Actually it is done today in SUV's. When you fold down the seats it is a flat load floor and leather would rip. With todays carpet material it does not ball/matt. My Enclave has had no problems and I load up with drywall and OSB all the time.
You already have an Enclave? How is that possible? I'm guessing you must have meant Envoy - especially with the comments about loading it up with building materials.
One Sunday per month the GMC dealer in a local auto mall is open. We decided to test an Acadia -- our expectations were low even considering the good to great reviews of the vehicle.
Drove an "all optioned" version for over an hour.
Very impressed. Slightly (once or twice) confused transmission (not so bad as to dissuade, though.) Needs a bit more torque (also not so lethargic as to dissuade.)
Ask the question about bluetooth -- for we had not yet visited this forum.
The answer was "no but you can plug in an MP3 player."
:confuse:
Further probing -- "use On*star."
My last Audi had On*star -- I might take it were it 1/4th the cost. Might not.
The laws here in Ohio still permit the use of non hands and eyes free phones. This very fact is certainly enough to make me believe we will be adding a hands free phoning law to the books sooner rather than later.
Both our 2005 cars have hands free phoning, mine has full voice response and hers has a screen that shows the phone book and allows the push of a button on the steering wheel to select -- our current cars have phone cradles and therefore we do not have to look at or touch our phones while driving.
One would think a car, the Acadia, so obviously well thought out and competitive (in most ways) with the world would have bluetooth.
Even were the car 10% lower in price (as tempting as this car would be at $40K), no bluetooth, well, not on the list.
My wife is an attorney -- she needs the phone while driving. She pulls over when she talks on the phone in a car that does not have bluetooth (if she is the driver) -- the Acadia is, despite claims to the contrary, "not professional grade" in this area.
If you don't plan to phone and drive -- this thing is great as the reviews say. It seems to be priced right and yesterday the residual was 60% for 3 years.
>The laws here in Ohio still permit the use of non hands and eyes free phones. This very fact is certainly enough to make me believe we will be adding a hands free phoning law to the books sooner rather than later
I doubt that will happen in Ohio. The attorneys up in Columbus couldn't even get an anti-redlight camera/speed camera law through after trying for TWO years! Imagine how they'll fold to the phone lobbies if they try to ban phones in hand... I live in Ohio.
How much extra would built in phone capability have cost per vehicle? Perhaps it will be added midyear.
I just checked for adding Bluetooth capability. Looks like easily done aftermarketers. See this portable Bluetooth unit--wait for the commercial to run in the video window at top. Interestingly simple. Got Bluetooth?
They are the units used by GM engineers and others to get real world miles on vehicles before they start true production. Most all parts are production except perhaps no graining on plastics.
They do have in car phone capability through OnStar. Just push the button on the steering wheel, say the name of the person you want or speak the number, and it dials.
If you want to use your personal phone I believe you have to use Verizon and it works as I said as above.
The problem is that many potential Acadia customers do not have Verizon as their cellular provider; many of us have family plans with other providers (I have Cingular-AT&T). Providing bluetooth capability gives buyers the most flexibility, since not all will want to go with the OnStar option considering its extra expense. Using OnStar for phone calls is significantly more expensive compared to a standard cell phone plan, particularly if other family members are on that plan. To me, GM made a mistake in not offering bluetooth on this vehicle and I hope they rectify this very soon (hopefully in 2008).
But, IF you happen to be a Verizon customer with at shared minute family plan, it only cost $10 per month to add this as an additional phone. I have a Verizon family plan, but have not added our Envoy in to the plan yet. It is a 2004 model and is analog - digital capable On-Star and would require an upgrade to digital.
I kind of agree with you about the GM options available...I think GM is really pushing their On-Star option...kind of self serving I think.
New CTS (rumor) by Cadillac will come with Bluetooth for European exports. 6 months later, BT for US.
BT provides so much flexibility, ease of use, easy commands (mostly just say "dial number" or "call home" in most implementations, etc) -- On*star with Verizon -- hey that would be OK with us, we have Cincinnati Bell which allows you to use their systems without contract, so moving to Verizon would not be an issue.
But, of course, Verizon almost certainly will not allow the same no contract approach.
My BT phone paired with my car in June 2005 within seconds of me turning the BT feature on -- on the phone itself.
The voice response works perfectly (about 98% of the time.)
And the in car cradle means no battery worries.
The Acadia seems to be so very well thought out -- and with a 60% residual from GMAC -- it seems to be competitive with BMW's X cars.
The Germans, so I used to think, were always late in adopting technologies that American and Japanese cars had had for years (automatic headlights were on American cars decades ago, for example.) Now a really well thought out piece of technology comes out -- the Acadia -- and it lacks Bluetooth but it has an iPod plug (which in our case means little since the thing has sat radio.)
I'll assume this "oversight" will be short lived.
But, the fact (unless it is unproven) that the new 2008 CTS will ship BT to Europe for 6 months THEN offer it to US customers is perplexing.
Hope you're right about Ohio -- but strange things may happen, I'd rather be ready than ticketed. :surprise:
"I just checked for adding Bluetooth capability. Looks like easily done aftermarketers. See this portable Bluetooth unit--wait for the commercial to run in the video window at top. Interestingly simple. Got Bluetooth? "
I agree. While this should have been an option, the Onstar alliance seems to complicate matters. And it's way to expensive to use Onstar for even a moderate cell phone user.
But it's amazingly simple to add Bluetooth these days. They have all-in-one units that you charge like an earpiece and clip to your visor. Works with voice dialing. The Parrot minikit has gotten great reviews and I'll probably be getting one soon (I don't work for parrot, I just did some reasearch and this one looks good for the price). Spend more $$ and you can get even better
I personally have no need for Bluetooth, but I felt it was over emphasized in other discussions that it's 'there' in a car as if it was the ultimate option and not having it made the other car worthless. But I'm sure the local alarm/sound modification shop can add it in an integrated system so I looked and found the Parrot, which looks doable for me.
As for OnStar, they gave me an analogue system on my 03 and then everything will be phased out to digital but it's not upgradeable and it's too expensive per month for what it did. Mine's dead. Is OnStar a separate company or a GM subsidiary? What is the connection?
And the Verizon connection using your Verizon-priced minutes on the OnStar handsfree wasn't available in this area and probably wouldn't have worked on our analogue system.
Yep. Has to be digital On-Star to use Verizon minutes. Our 2004 is upgradeable to digitial. 2 years ago there was a deal to renew with a non-refundable 3 year contract and get a free upgrade to digital equipment. On reason was that took you past the January 1, 2008 analog drop dead date. I had already renewed for 2 year (3 months additional free with 2 year renewal) when I found out about the 3 year - free digital upgrade option. I'll be checking again later this year when my renewal comes up.
Note, I have only used On-Star one time, so I guess it has been worth it...car wash somehow got the doors locked and was suggesting calling Pop-A-Lock, etc. I called the wife and she found the renewal papers, called On-Star and within 5 minutes had the doors remotely unlocked. Well, it would have been cheaper to have the wife bring her keys and unlock it, but it does have some potential benefit if you even need their emergency services such as air bag deployment, locate vehicle if stolen, etc.
Looking at the On-Star site, it looks as if On-Star is part of GM, site show ON-STAR by GM.
A little more on the analog On-Star. Looked at my account on-line. There is an option to renew for 1 year that includes upgrade to digital On-Star for a $15 charge in addition to the renewal cost of $199/year + tax. Notes I found on the site indicate that if I do NOT get the upgrade, I can only renew month-month until the end of the year, then no more On-Star.
(Apparently if you have let your On-Star lapse, there is a $100 activation fee to get the upgrade.)
Alternate is to do a 2 year renewal and get 3 additional months free, not sure how that affects the digital upgrade. IIRC, I asked about the digital upgrade 2 years ago and was told that if you paid for it, it would run about $600.
I don't understand what all the hubbub is about bluetooth. I use a standard ear bud,microphone and 2.5mm connector and it works fine. I have been using this setup for the past 4 years with no problems. I don't have to worry about a BT unit being charged. I think a vast majority of people that use BT are using it for the perceived "I look cool and I am a big shot important person factor".
Well ordered our Acadia on 2/08/07 the dealer said it would take 6 to 8 weeks. Got a call from the dealer today(3/26/07)and said our Acadia was ready,we will be picking it up tomorrow.By my calculations that made it 7 weeks.
Actually the Bluetooth ear piece is getting very popular. The issue I have is people seem to think it is part of their head. In church you see all these blinking lights :mad:
Well rotary-dial phones work just as well as touch-tone phones...
If you get past my sarcasm, you can see that bluetooth is a matter of convenience. The bluetooth headset is "always on", i.e. no need to fumble around for a cord and plug it in if your phone rings. And carrying a cord in your pocket becomes a huge tangled mess. And you can answer a call without having to actually use the phone keypad.
That said, factory bluetooth in car is even better, since aftermarket solutions are a pain to integrate into your stereo system and speakers if you want full functionality through your stereo/nav. You'll also have issues of cords dangling all over if you do it the cheap way.
OK...so they supposedly sold 4,300 Acadias just in February; WHERE? Look at the Phoenix area dealers and you're lucky to find a dozen in total in the whole city. NY Metro area dealers have 5 max each, with some having NONE. Where are they all hiding, Wyoming?
I've only seen one on the road around here and that was a good month ago or more.
I don't claim to be a math wiz, but geez...ya think somebody is tinkering with the numbers??? I dunno
So they sold 4300 Acadias. How many GMC dealers are there in the country. I live in Lansing, Mi. where there are most likely about 4 or 5 in a 25 mile area. Think a large city like Detroit, Los Angeles, Dallas, all of those cities I bet have dozens each. If there are a thousand GMC dealers nation wide than thats only about 4 each per month. So what do you expect?
I have seen several in the Toronto area.. they seem to be selling well around here. I never seem more than one Acadia on the local lot at a time. I think they sell as soon as they arrive, with good reason. Good product sells and GM is now realizing that finally!
I did a search of NY metro(and CT) and didn't come up with too many. Do a search of a 'large'city like Phoenix and see how many dealers there are in the whole city...not many... and I doubt there's 1,000 total....there's probably 2 in all of Montana and Idaho combined.... maybe they're all in Detroit and Lansing 'cause they sure aren't around here.... Now how many did they sell in Dec, Jan, and Mar....add it all up and all I'm saying is I'm not seeing too many in a major metro area....MHO
Question: If you have car seats in second row of the Acadia (with the bench seat), can you slide seat forward w/o tilt to access third row? Doesn't seem like it to me....thxs
There are about 7,000 GM dealers in the US, but I don't see any stats off-hand saying how many handle Buicks or are just GMC shops. This dealer says there are "over 3,000" Buick dealers.
There are 5 Buick dealers here in Boise (metro population about 400,000).
I haven't seen a single Enclave or Acadia, but I don't get out that much.
I don't understand what all the hubbub is about bluetooth. I use a standard ear bud,microphone and 2.5mm connector and it works fine. I have been using this setup for the past 4 years with no problems. I don't have to worry about a BT unit being charged. I think a vast majority of people that use BT are using it for the perceived "I look cool and I am a big shot important person factor".
And you won't understand until you try it. You would like it if you did. And it's ridiculous and a little shallow to indict everyone who has it as a poser. Class envy at it's best.
One would think a car, the Acadia, so obviously well thought out and competitive (in most ways) with the world would have bluetooth. Even were the car 10% lower in price (as tempting as this car would be at $40K), no bluetooth, well, not on the list
Sure built-in bluetooth is nice and I wish these cars had it, but a pretty minor issue. I also usually use the phone through most of my 45-min commute talking to clients. Since I wasn't going to replace my 2000 Denali yet just to get built-in bluetooth, I just shopped around for a high-quality bluetooth headset (granted in took me 6 tries to get one with great sound in both directions). If your phone and headset don't do voice-activated dialing yet, I am sure your next one will. My phone doesn't even come out of my purse while I just hit a button on my earpiece to make voice-activated calls or hangup.
While I have used the speaker-type system when talking to On-Star, in some ways I prefer the earpiece which isn't interfered with by passengers making a little noise, and I can still listen to the radio while I am on hold.
Choosing a car for bluetooth capability is about like choosing it for available colors; a pretty minor issue in the great scheme of things (also consider with things like bluetooth and Nav, the technology will probably improve a lot before you trade your car, or your next device might not be compatible with your car) so sometimes you are going to be sorry you spent the money on it anyway).
Has anyone heard the 5.1 Bose surround sound audio system offered on the entertainment package? Is there a big sound quality difference between the 5.1 surround and the Bose advanced 10 speaker system when listening to compact discs? Is the 5.1 system's impact soley for DVDs? Why can't Buick allow us to purchase both the navigation system and the six disc in dash CD changer? If you want the nav. system you can only listen to one disc at a time or at least that is my understanding. Any comments are appreciated as we are considering an order for the Enclave. Thank you
Thanks for another perspective. Built in BT has nothing to do with looking cool. No one would ever know you had it, it is invisible; and, the implementations in my wife's and my 2005 vintage cars are fully integrated with the factory sound systems, steering wheel and/or full-on voice commands and integrate the phone with the rooftop shark-fin and use the car as the source of power.
There is nothing about BT that is "cool" -- it is a safety feature for those who use their phones while in their cars for business purposes. For those who really don't need to use a phone in a car it is also a safety feature but it further adds convenience to the mix of its attributes.
As to a BT unit that never needs charging -- well what does it operate on, solar power?
The Acadia has a really cool feature (also all but invisible), the heads up display. Never having driven a car with it for any length of time, I didn't know what to expect. After an hour in the Acadia, I see it too as another subtle safety feature. I could keep my eyes "looking where they should." This technology, cool as it may be, is not about being a shot big or otherwise, it is another nod to safety IMHO.
The Acadia needs BT -- at its price point and option availability it needs auto wipers too. I'd be willing to bet if this is GMC's "version 1," that we are likely to see this vehicle have quite a few "cool" features and content items added in the very near future.
Bi-xenons will surely be added, for instance; ditto rear camera and the list will grow and grow.
They've got a winner on their hands with this one. :shades:
>Acadia has a really cool feature (also all but invisible), the heads up display.
I second that. I bought my 03 GM car because my wife made me; my 93 ran just fine. The option packages included HUD which I felt was insignificant. However it is neat to use and increases safety.
Sorry to ruffle your feathers. What I am referring to is the people who wear the borg implant looking devices everywhere they go. I do not have class envy I could afford to purchase not lease any car below 80k with no impact on my finances. I just don't see a demonstrative value add for using BT but hey that is why there are 31 flavors. Having your phone integrated into your car audio system is fine but buying and using the borg implants seems like an issue of what problem is this solving?
More to my point....you would think that you'd be more likely see a couple in an area (NY) that has supposedly more dealers per sq mile (don't know why the geography lesson had to come in, but whatever). Let's not forget the 4300 were in Feb alone....what about the other months Acadias' been out? All I'm saying is the odds should be in my favor as opposed to somebody out in the middle of nowhere (where there's no dealers:))
I really wanted the ability to stick somebody in the middle of the second row to occassionally get 8 in the vehicle (yes 2 car seats),but it looks like that's a no go until they redesign the 'slide' to accomodate that idea
HUD is just so cool, i don't understand why GM does not advertise this feature more, especially to younger people (like some posters here). Its a digital 'wiz-bang' for GM in a world where the Japanese and Germans get all the atention in that area.
One thing they can do, is to offer it in a mainstream car like the new malibu.
Are the car seat resricted to the outside positions? Why not 2 car seats on the 60% side, leaving the 40% to slide and access the rear?
For a short time we had 2 car seats and a booster in our Tahoe. It worked fine with the two car seats on the larger side. Granted they were not the newer "latch" install models and fastened with the seatbelts.
For those of you that have either an Outlook or an Acadia that is front wheel drive only (Not AWD) do you notice any tendency to torque steer (i.e pull to one side) upon rapid acceleration?
I was thinking that, but I don't think the Acadia is wide enough to fit two on the '60' side...I haven't looked but my guess is the Tahoe's a bit wider, enabling 2/60. I'm contemplating walking into the dealer, car seats in hand to test, but I think that might be pushing it :surprise:
If they want to sell a car, the dealer will be happy to let you test your car seats. I've heard of other people doing exactly what you're talking about.
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You already have an Enclave? How is that possible? I'm guessing you must have meant Envoy - especially with the comments about loading it up with building materials.
Too bad the local dealership isn't even taking orders for them right now.
Why can't you order one? I read a story stating that dealers had already ordered 6000 of them.
Drove an "all optioned" version for over an hour.
Very impressed. Slightly (once or twice) confused transmission (not so bad as to dissuade, though.) Needs a bit more torque (also not so lethargic as to dissuade.)
Ask the question about bluetooth -- for we had not yet visited this forum.
The answer was "no but you can plug in an MP3 player."
:confuse:
Further probing -- "use On*star."
My last Audi had On*star -- I might take it were it 1/4th the cost. Might not.
The laws here in Ohio still permit the use of non hands and eyes free phones. This very fact is certainly enough to make me believe we will be adding a hands free phoning law to the books sooner rather than later.
Both our 2005 cars have hands free phoning, mine has full voice response and hers has a screen that shows the phone book and allows the push of a button on the steering wheel to select -- our current cars have phone cradles and therefore we do not have to look at or touch our phones while driving.
One would think a car, the Acadia, so obviously well thought out and competitive (in most ways) with the world would have bluetooth.
Even were the car 10% lower in price (as tempting as this car would be at $40K), no bluetooth, well, not on the list.
My wife is an attorney -- she needs the phone while driving. She pulls over when she talks on the phone in a car that does not have bluetooth (if she is the driver) -- the Acadia is, despite claims to the contrary, "not professional grade" in this area.
If you don't plan to phone and drive -- this thing is great as the reviews say. It seems to be priced right and yesterday the residual was 60% for 3 years.
What were they thinking? :confuse:
I'm sure they are pre-prod models. I've been told that they are all over GM's Tech Center.
I doubt that will happen in Ohio. The attorneys up in Columbus couldn't even get an anti-redlight camera/speed camera law through after trying for TWO years! Imagine how they'll fold to the phone lobbies if they try to ban phones in hand... I live in Ohio.
How much extra would built in phone capability have cost per vehicle? Perhaps it will be added midyear.
I just checked for adding Bluetooth capability. Looks like easily done aftermarketers. See this portable Bluetooth unit--wait for the commercial to run in the video window at top. Interestingly simple. Got Bluetooth?
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
If you want to use your personal phone I believe you have to use Verizon and it works as I said as above.
I kind of agree with you about the GM options available...I think GM is really pushing their On-Star option...kind of self serving I think.
New CTS (rumor) by Cadillac will come with Bluetooth for European exports. 6 months later, BT for US.
BT provides so much flexibility, ease of use, easy commands (mostly just say "dial number" or "call home" in most implementations, etc) -- On*star with Verizon -- hey that would be OK with us, we have Cincinnati Bell which allows you to use their systems without contract, so moving to Verizon would not be an issue.
But, of course, Verizon almost certainly will not allow the same no contract approach.
My BT phone paired with my car in June 2005 within seconds of me turning the BT feature on -- on the phone itself.
The voice response works perfectly (about 98% of the time.)
And the in car cradle means no battery worries.
The Acadia seems to be so very well thought out -- and with a 60% residual from GMAC -- it seems to be competitive with BMW's X cars.
The Germans, so I used to think, were always late in adopting technologies that American and Japanese cars had had for years (automatic headlights were on American cars decades ago, for example.) Now a really well thought out piece of technology comes out -- the Acadia -- and it lacks Bluetooth but it has an iPod plug (which in our case means little since the thing has sat radio.)
I'll assume this "oversight" will be short lived.
But, the fact (unless it is unproven) that the new 2008 CTS will ship BT to Europe for 6 months THEN offer it to US customers is perplexing.
Hope you're right about Ohio -- but strange things may happen, I'd rather be ready than ticketed. :surprise:
I agree. While this should have been an option, the Onstar alliance seems to complicate matters. And it's way to expensive to use Onstar for even a moderate cell phone user.
But it's amazingly simple to add Bluetooth these days. They have all-in-one units that you charge like an earpiece and clip to your visor. Works with voice dialing. The Parrot minikit has gotten great reviews and I'll probably be getting one soon (I don't work for parrot, I just did some reasearch and this one looks good for the price). Spend more $$ and you can get even better
http://www.parrot.biz/usa/products/parrotminikit
As for OnStar, they gave me an analogue system on my 03 and then everything will be phased out to digital but it's not upgradeable and it's too expensive per month for what it did. Mine's dead. Is OnStar a separate company or a GM subsidiary? What is the connection?
And the Verizon connection using your Verizon-priced minutes on the OnStar handsfree wasn't available in this area and probably wouldn't have worked on our analogue system.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Note, I have only used On-Star one time, so I guess it has been worth it...car wash somehow got the doors locked and was suggesting calling Pop-A-Lock, etc. I called the wife and she found the renewal papers, called On-Star and within 5 minutes had the doors remotely unlocked. Well, it would have been cheaper to have the wife bring her keys and unlock it, but it does have some potential benefit if you even need their emergency services such as air bag deployment, locate vehicle if stolen, etc.
Looking at the On-Star site, it looks as if On-Star is part of GM, site show ON-STAR by GM.
(Apparently if you have let your On-Star lapse, there is a $100 activation fee to get the upgrade.)
Alternate is to do a 2 year renewal and get 3 additional months free, not sure how that affects the digital upgrade. IIRC, I asked about the digital upgrade 2 years ago and was told that if you paid for it, it would run about $600.
If you get past my sarcasm, you can see that bluetooth is a matter of convenience. The bluetooth headset is "always on", i.e. no need to fumble around for a cord and plug it in if your phone rings. And carrying a cord in your pocket becomes a huge tangled mess. And you can answer a call without having to actually use the phone keypad.
That said, factory bluetooth in car is even better, since aftermarket solutions are a pain to integrate into your stereo system and speakers if you want full functionality through your stereo/nav. You'll also have issues of cords dangling all over if you do it the cheap way.
NY Metro area dealers have 5 max each, with some having NONE. Where are they all hiding, Wyoming?
I've only seen one on the road around here and that was a good month ago or more.
I don't claim to be a math wiz, but geez...ya think somebody
is tinkering with the numbers??? I dunno
and I doubt there's 1,000 total....there's probably 2 in all of Montana and Idaho combined.... maybe they're all in Detroit and Lansing 'cause they sure aren't around here....
Now how many did they sell in Dec, Jan, and Mar....add it all up and all I'm saying is I'm not seeing too many in a major metro area....MHO
If you have car seats in second row of the Acadia (with the bench seat), can you slide seat forward w/o tilt to access third row? Doesn't seem like it to me....thxs
So as you can see, the odds of seeing one is nearly impossible. For those who have seen an Acadia, consider yourselves lucky ;-)
That is if you have 2 car seats. One car seat fits perfectly on the 40% side and allowsthe 60% sidetoslide and bend for access to the third row.
If you need to carry two car seats get the capt chairsand you have the pass through between them to get to the third row.
Especially today when I watched a women basically actlike a peeping tom trying to check out the Acadia.
There are 5 Buick dealers here in Boise (metro population about 400,000).
I haven't seen a single Enclave or Acadia, but I don't get out that much.
And you won't understand until you try it. You would like it if you did. And it's ridiculous and a little shallow to indict everyone who has it as a poser. Class envy at it's best.
Even were the car 10% lower in price (as tempting as this car would be at $40K), no bluetooth, well, not on the list
Sure built-in bluetooth is nice and I wish these cars had it, but a pretty minor issue. I also usually use the phone through most of my 45-min commute talking to clients. Since I wasn't going to replace my 2000 Denali yet just to get built-in bluetooth, I just shopped around for a high-quality bluetooth headset (granted in took me 6 tries to get one with great sound in both directions). If your phone and headset don't do voice-activated dialing yet, I am sure your next one will. My phone doesn't even come out of my purse while I just hit a button on my earpiece to make voice-activated calls or hangup.
While I have used the speaker-type system when talking to On-Star, in some ways I prefer the earpiece which isn't interfered with by passengers making a little noise, and I can still listen to the radio while I am on hold.
Choosing a car for bluetooth capability is about like choosing it for available colors; a pretty minor issue in the great scheme of things (also consider with things like bluetooth and Nav, the technology will probably improve a lot before you trade your car, or your next device might not be compatible with your car) so sometimes you are going to be sorry you spent the money on it anyway).
speaker system when listening to compact discs? Is the 5.1 system's impact soley for DVDs?
Why can't Buick allow us to purchase both the navigation system and the six disc in dash CD changer? If you want the nav. system you can only listen to one disc at a time or at least that is my understanding. Any comments are appreciated as we are considering an order for the Enclave.
Thank you
There is nothing about BT that is "cool" -- it is a safety feature for those who use their phones while in their cars for business purposes. For those who really don't need to use a phone in a car it is also a safety feature but it further adds convenience to the mix of its attributes.
As to a BT unit that never needs charging -- well what does it operate on, solar power?
The Acadia has a really cool feature (also all but invisible), the heads up display. Never having driven a car with it for any length of time, I didn't know what to expect. After an hour in the Acadia, I see it too as another subtle safety feature. I could keep my eyes "looking where they should." This technology, cool as it may be, is not about being a shot big or otherwise, it is another nod to safety IMHO.
The Acadia needs BT -- at its price point and option availability it needs auto wipers too. I'd be willing to bet if this is GMC's "version 1," that we are likely to see this vehicle have quite a few "cool" features and content items added in the very near future.
Bi-xenons will surely be added, for instance; ditto rear camera and the list will grow and grow.
They've got a winner on their hands with this one. :shades:
I second that. I bought my 03 GM car because my wife made me; my 93 ran just fine. The option packages included HUD which I felt was insignificant. However it is neat to use and increases safety.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I crack myself up.
One thing they can do, is to offer it in a mainstream car like the new malibu.
For a short time we had 2 car seats and a booster in our Tahoe. It worked fine with the two car seats on the larger side. Granted they were not the newer "latch" install models and fastened with the seatbelts.
I'm contemplating walking into the dealer, car seats in hand to test, but I think that might be pushing it :surprise:
The inside one would have to use the safety belt. The LATCH system would have to be disconnectedanytime you movethe 40% otherwise.