CURB ALERT, should be standard on all cars

[Sir Nuke]

Especially on our cars or on cars with low ground clearance.....come on, just how many of you have scraped up the front facia, a LOT of us......I have said it many times that GM should have put the censors on the front insted of the back of our cars. SOOOOO, someone has come up with a small unit to protect the front of our cars from CURB RASH/DAMAGE.
and YES it fits on our cars, they even have a picture if it isntalled on a SS

http://www.southerncarparts.com/curb-alert-p-3474.html

[kiteman]

that is cool, but what is the range from side to side? if you put it in the middle of your bumper and pull into a side spot in a parking lot, will it detect when the right side of the bumper is 12-28" away or just dead on? if just dead on, not sure how effective it will be.

a lot of bumper scrapes come from driving up a steep incline like a driveway when your car already has momentum. be nearly impossible for 28" to be enough warning in those situations.

[Hannibal]

I'm utterly amazed that GM engineers added this to the rear of the car and not to the front. It falls in with the decision to not make the fuel door a locking release system like so many cars that are so much cheaper than the Camaro.

Rant over.

[turboguy327]

I've driven lowered cars all my life and never had an issue. How do so many have issues like this?? Mine is lowered with a chin spoiler and I've never had an issue.

[nycoupe11]

who puts curb alert on a prius? lol

[Dasein]

GM engineers are paradoxical... They can create such awesome stuff while also making some retarded decisions, lol.

on topic, this is a GREAT idea. I've scraped more times than I care to admit.

[stray bullitt]

Just learn where the extremities of your car are. If you're not sure then stop, get out and look if necessary. It really isn't rocket science.

[fbodfather]

Originally Posted by Hannibal

I'm utterly amazed that GM engineers added this to the rear of the car and not to the front. It falls in with the decision to not make the fuel door a locking release system like so many cars that are so much cheaper than the Camaro.

Rant over.

There's a reason for this:

One person wants a leather owner's manual cover.

Another wants a front camera.

Another wants air conditioned seats.

Another wants standard navigation.

Another wants a locking gas cap door.

Another wants lights on the rear package shelf to accompany the rear back-up monitors..................

..........do you see where I'm going here?

For every person who wants one of the above, there are 10 that do not want it -

The Camaro Team - assisted by our Disciples -- look at the 'wish' list and have to make some hard, fast choices - all while keeping the base price affordable -

Knowing that we have arguments over 25 cents a car, you can imagine the difficulty in making these decisions.......

(...and no, making them 'free-flow' is not an option - for many many reasons...)

So - no matter what we decide, we'll always have someone unhappy that we didn't put - oh -- say - a *insert favorite wish-list feature here* in the new Camaro.........


(...and yes, I'm sure there are cars that cost less than Camaro that have a locking gas door - but do they have everything ELSE that the Camaro has standard - plus 323 ponies under the hood and style that stops traffic???)

[stray bullitt]

Originally Posted by fbodfather

There's a reason for this:

One person wants a leather owner's manual cover.

Another wants a front camera.

Another wants air conditioned seats.

Another wants standard navigation.

Another wants a locking gas cap door.

Another wants lights on the rear package shelf to accompany the rear back-up monitors..................

..........do you see where I'm going here?

For every person who wants one of the above, there are 10 that do not want it -

The Camaro Team - assisted by our Disciples -- look at the 'wish' list and have to make some hard, fast choices - all while keeping the base price affordable -

Knowing that we have arguments over 25 cents a car, you can imagine the difficulty in making these decisions.......

(...and no, making them 'free-flow' is not an option - for many many reasons...)

So - no matter what we decide, we'll always have someone unhappy that we didn't put - oh -- say - a *insert favorite wish-list feature here* in the new Camaro.........


(...and yes, I'm sure there are cars that cost less than Camaro that have a locking gas door - but do they have everything ELSE that the Camaro has standard - plus 323 ponies under the hood and style that stops traffic???)

Exactly. One can find out pretty much everything about a particular car either on a website, or down at the dealer, so if you really think something stinks....don't buy the bloody thing.
Oh, one thing Scott.......I wish.....for the re-introduction of Aqua blue metallic. J/K

[CamaroSkooter]

Take 4 tall orange cones out to a deserted parking lot. Learn where the front of your car is

[HDDAN]

Originally Posted by fbodfather

There's a reason for this:

One person wants a leather owner's manual cover.

Another wants a front camera.

Another wants air conditioned seats.

Another wants standard navigation.

Another wants a locking gas cap door.

Another wants lights on the rear package shelf to accompany the rear back-up monitors..................

..........do you see where I'm going here?

For every person who wants one of the above, there are 10 that do not want it -

The Camaro Team - assisted by our Disciples -- look at the 'wish' list and have to make some hard, fast choices - all while keeping the base price affordable -

Knowing that we have arguments over 25 cents a car, you can imagine the difficulty in making these decisions.......

(...and no, making them 'free-flow' is not an option - for many many reasons...)

So - no matter what we decide, we'll always have someone unhappy that we didn't put - oh -- say - a *insert favorite wish-list feature here* in the new Camaro.........


(...and yes, I'm sure there are cars that cost less than Camaro that have a locking gas door - but do they have everything ELSE that the Camaro has standard - plus 323 ponies under the hood and style that stops traffic???)

Amen, fbodyfather. You guys made the car. We do not have to buy it. We love the car the way it is so we did buy it. I waited from 10/13/08 until 5/23/09 for mine and I love it just the way that it is. Any one that NEEDS that extranous BS can find it at any toyohondamazdanissan dealer.

[mikeSS]

anybody else want the camaro to sit lower ? lol my last sports car was lower.

[toesuf94]

Curb sensing technology available for your car since 1940.



the thread: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105505

[SSFury]

^ That's some funny stuff right there.