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Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - fiveoh2go - 11-04-2009
.RJ Wrote:Stupid (and ugly) ass steering wheel.Check.
.RJ Wrote:Stupid (big and goofy) ass gauges.Check.
.RJ Wrote:Cluttered. No cohesive bits. Its just 'hey lets throw all this shit together'.Check. Gotta love that well thought out center stack...
![[Image: MyRidgelineInterior.jpg]](http://www.autoreviewsonline.com/img/MyRidgelineInterior.jpg)
Mike Wrote:i'm with rj. that's really poor design with nicer than usual materials... doesn't make it nice.I guess retro is lost on some. :dunno:
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - D_Eclipse9916 - 11-04-2009
HAULN-SS Wrote:domestihate runnin' wild again
Id have to agree on this one. I think its very well laid out, its simple. Look at the stupid BMW ones that people flip out about, wayyy too many buttons, then they got IDrive to get rid of those buttons, and we all know what happened then.
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - JustinG - 11-04-2009
the bottom gauges are an option, the steering wheel is kinda ugly, but other than that, im down
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - Mike - 11-04-2009
fiveoh2go Wrote:an image
uhh we're talking about the camaro?
and yes, labeling something as retro is not an excuse for it to suck. so in that sense, it's lost on me.
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - .RJ - 11-04-2009
Yep, the ridgeline is ugly. But I sure didnt buy it for its looks, I'm not that stupid.
Most useful damn vehicle I've ever owned though.
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - ViPER1313 - 11-04-2009
.RJ Wrote:Stupid ass steering wheel..Spokes at 3, 6 and 9 just like almost every car ever made, and it's round.... stupid how?
.RJ Wrote:Stupid ass gauges that you cant see.
While not highly visable, I really like their look - its very old-school muscle car. Remind's me of a 55' Bel-Air I took a ride in once. And they are an option, and there are redundant idiot lights on the dash.
.RJ Wrote:Stupid ass speedo/tach buried in the dash.
Where else should gauges go? Center console?
.RJ Wrote:Cluttered. No cohesive bits. Its just 'hey lets throw all this shit together'.Stop reading so many photography articles - its a vehicle interior that has to function on a daily basis, not a piece of artwork.
HAULN-SS Wrote:domestihate runnin' wild again
+1
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - .RJ - 11-04-2009
ViPER1313 Wrote:[
Stop reading so many photography articles - its a vehicle interior that has to function on a daily basis, not a piece of artwork.
Its a flagship car for Chevy. It should look good, inside and out.
I think the exterior looks great and love the LSx motors. The interior is a big let down and I could never buy one because of it. It looks worse in person :vomit:
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - Goodspeed - 11-04-2009
.RJ Wrote:But I sure didnt buy it for its looks, I'm not that stupid.
Ahhh sweet, sweet irony.
As we've discussed before, 99.9% of Camaro owners likely don't give two shits about interior "look" (hell, I'd often extend that to sports cars in general). It mimics classic design, which is why they're hugely popular among middle aged guys that are buying them. Hell, have you seen an earlier F-body? They never had gorgeous interiors and sold like mad. Chevy made great strides in the new interior which I think looks awesome, but they of course spent more on the powertrain/exterior/chassis in true muscle car fashion, and rightly so.
Aesthetic opinion is subjective, but largely baseless since its not the point in the first place. Steering wheel? Check. Gauges? Check. Shifter? Check. Who cares?
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - Mike - 11-04-2009
ViPER1313 Wrote:.RJ Wrote:Stupid ass steering wheel..Spokes at 3, 6 and 9 just like almost every car ever made, and it's round.... stupid how?
is that really all you see?
ViPER1313 Wrote:.RJ Wrote:Stupid ass speedo/tach buried in the dash.
Where else should gauges go? Center console?
not buried?
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - Steve85 - 11-04-2009
Yeah, I'm not a fan either...There is good and bad but mostly I just can't get over the square pods for the tach / speedo.
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - Goodspeed - 11-04-2009
This car was at hyperfest. It was even more boner inducing in person.
![[Image: IMG_4994.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/cvc9216/IMG_4994.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_4998.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/cvc9216/IMG_4998.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_5020.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/cvc9216/IMG_5020.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_5014_1.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/cvc9216/IMG_5014_1.jpg)
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - ScottyB - 11-04-2009
.RJ Wrote:The interior is a big let down and I could never buy one because of it. It looks worse in person :vomit:
this is what happens when you let someone own a VW.
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - TorinoCobra070 - 11-04-2009
somebody just linked me this. its pretty intense.
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Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - .RJ - 11-04-2009
ScottyB Wrote:.RJ Wrote:The interior is a big let down and I could never buy one because of it. It looks worse in person :vomit:
this is what happens when you let someone own a VW.
The Interior on my GTI was pretty good :dunno:
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - fiveoh2go - 11-04-2009
700+ hp with a blower swap and exhaust. That's it.
![[Image: shelby1.jpg]](http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u111/cvalk/shelby1.jpg)
![[Image: shelby2.jpg]](http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u111/cvalk/shelby2.jpg)
![[Image: dyno.jpg]](http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u111/cvalk/dyno.jpg)
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - ScottyB - 11-04-2009
.RJ Wrote:The Interior on my GTI was pretty good :dunno:
that's my point. VW "does" interiors. now you're a spoiled dash stroker :lol:
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - REED - 11-05-2009
Goodspeed Wrote:
I love those volks, especially in that color
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - ViPER1313 - 11-05-2009
ScottyB Wrote:.RJ Wrote:The Interior on my GTI was pretty good :dunno:
that's my point. VW "does" interiors. now you're a spoiled dash stroker :lol:
VW's have some of the best looking, least functional interiors I have ever seen. After 1 year w/ the Rabbit and 2 with the Pontiac, I would take the Pontiac's cheap looking but functional interior over the VW's any day of the week.
Rabbit:
Speedo: It's was not 'buried' and the blue/red looked nice, but it was 7-8mph fast at 75mph on the Rabbit.
Gauges: Bright orange warning lights that you cant turn off when you are low on windshield washer fluid are the shit.
Dashboard: Real nice low gloss plastic and small panel gaps that rubbed everywhere I went and rattled if I ran over a pebble on the road.
Center armrest: None. I guess they thought it looked better without one.
Sunglasses holder: Dampened release, but no padding on the inside, making it useless.
Windows: Power up and down with exterior aerodynamics that blew any body condensation / rain water directly into your face if they were down. Very annoying in light rain and winter.
Stereo: 8 speakers, MP3 hookup and bass that rattled the door panels, rear plastics, center pillar plastics and the dashboard at anything over 1/2 volume.
It sure looked nice though.....
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - WRXtranceformed - 11-05-2009
The Japs definitely do the most well-laid out interiors. They may not be the most luxurious, but they tend to make sense!
Re: Cars that get you all hot and bothered - .RJ - 11-05-2009
Your VW was a lemon, they forgot to include the turbo :lol: