How about an option to keep one of the side saddle bags refridgerated somehow. Where you would be able to control the temp. Just an idea.
I read that and immediately heard Ralphie's voice from the Simpson's saying it (Police Chief Wiggin's son). Heheheh...RIKrotorhead said:"Look daddy! Our camper shell just hit that Highway Patrol vehicle behind us. He looks angry!"
TXAVy said:I read that and immediately heard Ralphie's voice from the Simpson's saying it (Police Chief Wiggin's son). Heheheh...
The bad news from today's meeting is two fold. First, today they specifically asked right at the door if anyone brought any cameras, so no spy photos. Second, the Focus group was not Avalanche owners brought back to talk about the new AV like I thought it would be, it was just a more detailed and discussed version of what we'd already done on all the trucks.
Also, the GM employee who I gave the URL to a couple days ago wasn't there today so I didn't have anyone to discuss our list of improvements with. I will see if I can get some contact info for her anyway.
Stay tuned.
If Dodge is so good at giving truck buyers what they really want, why aren't they outselling Ford, Chevy, GM, etc?DragonSlayer said:You can bet if Dodge had come out with this unit, it WOULD of had not only the look but the BALL that go with the attitude and it would of had damn light, air compressor... and they would of had my money too!
DragonSlayer said:As to "And lastly, if you want to talk about show vehicles you have to realize that NO ONE produces a vehicle that's 100% like the one that they unveil at car shows and if they do it's the exception, not the norm. " GM DID WITHTHERE AVY.
Dodge did with there new beast RAM "SRT10" PICK UP not one but 3- going on 4 now
1 prowler
2 viper
3 PT Cruiser
4 SRT 4
5 RAM "SRT10"
all show stuff, witch came to market as they were shown.
GM "had" a runner in the Lightning field, but it was several years ago. Anyone care to run the numbers on the GMC Cyclone versus the Lightning for me? I'm not into "street rod trucks" so I don't have all the numbers, but from what I recall one of the bigger reasons the Cyclone went away was because it was treading too heavily on the Corvette's stomping grounds. For the same reason Ford pulled the Escort GT Turbo off the line before it was even built because it embarassed their Mustang in the 1/4 mile.DragonSlayer said:We are all intitled to our opinios, mine is what I have stated, and although I "am " a GM guy, Gm has NOTHING which will be in the same line up mentioned above or Fords Lighting.SHO line up. NOTHING!
And I have had them all believe it or NOT.
JS EXT said:No offense taken at all! I have to agree with you that I like the front clip of the cladded AV better than my EXT. Looks a lot tougher.
All the best,
JS
TXAVy said:OOH!!! ... ooh oOH OOH!
I just got a call back from the research company asking if I would come back tomorrow and be part of an actual focus group. Of course I said yes. This time the digital camera is going with me, though I'll hide it of course. I can't guarantee that I'll get a chance to take any pictures or that I'll be able to post any of them either. But at least the opportunity will be there.
If there's anything you want "them" to hear about the Avalanche, now is the time to say it. Anything you like that you'd rather not go away? Anything you hate that you'd rather got changed? I know there are a lot of one-off ideas floating out there, but I'm looking for things that lots of people have mentioned that I may have missed. I promise to come back and read the new posts on this thread before I leave tomorrow morning.
Here's what I pulled out of our own forums.
ENGINE
- 6.0L
- Diesel
Chassis/Body
- Better approach/departure angles
- Bumpers/Brush Guard that accepts winch
- Color Matched Cladding (ie. EXT)
- Larger Fender Wells (for larger tires)
- Move Trailer connector up to bumper
- Clearance for Tire Chains
CARGO
- 60/40 Split Midgate
- Power Midgate window
- Back Seat Clothes hooks
- Tailgate and Saddle Bag Remote Locks
- 12v Power (w/ Cargo Light switch) in the Bed
- Rear seatbacks Flat and cover hinge area.
- Drop/Swing Tailgate
- Ability to stow bedcovers under bed surface.
OTHER
- Quadrasteer
- Backup Sensor
- Fix reflection in rear window
- Power inverter with outlets in console/back seat/bed
- HID Lights
- Transmission Temp Guage on the cluster
- Replace "silly" deletes (under hood & glove box light).
Handmade said:Hope I'd get a request.
Swap the 60/40 seat around to have the big part behind the passanger side. Sucks for us tall folks.
Handmade