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256 messages, Last post on Jun 04, 2009 at 6:47 AM
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Replying to: paisan (Apr 15, 2008 6:26 pm) |
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What's up with the Outback 2.5i Limited not having steering wheel radio controls??? Pretty glaring omission.
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Replying to: mfletou1 (Apr 17, 2008 3:44 pm) -mike
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Replying to: paisan (Apr 18, 2008 4:06 pm) Not buying it. If you equip a vehicle with leather, heated seats, a WOW surround sound system, a big honking moonroof, digital auto climate control, etc...you can put a steering wheel control on the wheel. Cars a lot cheaper than that have them.
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Replying to: mfletou1 (Apr 18, 2008 5:21 pm) |
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My Camry Hybrid has both steering wheel audio controls AND steering wheel climate controls. Let me tell you, once you get used to that...my other vehicle (a Honda Odyssey) has only the audio, but when I'm in it I instinctively try to change the climate setting on the wheel anyway. Its really more of a safety issue than luxury--your eyes never need to leave the road.
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Replying to: mfletou1 (Apr 19, 2008 6:24 pm)  Luxury just means you get more bells and whistles, like this feature. Perhaps they made a bad decision not including it on the lower non-turbo models, but they have to make a cutoff point somewhere, or else all the options would be included on the lowest trim level car. -mike
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Replying to: paisan (Apr 19, 2008 7:55 pm) Oh, and yes, I think Bluetooth is a safety feature, also.
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Replying to: mfletou1 (Apr 20, 2008 10:23 am) Also from what I've been told FHI nickle and dimes SOA on options the same way that dealers do to the end customer. So SOA has to make decisions on what to put in and what to leave out, unfortunately sometimes things get cut. As for bluetooth as a "safety" item, PLEASE, you don't HAVE TO talk on the phone while driving, if you MUST, then there are a lot of options, but to say it's a SAFETY feature is borderline ridiculous, it would be nice to have it integrated, but it's in no way a safety feature, it's very much a convience feature. -mike |
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Replying to: paisan (Apr 20, 2008 6:46 pm) Bottom line: talking on the cell phone while driving kills people, and switching to hands free device mitigates the risk. Therefore, its a safety feature. As for the original point, we're not exactly talking advanced technology here. I really don't think the year of the model span has much to do with it. I think the nickel and dime part is more operative. SOA is going to learn the hard way, though--you can dismiss these features, but the competition is starting to get them, so SOA is going to have to to keep up. As far as I'm aware, btw, Bluetooth isn't even offered on any level Forester--so much for that theory. I brought up the Forester though to demonstrate that I thought your definition of "trim level" was off--the Forester and Outback are named the same way.
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