"MM54" (mm54mk2)
10/25/2016 at 19:02 • Filed to: None
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"MM54" (mm54mk2)
10/25/2016 at 19:02 • Filed to: None | 1
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I’m in northern NJ this week for work and somehow managed to get a 2016 Camaro (rental spec) for the week. Any questions?
Yes, the visibility is as unbelievably bad as they say.
comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
> MM54
10/25/2016 at 19:05 |
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Why do you spell Camero with an “a”
Nibby
> MM54
10/25/2016 at 19:08 |
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JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
> MM54
10/25/2016 at 19:11 |
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Is rental spec the 4 cylinder or the 6?
WRXforScience
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
10/25/2016 at 19:11 |
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No, that would spell camera ;)
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MM54
> JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
10/25/2016 at 19:13 |
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Tag on the keys says “1LT”
I forgot they had a 4cyl now. I’ll have to check.
It’s not fast.
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MM54
> WRXforScience
10/25/2016 at 19:19 |
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Camerao is spanish for Camera, which I do not have with me.
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MM54
> Nibby
10/25/2016 at 19:19 |
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?
Boxer_4
> MM54
10/25/2016 at 19:31 |
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Assuming it has the 8-speed automatic, how terrible is it?
The last 8-speed I experienced was in a Chrysler 300, and it didn’t know what gear it wanted to be in most of the time.
boredalways
> MM54
10/25/2016 at 19:36 |
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Is a backup camera standard?
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MM54
> Boxer_4
10/25/2016 at 19:37 |
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It’s got at least 7, so probably the 8-speed. It has no idea what gear to be in as well, though it’s not awful once you’re moving (i.e. once it settles on a gear). Sport mode helps but it’s still pretty indeterminate, which makes the throttle response pretty much nonexistent.
A manual would make a huge difference. I’ve yet to try out the “manual mode” in any depth, but the “-” paddle will kick it down.
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MM54
> boredalways
10/25/2016 at 19:38 |
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This has one, which is good. Between the camera (which is remarkably low to the ground) and the mirrors you can almost back into a parking spot with a semblance of confidence.
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Nibby
> MM54
10/25/2016 at 20:04 |
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dat visibility
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MM54
> Nibby
10/25/2016 at 20:11 |
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For sure. I expected it to be poor but I had no idea it would be this bad. I feel like I’m driving a tank through a periscope.
Hooker
> MM54
10/25/2016 at 20:49 |
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I own said rental spec Camaro.
I am getting used to the visibility.
I’m pretty impressed with the turbo four, you?
Other thoughts?
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JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
> MM54
10/25/2016 at 20:59 |
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Yeah it’s weird now.
For Ford, the 4 cylinder is above the 6 cylinder.
For Chevy the 4 cylinder is below the 6. So I have no idea what they are sending out to rental lots.
Do you feel American driving it?
InFierority Complex
> MM54
10/25/2016 at 21:39 |
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How well can you not see out of it?
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MM54
> Hooker
10/26/2016 at 18:07 |
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This is the V6 actually, it’s not too bad though I feel like the far-too-many-speed auto is taking away from the feel quite a bit with its endless shifting (including in sport mode). I’m sure it doesn’t help that I’ve spent most of my time in it in northern NJ traffic (just outside Newark).
I think this car with a manual trans would actually be pretty nice, I could get comfortable in it, though the visibility thing is a pretty big deterrent (to be fair I’m used to old cars with massive greenhouses).
I’ll do a full review at the end of the week-ish.
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MM54
> JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
10/26/2016 at 18:10 |
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I checked, it’s the 6 (which is good because if this was a turbo 4 and I had heard the zero whooshy noises I’ve heard, I would be disappointed).
I don’t know that I feel exceptionally American driving it, to me Extra-American cars are the old muscle-or-barge sort of deal. This feels like a proper sports car which happens to have pillars the size of a christmas ham.
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MM54
> InFierority Complex
10/26/2016 at 18:13 |
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My main issue is the blind spots, I’m used to rarely using my mirrors and just looking over the shoulder to change lane, etc. That doesn’t work here, options are mirrors or the inside of the B and C pillar. I’m sort of getting used to it.
The customer site I’m at requires all vehicles to be backed in for parking, so I’ve been forced to trust the camera and mirrors more than I usually would.
To answer the original question - I’m pretty good at not seeing out of it. I bet someone taller or shorter than me (5'10") would be even better at not being able to see out of it, though.
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Hooker
> MM54
10/26/2016 at 19:22 |
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Yeah, traffic with my 8-speed is an exercise in trying to ignore all it’s shifts. Manual mode helps but still. The programming could be better. It’s just as bad on the trucks so I guess it makes me feel better? Ish? I’ll look forward to your review. I have had mine for a little over a week. Still getting used to the long ass hood. But visibility is a bit better once you get used to it.