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Originally Posted by nards444
Ok the new Camaro is great, and I my order for a 1SS/RS is going in tomorrow and dealer said by July it should be here, so I dont know what these 10 month waits are all about.
But GM's options in my opinion are cool but a the same time do not make whole lot of sense, an if anybody sits down and thinks about it probably wont get them. I have my beef with the ones below, tell me what you think.
Leather seats- 4K more, ok so what. Im not a big fan of leather to begin with but, they are heated leather seats nice option, but who is going to be driving this car in the winter? They were better off not having heated seats in the base option but maybe making it another option. If this is the case they probably could have cut their option price in half, and sold more.
Convience package- You get the rear view mirror, and heated side mirriors. Again stupid option when am I going to be needed heated mirriors, nobody is going to drive the SS at least in the rain let alone the winter. And rear view mirror being auto dimmed well for those getting tinted windows, this becomes worthless. Again stupid option to waste money on.
RS- I am getting it yes, pretty much for the badge and headlights, but beyond that what do you get for 1200 bucks??
21in rims- Now I cant figure this one out, are they the black rims? But either way my car comes with 20" why would I pay 4k more for a inch bigger tire, i dont see a lot of people buying these. Now I can see if they went for another 500 or something, another thing is good luck finding a tire for a 21inch rim.
Now dont get me wrong I think some of the options are cool like the stripes and hood and they are descent priced. But I imagine some people will get some of the option above just to get them and without much thought, which i guess each to his own. But when a lot of people buy cars they add the function with the looks. I just think GM made a poor choice on some of their options.
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We live in Texas and the winters are not harsh but heated seats are very nice on a cold day. This car will also be a daily driver rain or shine. The 2SS I have on order comes with everything we wanted inside the car. I opted not to spend $1200 on HID lights as I would need to have spent another $500 to ger rid of the RS wheels for the polished wheels. Well over $1600 for badge and headlights in my opinion were not worth it.
Now if you don't plan on driving your car in the winter at all I can see your point of view. I am spoiled with leather in my last few vehicles and the heated seats I use 4-5 weeks a year. I don't think you can say stupid option to spend money on because you are assuming everyone with an SS is going to use it the same way you will.
My wife has a 1997 Z28 in absolutley wonderful condition. It has 103000 miles on it and she gets compliments on it all the time about the condition of it. It has been through everything Houston throws at a car and is still in that kind of condition.
I did not pay attention to where you are from and you proabably have a valid reason to not drive it in the winter if you live up north.
Sorry I am not flaming you if it came off that way. Just giving you a different perspective on things. I am sure we will both take very good care of our Camaros and enjoy the heck out of them. Can't wait to get mine (hers actually).