The radio has a lot of static.
You can "bump" the power windows and the radio will either clear up or get worse.
You can feel and hear air coming in through the passenger side door.
The air conditioner doesn't blow steadily.
When the air conditioner loses pressure, the headlights dim slightly.
The passenger side window leaks when going through a car wash and water is sprayed directly at the top of the window.
This car looks beautiful. I fell in love with it the first time I saw it. The inside is comfortable and classy.
No room in trunk.
I agree with your statement at the beginning of your review when you said you wish you would've never bought the car. Try my situation now. I've had my piece of crap 6-cylinder Camaro for literally 5 and a half years now, and I'm just counting the days 'till I can finally afford another car any month now.
First off, my radio has stopped working ever since I deliberately unscrewed the attenna in the back because I didn't like the way it looked. My Jensen CD player works wonders though, as I always only listen to CDs in the car. As as far as your radio having static, I never noticed static on the radio when had it back in 2003. "Bumping" the windows and radio?. I don't get it.
As for the air-conditioner not blowing steadily, I've never noticed that problem, but I had always noticed the problem of the lights dimming for a second when I suddenly turn the AC on, so that part I can understand. And yes, I have noticed in fact that both windows do slightly leak in a car wash, at least in one of those car washes where you pay $2 and you spray the car yourself with a high-powered nozzle.
There is very little room in the trunk, especially when compared to the Dodge Stratus or any sedan out there. I think little trunk room is one of the things that personifies a sports car as a sports car. I guess they could make it more roomy, but it's like tighter suspension for example, they must pick up every bump in the road when you drive, whereas the Cadillac is much smoother, the same as their trunks being so small, same parallel.
And as for the the inside of it being comfortable, I wouldn't give the Camaro that much credit. (Don't know about those old I-ROCZs, but I bet they are more comfortable and plan on getting one sometime). If you're in the passenger seat, there's little leg room. And whether you're in the driver's or passenger seat, it's uncomfortable. The seating is way too low and it's uncomfortable getting out of the car since it's like trying to get up off a couch when the legs are cut off. You're too low to the ground, so it's uncomfortable and the seating is always uncomfortable, no matter how you adjust it, and no matter how you adjust the steering wheel. Even the 2005 Dodge Stratus (drove it as a rental car for a week one time) is much more comfortable than the Camaro.
To the writer of the above comment, I seem to have figured out why you don't like your car. You bought a camaro, albeit a V6 but you think it's a sedan, or at least should have all the features of one.
Of course it doesn't have the trunk space of a caddy or stratus, where you really expecting a large trunk space?. You do know it is a sports car, that's why you sit so low in them, they are made to handle sporty driving, not to be a utility oriented car like a 4 door sedan.
If you buy a AWD subaru and go rock crawling with it don't try to blame the car is you get stuck, it's wasn't what it was made for. I have a 95 trans am LT1, virtually same car and I drive it to work and back nearly 100km every day on the highway and in city, I love my baby, yes you do feel and the bumps in the road, but you also feel it hug the road as you rocket out of corner's and pass people on the highway.
No, small trunk space and the car picking up every bump and it being low to the ground is not why I hate my car, those are just all the extra excuses I come up with for not liking my car. The sole reason I hate my car is because it's a V6, and that alone. I knew how a sports car was gonna be even before I got it. The only reason I got that V6 Camaro instead of an older V8 or some sort was because my folks talked me into spending all my money on a newer car with low miles if I wanted something that was 'sporty'. Had this 1998 Camaro been a V8 this whole time, I wouldn't have minded all those other things it lacks that a sedan has. You get a 'sports car' for 'performance', not for comfort or as a V6 sports car is known for, just 'looks'... At least that's the way I see it.
Point is, I made a car buying mistake by getting a sports car without that V8 power that I wanted in the first place. If I knew I was getting a car with a V6, then yes, I would've rather gotten a sedan or a non-sports car coupe like Pontiac Gran Prix or something. My previous car which was a 1989 Pontiac Grand Prix Coupe LE was the same size as the Camaro here if not a tiny bit smaller, yet it had more trunk space, a smoother ride, and back seats that could easily fit three adults back there. Yet it's get up and go was about the same as this 200 hp Camaro is.
But you're right about one thing, it sure always feels nice when I accelerate briskly while turning or even doing doughnuts in a parking lot when it's winter up here (yes, this is my only car). But other than that, I am not interested in a sports car if it doesn't have at least a V8 in it, a lesson I've learned and still live with even today after 5 and a half years.
I always wanted a big V-8 sports car. Several years ago I bought a Ford Mustang 5.0. It was fast and sporty and got all of 12 miles per gallon. In early 2003 I traded it for a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am with the twin-cam Quad 4. It just blew me away how LITTLE I gave up in the way of performance. I feel safer driving fast in the Grand Am because the rear end won't break loose at the slightest blip of the throttle, and the ride is like a Lincoln Town car compared to the Mustang's bone jarring "performance" suspension. I might add it's nice getting 30 mpg instead of 12. Maybe I'm getting old, but from now on I'll stick with something like this and enjoy the fuel savings. I toyed with getting a V-6 Camaro, and still love them. They are great looking cars, and very well built.
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