Just got word from the dealer rep that all 2009 Cobalt SS/TC ordered with RPD are on hold. For some this may be old news, but for most people it is new news. I will do my best to keep contact and update the status to everyone. Or, if anyone has any more recent updates, please post them.

I am currently in the process of ordering an '09 with the RPD, so I am feeling the pich of having to wait!!


~Tommy g

 

i guess that shouldnt suprise anyone lol. pain to find that out after you order it.

cant that be a dealer installed option too?

 

I wonder whats up with the RPD's?...supplier must be over loaded.

 

I would do without it instead of waiting.

 

when i tryed having one ordered back in oct 08, the option was on constrant (order would be rejected). I stopped by by my dealer on this past wed and was told the plant is shut down till feb 1, and they could not place an order now, and were unsure if they would be able to any time before they re-open. she checked in the system and found recent orders with the RPD option.

I just hope they get thier stuff togther soon. I plan on having mine ordered mid-late feb, then it should be ready when the snow is gone.

 

Im not a big fan of the RPD....idk why lol

 

i just love the look of an old fashion boost gauge

 

^^^ ME 2!



and all the other guages...and how you get them to match everything!

 

i think the rpd looks monstrous (sp) and is way over doing it. its an afterthought,why not just a simple interceptor?

 

i ordered mine on dec 4th with the RPD and i was talking to my dealer yesterday and he said mine has a build date of march 9th

 

geeezzzz! thats a long time away!

Atleast you will have a Blue one!

and in martch the aftermarket will be HOT!

 

I hope so. I want to wait for some competitors to release products but i am losing all this time and wasting miles on my car that could have more mods on them

 

I like the RPD, I do think they could have integrated it better, or just did a HUD

 

that's perfict timeing for me i don't want it while there's still snow on the ground and i have to wait anyway because it is part of my GM buy out package and i don't get the voucher till their done with me and i am only hoping that they let me go before my car comes in.. and i was kinda worrying about the blue it didn't look that good in the booklet i got from the dealer i think it will be ok tho..

 

yea i think they could have integrated it better also....i feel like it is out of place...

 

cut into the dash like right above the stereo woulda been perfect.

 

yeeppp...

or made it into a navi system and combined that with the stereo?

 

for 300 bucks thoe you look at nav on some cars there up to 1000 as an option. you are absolutley rite about integrating it better but IMO its a pretty cheap option mine was 250 with my discount, so i cant really complain because i dont think i would pay 700 plus for it if thats what it would of cost to make it a nav/radio system.

 

All good points.. I agree totally that the RPD looks out of place. Would have been much better served being on the center of the dash or integrated into the radio. Either way it is what it is and it's a sweet little component.

On the subject of the blue.. That's the only reason I'm ordering. I have the old Arrival blue on my 06 SS/SC right now.. I wish they were still making that color! But the new blue is growing on me, and it's better than the White one I almost bought. White would have been cool, different from a lot of cars and other SS's out there, but I love the blue, it's just part of my car DNA... Have to have it!

Thanks for the heads up on the March 1st being built, I will pass that on to the dealer rep and see what they say. That's not too far away from this point!

Thanks all,

~Tommy g

 

Yeah dude I was actually going to put a lilput 7" touch screen in that same spot and try to get a plastic molder to make me the mold that would fit perfectly to the dash and sell em ...


Still working on it ... They need to have a RPD to VGA convertor or someone with 1337 skills could covert the RPD information to a USB port with touch screen access .. WOuld be SWEET.

 

Sadly this is another instance of GM not being able to pay their suppliers.

on another note, i absolutely love the rpd, i tend to leave it on digital speedo, and its saves me from speeding ALOT. And i like being able to monitor if the gas i purchase is causing the motor to knock and pull timing. I really dont use AFR cause DI is crazy, and the Cam position is something relevant before and after a tune.

Once im tuned i may pay a bit more attention to the additional features.

 

Very cool info .. I still am thinking of getting one even if it is located in a dorky spot .. Too bad they wernt O.L.E.D. display instead of LCD ... The digital SPeedo would be NICE ... But could other people see it from beside like the latest civics ( we own 1 )) people can see your speed from like 2 miles away in that thing .. I have passed others on the interstate and was like wtf !!! LOL

 

That would have made it a $1,000+ option though. Think how much navi costs from the factory in other cars... and then to add the capabilities of the RPD? Money money money.

 

For the money it is just a kick ass option, and the spot really wouldn't bother me. BUT, for some reason they won't offer them on the sedans so I couldn't get one. I tried and tried and the order option wasn't there. My dealer was on the phone for an hour trying to make it happen but they did every thing short of telling him to **** off. They even tried to order it separately but at the time they wouldn't even let him do that. They said they would sell it to me at cost and install it for free. I haven't really checked to see if he could order it or not as of late but I am sure it is a no go.

 

Damn, that sucks about the Sedans not getting them!! It is a cool option and I do agree that they were just keeping their costs down by not making it LCD, although it would have been cool. I would have paid the extra few hundred dollars still... and also, great point about GM not paying their suppliers!!! lol so very true, but bailout coming through, so hopefully they will get everything rolling... Now I can't wait for stage kit!!