A car radio option that has at least 6 speakers and good power. Something like the monsoon systems that pontiac has would be real nice.

 

If you are driving off a cliff, I assumed you would leave your foot down on the gas.

 

speed is usualy messured by the speed of your front wheels...

 

No exposed screws, blatent gaps (like around door handles), and molding flash lines.

Oh, and when I push on the interior door panels, and pull on the interior door grab handles, there shouldn't be any flexing and squeaking!

Center console that doesn't gouge around the seatbelt buckles.

Non exposed seat rails if possible.. Or at the very least, no bolt/mounting surfaces that can rust/look nasty.

Actually, all this should be standard for all cars across the lineup.


Colors for the interior.. I like how how the GTO and at least the newer holden have accent colors and such on the dash, door and seat inserts..

It may be nice for adjustable pedals, infinite adjustable tilt and telescopic wheel.

 

A sensor in the transmission.

 

--a smaller dash (than 4th gens. gets dirty fast and when you're driving into the sun, the reflected light blinds you)

--nice, soft, durable center console, preferably leather

--customizable lighting for guages (like the mustang)

--some sort of extendable headrest, or a taller seat

--something displaying temp. and direction

--radio in the same location and distance as 4th gens. i love most of my interior and the radio is just in perfect reach for me.

--ledgible guage displays

--overall, something that doesn't resemble the Starship Enterprise

 

I hope they do to the camaro what they did to the tahoes and suburbans. I love my dad's new suburban. The interior is tasteful, soft, and quality. The change from the last gen models, to this new 2007 is excellent.

 

Screen Navigation, Not OnStar turn-by-turn voice

dual zone climate would be a Godsend, as my gf is always cold and I am always hot.

It would be nice if they can have something like a removable type of hard drive that you plug up to your comp's usb and download your songs onto this harddrive you inturn put into the car, like a disc-changer. Then you can control the music with the touch-screen Nav/radio. Might require a CD for you to load the program to allow dl. An owner's manual with a CD inside.
Would be better than a i-Pod hook up since it is hard to navigate that little thing when u are in motion.

 

My wish list:

Seats
- good bolstering
- adjustable lumbar support
- adjustable headrest
- available leather
- available heated & cooled
- power driver seat with 2-driver position memory
- available power passenger seat
- split/fold rear seat w/ a large, square opening to the trunk

Driver-facing controls
- tilt/telescoping column (power, or at least infinitely adjustable)
- power-adjustable pedals
- thick-rimmed, round, leather-wrapped steering wheel (see rant #1 below)
- wheel-mounted cruise and radio controls

Materials
- leather on the things I touch: armrests, steering wheel, shifter, and seats
- if there are going to be hard-touch plastics, at least put them in places we don't typically look or touch (see rant #2 below)

Console
- at least two power outlets. Three or four would be better.
- no ashtray and no cig lighter!
- no cupholders blocking the shifter or the e-brake lever
- no flimsy swing-out cupholders like the front passenger one on 4th gens
- cupholder walls should be more than 1" high (I'm envisioning the rear cupholders in the 4th gens)

Stereo
- available iPod integration (w/ connector in glovebox).
- dash-mounted aux input
- not insanely complicated to upgrade (see rant #3 below)

Instrumentation
- Full set of gauges: speedo, tach, oil pressure, voltage, fuel, and temp are required.
- If there is a supercharged version, boost for sure and maybe IAT too.
- HUD.
- Driver Information Center w/ instant and average fuel economy, compass, inside and outside temp, etc.
- navigation (with a map on an LCD screen)

HVAC
- dual-zone digital automatic climate control
- vents and optional third zone for rear seat passengers

Other
- express up & down on both windows
- electrochromic rearview mirror
- a good dead pedal (4th gens have it, but I'm mentioning this because it's CRITICAL)
- no converter hump in the front passenger floor pan

Rant 1: What is up with the appeal of flat-bottomed steering wheels? I want mine perfectly round. If it has a flat bottom, it interferes with years of motor memory.

Rant 2: On my '02, the nicest, softest leather was located on the door, above the arm rest, and behind the pull handle. A place I rarely touch. The console and armrests themselves are hard and comparatively unpleasant. It should have been the opposite!

Rant 3: Are four ohm speakers and DIN-spec openings really that hard to do?

 

Yep.

 

Dude, are you with me if they offered Recaro (either "Sport" or "Style") as an option? You're reading my mind on what I want on my seats.

I agree 1000% w/ infintely adj. tilt and telescoping column.

As far as flat bottomed wheel, it's so that you can keep your hands at 9 and 3 o'clock while turning, and not having the bottom of the wheel or your hand hits your thigh. Otherwise you have to tilt the wheel like a school bus (well, I'm exagarating, but it's not the optimal position). Unless, you have a very small steering wheel. But, that's kinda dangerous and puts your hands further away from the shifter.

This is why I've always liked a steering wheel at 14" (the 4th gen is ~ 15"). The one the current Jetta GLI is my favorite. And its seats (though the ones on RS4 would be my ideal seats).

Basically, I want to sit PERFECTLY comfortable while I'm driving. Driving in a correct position is much more important to me than having a great engined and suspended car that's kinda comfortable to drive (like my current '02).

Having a great seat, right sized steering wheel, and tilt and telescoping wheel would make it much easier to find that perfect, pleasant driving position.

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Wow, for people who want the camaro's weight trimmed to the minimum, you guys sure ask a lot....

 

I'll second the person who wishes for infinitely adjustable tilt/telescopic steering column, and let me rant about this for a second.......


Every - EVERY - European and Japanese manufacturer has an infinitely adjustable steering column for both rake AND telescope STANDARD on EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE CARS THEY BUILD!!!!!!

GM, it is absolutely pathetic that you still make cars with that notchy, irritating 6 position "comfortilt wheel" from 40 years ago. And without telescopic adjustment (those 1980's Cadillacs don't count because all they did was move the wheel in and out - the column stayed in the same place).

If the Camaro doesn't have a fully adjustable steering column for both tilt and telescope, it may just be enough of a deal breaker for me not to buy the car (can you tell I currently drive a car with that feature?)

 

If all your requests are granted, there's no way the camaro would weigh less than 3500. And the price would definitely be a LOT more expensive than the Mustang. Then you guys would start complaining that the car is too heavy and expensive, haha.

 

The mustang gt 500 has 10 speakers in it... a awsome dashlayout, ect.

For me, Performance first, Music second, comfort last. Yes. Last. Yes, I know what it is like to drive long distance on an un-comfortable seat.

I dont care if I have to crank the windows, I dont care if I have to spin a handel to start it, If it is fast, and the sterio is kicking, then its all good.