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Lonewolf · 07-23-2012, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by GNS

Irrational hate for a car because it isn't American. What kind of an aneurysm would they get if they learned that the Camaro was built in Canada, I wonder.

Somebody better not tell those old timers that most "American" cars (or at least their major components aren't even built here anymore while many Japanese companies have factories employing Americans all over the midwest and south.

Sccabrz192 · 07-24-2012, 09:30 AM

I don't mean to derail Bill's thread. I was just commenting on his thoughts about the attention the car gets, and that even though I live in an area which is overwhelmingly pro-domestic, it still gets a ton of positive feedback. The reason for pro-domesticism and the issues of the whole thing could be a million-post topic in itself.

Stu baru · 07-24-2012, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Scooby South

-Speedometer on the left of cluster is absolutely useless.
-just figured out how to enable the 'gear' reference.
-Rear Window is pain to clean-In hotter weather the plastic gas residue from the interior plastic has left a film on the glass... getting in the back seat to clean it has become a 'chore' for me..as I am 6'3"/235...so it a bit tight..:/

Same for me on the left-side speedo. I'm an analog guy, but having the digital speed read-out in the tach works great. It's almost like your eyes wander to left and you go..."hey, it even has a speedometer!".

Didn't even know about the gear reference, will have to research...thanks for the note on that!

Ditto on the rear-window cleaning...PITA! I'm 6'4" and feel your pain every time I have to climb back there.

tomato86 · 07-24-2012, 10:55 AM

Thanks for the review. Sounds like the interior is as sensitive to contact as my EVO was, and I wish cars in this price range had a little more effort put into the speedometer/tach, it's important.

Grimlock · 07-24-2012, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by tomato86

I wish cars in this price range had a little more effort put into the speedometer/tach, it's important.

What do you mean? The tach is front and center - right where you would want it to be. The digital speedometer works great, too.

tomato86 · 07-24-2012, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Grimlock

What do you mean? The tach is front and center - right where you would want it to be. The digital speedometer works great, too.

Well cars, as in plural. This one, the non-digital speedometer hasn't gotten good reviews. In other $25k-$30k cars, the tach isn't positioned great.

Mitch · 07-24-2012, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tomato86

Well cars, as in plural. This one, the non-digital speedometer hasn't gotten good reviews. In other $25k-$30k cars, the tach isn't positioned great.

The analogue speedometer actually works just fine. It's just that the digital speedometer is placed so perfectly that they really just didn't need an analogue speedometer. If it weren't for the digital, I'd be able to read the analogue a lot easier because I'd look at it more that once a week.

EvoXDD · 07-25-2012, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by tomato86

Thanks for the review. Sounds like the interior is as sensitive to contact as my EVO was, and I wish cars in this price range had a little more effort put into the speedometer/tach, it's important.

I hear you on this one. My Evo x gets scuff on the kick panel like its cool, just like my brz

tomato86 · 07-25-2012, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by EvoXDD

I hear you on this one. My Evo x gets scuff on the kick panel like its cool, just like my brz

Yep, and speakers too.

Scooby South · 07-25-2012, 12:39 PM

speaking of Speakers... anyone elses Stereo Sound like Crap besides mine.. you can't turn it up past half volume unless you want Distorted sound..:/ Very Disappointing..

Mitch · 07-25-2012, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Scooby South

speaking of Speakers... anyone elses Stereo Sound like Crap besides mine.. you can't turn it up past half volume unless you want Distorted sound..:/ Very Disappointing..

I've been pretty satisfied with my sound quality so far. I found that my mp3 player eq settings were producing too much bass, so it took a little bit of tweaking between the mp3 player and the headunit, but now I've got pretty clear audio. Nothing groundbreaking, but I wouldn't call it disappointing.

zoomzoomers · 07-30-2012, 09:04 PM

I'm just over 300 miles and I couldn't have said it better myself on the issues you stated above.

drifter · 07-30-2012, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Scooby South

-Speedometer on the left of cluster is absolutely useless.
l

Had mine for 6 weeks as well. There's a speedometer on left?

Luke.Cariveau · 08-01-2012, 02:02 PM

At about 1800 Miles Currently.
About the stereo, I noticed that the bass was way too overwhelming for most songs.
So my easy fix was to put the "sound position" -2 and it sounds a LOT better but you have to turn it up slightly more than usual.

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