Steering wheel?
Racer
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From: Raleigh NC
Originally Posted by archtop
Does'nt the Dough Boy protect us when we're driving? "Pilsbury Dough Boy Patron Saint of the C6 Corvette". I wouldn't want to be without him. 
Stephen
Instructor
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From: Toms River NJ
Originally Posted by 7 OUT
Buy the Z06 when it comes out and you'll get a Cadillac STS V wheel instead.
http://www.autoextremist.com/firstlook.shtml
Dana
http://www.autoextremist.com/firstlook.shtml
Dana
The C6 steering wheel didn't bother me that much but now that I've seen the wheel offerred on the Z06 I must say it is much nicer!!
Safety Car
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From: Reno NV
Originally Posted by 7 OUT
I like the wheel it comes with. I also like it better than the new Z06 wheel.
Dana
Dana
I Like the standard C6 wheel. It is a vast improvement over the C5 wheel. It looks great especially in person, and probably one of the most comfortable wheels around. Perfect grip size, and the spokes were well thought out. Just because some author of a magazine article come up with a half baked uniformed comment, doesn't mean it is true. This is no run of the mill wheel. Although it would be vastly improved with control buttons.
Racer
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From: AZ
Originally Posted by tjfontaine
Does the C6 wheel have stereo controls on it?
Now, no controls on it certainly doesn't make sense. It should have stereo controls and a voice recognition button, like on the Acura RL.
Racer
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: New York
Originally Posted by DebtCraft
I don't have my Vette yet, but I thought the steering wheel was very comfortable and correct during my test drive. Yeah, it's pretty fugly
If I could upgrade to the Z06 wheel for $250 I would do it. Since an after delivery swap will cost much more, the stock wheel works just fine for me.Alan
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Drifting
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From: OIB North Carolina
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Originally Posted by archtop
Does'nt the Dough Boy protect us when we're driving? "Pilsbury Dough Boy Patron Saint of the C6 Corvette". I wouldn't want to be without him.
Amen Brother!
Burning Brakes
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From: Fort Lauderdale Florida
Does the C6 wheel have stereo controls on it?
I think the comment about the Z06 wheel being that of the STSV wheel must have been satire. Because obviously, the Z06 wheel lacks the controlled functions of the STSV. It is NOT the same wheel (functions or no functions) whatsoever. (But, I really WISH the Z06 did have the same wheel. I like wheel controls as I'm accustomed with my MB's.)
Burning Brakes
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From: Penn Valley California
I asked what my wife,who is a professional interior designer,what she thought about the C6 wheel,she not really being familiar with the fine points of the car designer's thinking.She thought it looked like the silouette of a fighter jet.Now when I look at it,that's what I see too.Maybe Chevy chose it for the same reason-the right look and fortuitously already in the parts bin spells savings for us.
Race Director
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Originally Posted by JFTaylor
Why? There are many nice wraps out there if you want a custom look.
I understand that Vettes have always had huge steering wheels, harking back to the days before power steering, but maybe it is time to put that particular tradition to bed. Apparently the designers of the new Z06 think so since its wheel is almost an inch smaller in diameter. It could stand to be an inch smaller than that.
Racer
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From: Niwot CO
Originally Posted by tjfontaine
Does the C6 wheel have stereo controls on it?
Dana
Burning Brakes
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From: Conshohocken (Suburb of Philadelphia) PA
So long as Dave Hill is in charge of the Corvette Program at Chevrolet, there will NEVER be buttons on a steering wheel in this car.
He has been quoted in numerous articles that the steering wheel is for:
STEERING
If you want to adjust another component, go for it.
But nothing should distract a driver from the manuvering a high performance car such as the C6.
There are ALOT of creature comforts in our C6's.
We should be thankful that a man like Hill - who has done nothing short of pushing the Corvette towards being one the consistently best sports cars built - stands firm in the face of MUCH opposition to keeping the Corvette a world class car.
He has been quoted in numerous articles that the steering wheel is for:
STEERING
If you want to adjust another component, go for it.
But nothing should distract a driver from the manuvering a high performance car such as the C6.
There are ALOT of creature comforts in our C6's.
We should be thankful that a man like Hill - who has done nothing short of pushing the Corvette towards being one the consistently best sports cars built - stands firm in the face of MUCH opposition to keeping the Corvette a world class car.
Heel & Toe
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From: Kennesaw GA
Hypocracy at its best...
I don't have my vette yet (so I'm sure some people will disregard my opinion as useless), but the premise that keeping the wheel for steering only is 
- to me. If that is the reason, then please move the horn controls to the dashboard - I wouldn't want to have to steer and hit the horn at the same time...
If the idea is that I should not be interrupted from steering, then making me TAKE MY HANDS OFF THE WHEEL to adjust the volume of the radio is hypocritical. My G35 coupe has some controls on the steering wheel and it is much easier (and safer) to flip a switch with my thumb to lower the volume than to take my hand off of the wheel to do it.
That line of hypocracy doesn't sit right to me. I'm sure the purists on this board will flame me, so have at it, but the reasoning is just too flaky to me. It's not like this would be a revolutionary thing for GM, and any argument about weight savings in this case would be , so I just don't get it....
Maybe its just me.
- to me. If that is the reason, then please move the horn controls to the dashboard - I wouldn't want to have to steer and hit the horn at the same time...If the idea is that I should not be interrupted from steering, then making me TAKE MY HANDS OFF THE WHEEL to adjust the volume of the radio is hypocritical. My G35 coupe has some controls on the steering wheel and it is much easier (and safer) to flip a switch with my thumb to lower the volume than to take my hand off of the wheel to do it.
That line of hypocracy doesn't sit right to me. I'm sure the purists on this board will flame me, so have at it, but the reasoning is just too flaky to me. It's not like this would be a revolutionary thing for GM, and any argument about weight savings in this case would be
, so I just don't get it....Maybe its just me.
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Originally Posted by archtop
The dough boy studied with the high buddhist monks ,he would never steer us wrong. 
