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#1
04-30-2006, 01:16 AM
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So is it just me or..
..does this engine look like it would be a pain to work on..
http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/04/camaro06_engine.jpg with everything all covered up like that it reminds me of looking under the hood of a mercedes, you don't have easy access to anything.. 
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#2
04-30-2006, 01:22 AM
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Re: So is it just me or..
well thats just a mock up it wont look like that at all. Aside from that most of those covers come right off.
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#3
04-30-2006, 01:55 AM
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Re: So is it just me or..
yea, take off the fender skirt covers and i bet every thing is right there. look at the plugs on the drivers side, it looks like it would be open enough to chandge them easily.
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04-30-2006, 01:55 AM
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Re: So is it just me or..
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04-30-2006, 02:47 AM
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Re: So is it just me or..
It would be cool to hide all the wires and stuff...
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04-30-2006, 03:11 AM
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Re: So is it just me or..
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if it's a Camaro, and it's an LS2, it should be ready to work on because that's what small blocks have always been known for. No way am I letting this camaro become a 'dealer service only'. Okay maybe I don't have much control over all that but you get my point.
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04-30-2006, 03:15 AM
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Re: So is it just me or..
^While I would agree with you, its not like its dealer serviceable only right now.. you only got to unscrew a couple of things and its off
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04-30-2006, 03:21 PM
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Re: So is it just me or..
If it's just plastic, sure
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#9
04-30-2006, 06:51 PM
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Re: So is it just me or..
Bmw's have the same frekin thing, its a waste, just for looks. BMW would charge you just to take the frekin thing off.........Yuppy scum!!!!!!
lol
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04-30-2006, 06:51 PM
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Re: So is it just me or..
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05-01-2006, 05:30 AM
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Re: So is it just me or..
no camaro has ever had all those stupid covers before... even vettes barely have anything covered... i'll be pissed if they do it, and i would immediately sell every last piece of that shit. seriously, that stuff like you guys have said is just like what they do w/ bmw and mercedes, and how much actual car knowledge does the average bmw or mercedes owner have? none. they dress it up and cover everything so that when those guys pop the hood, it is clear where the engine actually is, and everything else is covered, therefore people can't ask the owners what that stuff is... cuz they can't answer and bmw wouldn't want their owners looking stupid... personally i care about functionality, nothing else... stupid plastic that takes me 5 extra min to take off will do nothin but piss me off, and they sure as hell would not go back on... that junk is just in the way, camaro is not a mercedes, besides, performance oriented people don't want that shit anyway...
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#12
05-03-2006, 10:01 AM
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Re: So is it just me or..
i like the look but im sure after i took them off once i wouldn't put them back on
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#13
05-04-2006, 12:15 AM
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Re: So is it just me or..
another company that does that is saab, I saw the hood popped on one of their turbo'd cars at the chicago auto show, but its more like, what turbo? theres just a big piece of plastic covering everything..pointless
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#14
05-04-2006, 12:26 AM
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Re: So is it just me or..
The thing about the covers, atleast the way that I see it is that the companies are trying to sort of reach to other people.. because I know many auto owners who open the hood up, look at the engine and are lost.. so maybe the covers are better for those types of people.. who knows whats with that.
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