealership was kind enough to send it to the body shop.

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I'm not OCD, but I'll be DAMNED if I'm going to give a dealership free advertising. You want that on my car? PAY ME SUCKAS.

Otherwise, all stickers and emblems come off my vehicles shortly after purchase.

[Plutonic Panda]

I'm not OCD, but I'll be DAMNED if I'm going to give a dealership free advertising. You want that on my car? PAY ME SUCKAS.

Otherwise, all stickers and emblems come off my vehicles shortly after purchase.

when I bought my Fiat at Fiat of Edmond I politely asked for them to remove it and they did.

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I didn't want their monkey touching my paint lol.

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I got to sit in, play with and mess around with a Chevrolet Colorado this weekend.

And I have to say, pictures (including the one I took, posted below) do not do this truck justice. It is very, VERY nice. I'm pretty sure that it'll be my next truck (when I no longer have gargantuan car seats in the back). And it'll be available with a small turbo diesel in 2016...Which I'd be willing to put money on that coming out to close to 30 mpg on the highway.

Great interior, good seats (and these weren't even leather), a decent sized bed on a crew cab...Even had great leg room in the back seat. I'm close to 6 feet, and had my friend, who is 6'1", sit in the front, and I was quite comfortable in the back. I wouldn't want to ride back there for 17 hours, but my knees weren't jammed into the front seat or anything.

I was really impressed with it. The want is strong.

Colorado by BurnsyPhoto, on Flickr

[bradh]

I have my eyes on the new Colorado. I've been a Silverado guy since 2000, but they just really underwhelmed me with the new redesign. I don't know if a midsize truck will work, but I'm willing to look at the Colorado. I've been thinking also about the Ridgeline, just not sure if I want to pull the trigger there either.

After sitting in all the new full sizes at the fair, I must say, the damn Dodge's are pretty solid these days. I've heard they've corrected a lot of their prior quality issues.

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

I think Dodge has the best truck interiors out there right now, and by quite a margin. But I can't speak about their quality, and I was only looking at the top of the line truck (well over 50k).

I've been a full size Chevy truck guy for over 20 years...And I bought a Tundra this go-round, simply because of how giant the back seat is. Turns out...It's also a pretty damn good truck

I seriously was pretty "yeah, that's a decent looking rig, and sounds good on paper" about the Colorado. That changed within 10 seconds of seeing it in person. It's a great looking truck. It usually takes a while for new trucks to grow on me, but this was pretty instant. I spend more time in this than I did the C7 Vette that was sitting right by it. Actually...I never even sat in the C7 (full disclosure: I've driven one of those, so it wasn't new to me ). A disproportionate amount of time was spent messing with the Colorado, considering where I was lol.

[bradh]

Well with the cost of full size trucks just out of control these days, that's what got me curious about the Colorado. I was really leaning Ridgeline for a while, but I know they are not making any new ones currently (I think) and I'm not sure when the 2016's will be ready for sale. I've got some coworkers who swear by the Tundras, but the interior just feels so cheap.

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The 07-13 Tundras have that cheap-feeling interior. Go check out the 14's. Completely turned a corner there. They're pretty nice.

I have a 13...So...The sh**y interior

I added leather and stuff though. It's better now.