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I thought GM was trying to hit a higher quality standard? When I see shit like this, thats really assuring. Its like hey its close enough lets move on to the rest of the car...

Its sad really.

Yes I know the picture is blurry, and yes the top was also too high up.
 
You can't judge the quality of the final mass produced product from a few blurry pictures of a pre-production car used for publicity and testing. Something that is built using some methods that differ from what they'll be doing on the full assembly line may have issues that won't be there in the production model. Many pre-production cars are almost hand built and the issues with assembly have not been fully worked out.
 
Bignate603 said:
You can't judge the quality of the final mass produced product from a few blurry pictures of a pre-production car used for publicity and testing. Something that is built using some methods that differ from what they'll be doing on the full assembly line may have issues that won't be there in the production model. Many pre-production cars are almost hand built and the issues with assembly have not been fully worked out.
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seriously... all that is is a small adjustment...
 
MikeMike said:
seriously... all that is is a small adjustment...
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Somebody had another thread on here showing the assembly line.

Volt assembly line

There's one picture of a mechanical engineer looking at the battery charger at a car on the assembly line. They'll be crawling all over the first cars off the line to work out the kinks like this. This is typical of every car maker out there. Hell, I even read a review on the Bentley Flying Spur when it was new that mentioned they got more wind noise than normal on the press vehicle because Bentley was still working out the panel gaps before they started full production.

If this stuff shows up on the production model it's an issue but until then you really can't cast any judgement.
 
You should see how some of the panels line up in my Corvette. Didn't really notice it until about 2 months in and now it pisses me off every time I drive it. Makes you wonder why a $60k car has these issues.
 
AdamK47 said:
Give some examples.
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The left and right door when closed line up differently with the dash. On the drivers side, the door is pressed against dash and actually left the speaker grill pattern on the dash plastic. The passenger side does not line up the same way. On the outside, the gaps are the same for both doors where they meet the front fender. I can take some pictures if anyone truly wants to see.

BTW, I previously had a GTO and interior fit and finish blows away the Corvette. Besides not having automatic climate control or a nicer stock radio, that was probably the best interior GM ever had. I still liked how they trimmed a lot of the panels in a suede like material nicely finished doors. The Corvette has only hard plastics and the doors feel like something found on a Cobalt.
 
KentState said:
You should see how some of the panels line up in my Corvette. Didn't really notice it until about 2 months in and now it pisses me off every time I drive it. Makes you wonder why a $60k car has these issues.
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Isnt it kinda new? Take it back to the dealer and make them fix it.
 
KentState said:
The left and right door when closed line up differently with the dash. On the drivers side, the door is pressed against dash and actually left the speaker grill pattern on the dash plastic. The passenger side does not line up the same way. On the outside, the gaps are the same for both doors where they meet the front fender. I can take some pictures if anyone truly wants to see.

BTW, I previously had a GTO and interior fit and finish blows away the Corvette. Besides not having automatic climate control or a nicer stock radio, that was probably the best interior GM ever had. I still liked how they trimmed a lot of the panels in a suede like material nicely finished doors. The Corvette has only hard plastics and the doors feel like something found on a Cobalt.
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This could also possibly be a purely intentional design... Because most designers attempt to make the gaps look visually identical from the drivers seat... the Saturn Aura did this.
 
Yes, the Vette is only 8 months old and I do need to take it to the dealer to have a number of things looked at. There are probably 5 other issues that need to be resolved, but they are mostly cosmetic. Going into the purchase, I didn't have any illusions that the car was going to be more than a great sports car with a budget interior and questionable fit and finish.
 
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