C5 most annoying feature
Burning Brakes
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column lock (seriously can't believe no one has mentioned this yet)
Computer Aided Gear Selection (CAGS)
Useless Cup Holder
Gargantuan Antenna on the Z06's
Weak Headlights
Computer Aided Gear Selection (CAGS)
Useless Cup Holder
Gargantuan Antenna on the Z06's
Weak Headlights
Last edited by StealthZ06; Aug 15, 2006 at 02:31 AM.
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From: Phoenix AZ
Vette tracks funny when I pull my 19' Wellcraft boat. Backend gets a little fussy when pulling it out of a boat-launch area and braking downhill...
BUT that Corsa Indy exhaust does make a pretty cool burble when it is under water while pulling the boat out!!!
BUT that Corsa Indy exhaust does make a pretty cool burble when it is under water while pulling the boat out!!!
Race Director
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From: Home of the VOLS ! Knoxville, TN. Tennessee
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not mentioned yet,
not having the ability to override the Tire pressure sensors monitor in earlier models
having to press the reset button every time you start the car gets old .
not having the ability to override the Tire pressure sensors monitor in earlier models
having to press the reset button every time you start the car gets old .
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Kissimme now from LI,NY
ya, I agree..
The supposed Cup Holder.. AND, These damn sport seats really suck.. I just bought a 99 and I already need new bottom seat foam.. That SOB engineer who designed these seats should be fired... What a Dumb A$$..
/jc
/jc
Racer
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Atlanta GA
The rocking seat catches me off guard all the time.
Conceptually, why did they build the climate control so when you first touch it nothing happens? The first touch puts the unit into SET mode, and then you can adjust it. That's really dumb.
Finally the radio buttons should be illuminated when their station number is selected. I'm forever pushing button 4 to find out the radio is already on number four.
No problem with torque though!
Conceptually, why did they build the climate control so when you first touch it nothing happens? The first touch puts the unit into SET mode, and then you can adjust it. That's really dumb.
Finally the radio buttons should be illuminated when their station number is selected. I'm forever pushing button 4 to find out the radio is already on number four.
No problem with torque though!
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Louisville KY
The cup holder poor design is the major problem to me. Girl in a box fixed that item very nicely.
The AC auto mode is demon posssessed. I DO NOT want AUTO, that is why I have a MN6. I want manual AC. Yes I get it there but it could be easier.
Sorry to disagree with that those of you named the CAGS, but that keeps our cars in the high MPG group and keeps the gas guzzler tax off us. Buy the CAGS eliminator and it is gone.
The AC auto mode is demon posssessed. I DO NOT want AUTO, that is why I have a MN6. I want manual AC. Yes I get it there but it could be easier.
Sorry to disagree with that those of you named the CAGS, but that keeps our cars in the high MPG group and keeps the gas guzzler tax off us. Buy the CAGS eliminator and it is gone.
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From: Ponchatoula Louisiana
I agree
Originally Posted by ericdwong
I'm very surprised everyone complains where the fuel door switch is. I've never even given it a second thought.
I guess if I drove it more, it might drive me more...batty.
But here are the things that do tend to make me a little batty:
The column lock fiasco is pitiful. The person responsible for the whole mess should not only be fired, but his or her salary retracted from the time of design inception.
Also, I thought it was just me, but I'm glad to hear that others think the headlights suck. I got my wife a new ('06) Camry and the lights on that thing are fabulous! On bright, it's like daylight ahead. Even my 2000 F-150's lights are better. How could this be? Did Chivvy use left-over bulbs from the last Vega production run?
And while I'm on a rant, having owned a couple old (70s) GM big blocks with "twice-pipes," the LS1 exhaust note, especially combined with the MN6 rattle, is nothing to savor. From the back, instead of a hi-perf car, it sounds like a Caterpillar farm implement. I certainly don't want it louder; to me, the decibels are just fine; just smoother and mellower.
But these things do fade in comparison to its good points....I wouldn't trade mine for anything, even with the pimples and imperfections. I guess they give it personality...
Last edited by Black C5 LS1; Aug 15, 2006 at 11:49 AM.
Burning Brakes
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From: Overland Park KS
Originally Posted by HummelS
I've owned three C5's since late '99, and still forget to open the glovebox to hit the fuel door switch before I get out to gas up....
Instructor
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From: houston tx
Originally Posted by corvettezman
not mentioned yet,
not having the ability to override the Tire pressure sensors monitor in earlier models
having to press the reset button every time you start the car gets old .
not having the ability to override the Tire pressure sensors monitor in earlier models
having to press the reset button every time you start the car gets old .
Burning Brakes
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From: Maple North Carolina
For me it would be the center compartment which I can't seem to reach into with my right arm. I can open it but I have to reach across with my left arm to get anything out of that compartment. Not a major but it makes me feel stupid everytime I open it.
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From: Rockport MA
CAGS - but that's easy to bypass
Column Lock - but that's easy to bypass too
No auto up on the windows
Cup holder - but I added another one so that's no longer an issue
Use of a non standard size radio... c'mon GM if you had used a double din it would have been so easy to change out the stock unit for a really nice DVD/Nav double din unit. I sure wish some forum vendor would offer a console modified to accept a double din and that looked OEM.
Wheel hop
Column Lock - but that's easy to bypass too
No auto up on the windows
Cup holder - but I added another one so that's no longer an issue
Use of a non standard size radio... c'mon GM if you had used a double din it would have been so easy to change out the stock unit for a really nice DVD/Nav double din unit. I sure wish some forum vendor would offer a console modified to accept a double din and that looked OEM.
Wheel hop
Melting Slicks
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From: The second childhood is the best one of all.
Originally Posted by Rogue Leader
that fan in the gauge cluster that says oil (oh no thats cause my sender ****ed up again and the gauge sweeps back and forth).
The wiper stalk is alloying as hell when youre autoxing.....
The wiper stalk is alloying as hell when youre autoxing.....
I thoght I was the only one to have that problem. Isn't it embarasing?
Melting Slicks
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From: Holly Ridge North Carolina
Originally Posted by OUR97
Yes, I am refering to the windshield wiper stalk. I can't understand why GM would put the actuator for a seldom used feature on the right side and so close to the steering wheel. I guess they claim it is there so you don't have to look down from the road. It seems like every time I drive I accidently bump the darn thing and the wipers sweep once.
I am trying to figure a way to either bend it away and/or down a bit or shorten it. I suppose doing that would be a major production. Anybody else bothered by this? Any other options?
I am trying to figure a way to either bend it away and/or down a bit or shorten it. I suppose doing that would be a major production. Anybody else bothered by this? Any other options?
