09 Changes?
Burning Brakes
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Partial guess. We know at least of 1 new color and blue tooth will be an option. Minor HP increase seems logical. Seat improvement is on everyone's wish list. And new brake manufacturer is a definite.
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Interesting on the bluetooth. I honestly wondered why my 08 didn't have bluetoth and installed a parrot kit. Hell, in many states talking on a car phone without BT would be illegal.
Anyways, I purchased my car and as I was finalizing the delivery experience immediately realized why these cars do not come with such a common feature like BT. It's the damned OnStar crap. The onstar person immediately tried to sell me minutes.
GM doesn't want you using YOUR phone in your new corvette, they want you using THEIRS!
damn them.
Chris
Anyways, I purchased my car and as I was finalizing the delivery experience immediately realized why these cars do not come with such a common feature like BT. It's the damned OnStar crap. The onstar person immediately tried to sell me minutes.
GM doesn't want you using YOUR phone in your new corvette, they want you using THEIRS!
damn them.
Chris
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I'm sure your reply is they should just update the communications bus.
Burning Brakes
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NEWS FLASH...Bluetooth will be an option on the 09 Vette. This according to Conti. I guess someone knows what they are doing. I think a large technological corp. like GM can figure out a way to update something that was developed in 99. We can only hope.
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Quiet fixing and refinment of the new things (mainly power train) delivered in 08. Field use always results in discovering some things that engineering and product development testing missed. These are quietly fixed each model year. 
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If I remember correctly he said it would only be available with the 4LT package.
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Burning Brakes
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Yes, as it stands now the bluetooth only with 4LT.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...econti+%40+EVS
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NEWSFLASH Bluetooth will not be an option across the board on 2009 cars. As I understand it it will only be on one PEG.
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If I remember correctly he said it would only be available with the 4LT package.
On the color front, I thought we already knew, cyber grey and blade silver.
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"I want bluetooth, I want my Ipod to work, I want more pretty colors"! Seems to me that "modern technology" is making a bunch of babies out of what I thought were suppose to be performance car drivers! I just don't get you guys.
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At $68.000.00 for a new convertible, $75,000.00 for a Z06 there are things we should expect at that price. The creature comforts of the Vette should rival most luxury and performance vehicles. Everyone uses their car for different reasons. Some use them to go to work, pleasure, racing, and ect. We as consumers need to demand more from GM in both performance and technology. GM NEEDS to keep up with their competitors.
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At $68.000.00 for a new convertible, $75,000.00 for a Z06 there are things we should expect at that price. The creature comforts of the Vette should rival most luxury and performance vehicles. Everyone uses their car for different reasons. Some use them to go to work, pleasure, racing, and ect. We as consumers need to demand more from GM in both performance and technology. GM NEEDS to keep up with their competitors.
Your comments are just too funny! Creature comforts? That is what I am talking about. Seems to me you should have bought a Caddy. Demand more from GM regarding performance and technology? GM needs to keep up with their competitors? More value and performance for your dollar in the Corvette than any car on the road and it is still not enough. The Corvette is a PERFORMANCE CAR! Oh, and anyone paying the prices you listed is just nuts!