I am looking forward to buying a SS S/C next month and was wanting some help on a thought that came to my mind. I know that the manuals dont get a armrest/raised center console but whats the likelyhood that us SS drivers can order an automatic LS ebony center console from GM and switch them out? I mean the screws/bolt position should be the same right? Let me know what you guys think.

Ryan

cobalt| AN AMERICAN REVOLUTION

 

we don't know because no one has the SS yet.

 

How about adding the armrest to the sedans/coupes that don't have them?

 

why didnt they put one in there in the first place?

 

the armrest was omited only in the manual cobalts. we think it was because the shifter is too low to properly shift with the persons right arm resting on the console. also it gets in the way of the e-brake which is used everytime the person parks. it sucks though because i want the console and will be getting the SS S/C.

Ryan

cobalt| AN AMERICAN REVOLUTION

 

I test drove a base sedan (automatic) two weeks ago, and it didn't have one either. The LS sedan I'm currently trying out (also an automatic) does, however.

 

So is the console not even standard but an option on some models? Odd..most cars have consoles no matter what, usually an amenity in cars in 2005..but hey I guess it wasnt something they thought of.

 

yea i have been wondering the same thing whats up with the armrest???

i mean sure if there is an armrest i would prolly mod it in some way any way so not having one is just more incentive to do some custom work i guess

 

I test drove a base coupe with the 5 speed and noticed this same thing. It sucks cause I am a huge fan/user of armrests. But oh well. The way I'll be driving my SS, I'll be ripping through the gears all the time so there will be no time rest my arm

But where are my CD's going to go? Good thing it has a MP3 player and I can fill one CD full of music!

 

Correction. The base sedans/coupes don't have the armrest standard. I think only the LS Coupes/LS and LT Sedans in automatic only get raised center consoles/armrests. Thats probably the reason when you test drove the base sedan you didnt see the armrest in it. I'm with RedCavy..more to customize!

Ryan

cobalt| AN AMERICAN REVOLUTION

 

I test drove an auto coupe and there was a manual coupe at the lot, neither had arm rests. the dealer said non of the cobalts they saw at their shows had arm rests, and dont think any will come with them. But only will we know when all the versions come out.

 

I know in the booklet at the dealerships it says the armrest is optional in some and standard in others, but the SS has nothing in it. But in some pics of what I've seen of the interior I have seen an armrest, but I hope they do, because when I sat in the a sedan, it didnt feel right at all without one.

 

base cars have no armrest, LS autos and LT's have it... its listed as an accessory, so i'm sure it just bolts in place behind the console...

 

I just looked at the book the dealer gave me and it does say its option in the LS coupe and LS sedan, and standard in the LT sedan. So depending on hoe the armrest mounts...... it will probably fit, but have to see both cars center consoles to be able to tell....

 

The lack of a armrest is one of the only few complaints I have about the car. I am just used to having one there.

 

Copying this from my other post here (this was for a base model)......


The GM AutoBook they used to print out information for me says:

Transmission
MX0 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION W/OD -inc: console armrest
w/storage *w/JM4 ABS Brakes-inc: Enhanced Traction System*

so does that mean you only get the armrest with auto AND ABS?

 

i tets drove a cobalt LS basic model stick and its the bext tranny i have ever drivin stick wise it so easy to drive, u dont got to give the car gas and play with the clutch as much jsut ezzz of the clutch slowly and it start going with out gas... so it will be prettuy easy to learn for the people that dont knwo how to drivw stick...