That is a pretty damn heavy T/A.

 

My 99 T/A weighed 3660 with me (~185 lbs) in it. Very little gas in the car, but everything else was there. No weight removing mods.

 

What part of "guess" did you not understand? I've given you all the data I have. I think your data is not useful for deciding if the difference is 5 pounds or 50 pounds.

You can't even get anyone to agree on the weight of the T-top option. I've seen guesses between 20 pounds and 75 pounds in this thread. That 55 pound difference is more than what we're talking about.


Hmm. I bet you'll be looking back in, or you wouldn't have bothered with the long reply.

 

 

Well....ummm....yeah.

That is, if I'm not too old by the time the damned thing comes out.


Oh and regarding weight, the ship has sailed on that, except maybe for a certain model...that is.... my car - the Z/28.

When final decisions are made for this particular car, let it be known that I'm happy to give up power seats, seat warmers, (WTF, I'm not gonna drive it in the winter), any roof option, nav, ground effects, strange spoilers, auto trans, you know, all that sort of BS.

Furthermore, I would be willing to $$$PAY EXTRA$$$ for specific, lighter components on a Z/28. Just tell me what the upcharge is for the Z's additional aluminum/titanium/high strength steel/lightweight wheels/whatever else there is, and my checkbook is out.

You can add all that BS stuff to my wife's SS convertible I guess, unless of course it weighs too much, in which case, I'll just buy her a 2 ton SUV.

 

ya and it's not like he has anything else in there that isnt stock. mine weighed in at 3760. both cars with complete tanks of gas.

 

as for the power on the seat, yes the lumbar is power as well.

 

Some sort of Cute Ute, eh? Real SUVs are 3 tons!

As far as a Z28, most of the stuff you mentioned should be optional, so you could avoid it. But maybe not the power seats? I hope they don't make a ground effects or spoiler like the old RS package standard...I would not have bought a Camaro with that package.

 

I'd be disappointed if the Z didn't have some extra cost items for weight reduction. It should have a CF hood and a few other tidbits like that. Of course, you're also going to gain mass with certain items like a blower and bigger brakes, so it might be a wash with the base model, but that would be fine with me.

 

I hated that 4th gen RS gfx package with extreme prejudice. I thought it was so gross, I'd feel physically ill whenever I'd see one.

As far as seats: The best seats BY FAR, I've ever owned, were the manually adjusted Recaros on my old Corrado. And yesss Chris, I used to race it.
Those seats made my 27 way full power seats in my IROC-Z feel like $3 folding lawn chairs.

 

At least I know you read my post

 

I wouldn't buy a new car that didn't have a power drivers seat, at least 6-way, and preferably 8. I don't have any need for power lumbar or recline or anything like that, but I want the infinite, easy adjustability for forward/back, height, and tilt. Speaking of lumbar, I'd like an adjustable lumbar support.

I agree with several other suggestions here: I'll give up metal in favor of fiberglass body panels, and stamped steel suspension components in favor of tubular.

 

Fixed it!!

 

Funny, I wouldn't have bought a 4th Gen without that package.

4th Gen were(are) very bland looking oval blobs without the added lower agressiveness of the GFX package.

That said, it doesn't have to be standard. I'm more than willing to pay for a GFX package.

 

I agree 100%. My last 2 cars had power seats, and they were so much easier to find a comfortable seating position over my current non-power seat car.