#Find new Roads Los Angeles - Sledgehammer70's trip
 

I am at the LA stop! Finally get to see the new car. Event hasn't started just yet, but the cars are open and ready to be jumped into.

I will post my feedback and pics once I have them.

As many people have posted images and have already talked about the car in specific detail, I am going to speak to the things I was wanted to know, or respond to any other questions people may have.

Also, my Father is driving us home, so posting from a cell while it is all fresh in my memory. So please forgive my typos.

My Review & Observations:

The Hood - I felt in all images I saw the hood lines looked soft and not sharp. This is not the case. The lines are sharp and clean and overall the hood looks great. I honestly like it more than the 5th Gen.

Interior and Seating - I am 6'5" 280lbs with broad shoulders, (Big guy, bigger than Al ;) ) to feel comfortable, I had to put the seat all the way back and for headroom, I had to drop the seat all the way down. My legs feel like they have more room over my Gen5, but the headroom is cut down. I am not sure I would be super comfortable wearing a helmet in this car. If I had a sunroof, no way would I fit with a helmet.

Trunk - the trunk feels deeper, but is overall very narrow. For people saying they can get a few bags of groceries are just dumb. I can fit all the groceries to feed my family of 6 just fine from the looks of it. Maybe some huge bulky Costco items might not fit, but the trunk space is fine.

The Belt Line - It sits high, but at my size with the seat all the way back and all the way down, I can comfortably rest my arm in the window. Feels the same as my Gen5.

Ride Height - while the car sits lower, it doesn't feel like it. If you own a Gen 5 I don't think your going to notice the change. I know I didn't, but the numbers say I should.

Brakes - I was worried about this as the Gen5 brakes discolored quickly. You can tell these FNR cars are also already fading a little. I fully expect to be painting these often.

Wheels - All the FNR cars had a wheel rash on atleast one of the rims. People driving these cars are not going to take care of them like most of us, but the black rims peeps beware... rashes looked bad :(

Quality - The fit and finish of the 3 cars I looked at was great. The interior still has a few cheap looking and feeling parts, but overall the parts you touch in a 2SS are all high quality and felt nice.

Lighting - While cool, the wow factor is meh. The colors are not as bright as I thought they would be. Reds are nice, but mid range colors feel meh.

Steering Wheel - I feared this would be bulky in the 2SS with the heated option. Feels very good and more refined than the 5th gen. The stitching and feel are great. Also love the flat bottom. Also... not bulky ;)

Exhaust - The NPP functionality is cool, but overall the tone is not a deep one. Not as deep as I had hoped. As I plan to put headers etc on, I hope to resolve this. Overall, if you want a deep V8 tone, go for aftermarket non NPP.

Side story: They were not as open as the other events to fire up the cars. I asked a GM exec who pulled his ' Do you know who I am' card to get a key for me. He fired it up and the crowd all quickly ran over to check it out. But the exec got asked to shut her down as interviews were taking place.

Glow-Tie - I felt this looked gody in online pictures. But it so happens, these sit nice and clean and are not gody at all. They look good, really good.

Wheel Gap - It's not terrible, but 3/4" - 1.25" would really be a nice drop.

Spoiler - I know some people hate it, but in person it looks good. On the top it has a tier drop on it and it isn't smooth. It looks good.

Interior Door 2SS - With all the padding and switches and little pockets, it has a lot going on. It is not a clean design in my opinion. The Gen5 door handle sits flush, while the gen six sticks out and feels over bulked. Just a lot going on. Going to be a pain to clean ;)

It's a Camaro - The car is still beefy, it has its haunches, belt line and Camaro style. The running lights and front end look very clean and not dated. I see some Euro style, but overall their is no mistake that this is a muscle car and is a CAMARO.

http://imgur.com/Y5XYQ3I.jpg

Well?! Its been 15 minutes. Where are the pics! :laugh: :pop2:

....:popcorn:

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Becky

Ask about the wheels.... Clearance numbers for 19 inch wheels, etc

First bit of news from AL himself.

If you order LPO rims like the black 5 split-spoke or the chrome star spoke rims, the stock rims are yours. If your dealer refuses to give you them, turn them into GM. The rims are yours and you paid for them. The cars are not shipped on steelies... or crappy rims.

I asked him to get the team to update the RPO details and AL said he will see what he can do.

I have already post that info here:
http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showth...15251&page=253

Tell Al...

I said ...Hi!

:wub:

:becky:

Becky

What's Al's last name again? My dealer said I don't get to keep them. So I would like to edju-macate them.

Oppenheiser.

Take a pic of you and Al..
:thumbsup:

...Tell him it's for me!
:thumbup:

Becky

Thanks. I specifically asked my dealer about keeping the factory wheel and I was told no. Kind of ticks me off. Makes me feel like they are conning me. They said they get sent back to GM. Now if they want to take a few bucks off the price.... they can keep them.

They are... also AL stated he would love to personally know the dealers name.

Autonation Chevy Arrowhead in Peoria, AZ

Sledge,
What did Al say about all the early cars stuck at 3800?
And about most of them stuck at 4B00 or 4300?

:D