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Aspen
Aspen HalfDork
10/8/21 11:08 a.m.

Yeah, no heated seated with manual in Canada either, sounds like they don't want to sell manuals.

You could add a heated seat kit but it would be a pain and not stock looking.

ProDarwin
ProDarwin MegaDork
10/8/21 11:11 a.m.

On one hand I agree with this.

On the other hand I really appreciate cars that have no options.  With an S2000 (excluding CR), your options are:  Color, and you could get sat radio I believe.  Other than that they are all identical.

IIRC the FRS-BRZ are pretty similar.  But I'm guessing thats because they are low production sports cars.

 

z31maniac
z31maniac MegaDork
10/8/21 12:54 p.m.
ProDarwin said:

On one hand I agree with this.

On the other hand I really appreciate cars that have no options.  With an S2000 (excluding CR), your options are:  Color, and you could get sat radio I believe.  Other than that they are all identical.

IIRC the FRS-BRZ are pretty similar.  But I'm guessing thats because they are low production sports cars.

 

Yeah, two trim levels. But the differences are pretty minimal.

Teh E36 M3
Teh E36 M3 SuperDork
10/8/21 1:50 p.m.

I liked that when I bought our '02 WRX new. Choose a color. Similar with our '15 GTI- three levels, and choose a color.  My truck on the other hand.... jeebus.

Ian F (Forum Supporter)
Ian F (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
10/8/21 2:14 p.m.
AnthonyGS (Forum Supporter) said:

You're about 50 years too late if you want all the options on a sheet you can check off. 

Not quite 50 years... 15 or so.  I believe MINI were the last of the relatively low cost, mass-market manufacturers to offer options a la cart.  "Youification" was one of the selling points.  But you do see some strangely optioned cars. Like my R53 JCW: Fairly base spec, but with only two "packages" - the JCW package and Cold Weather package.  Then some strange a la cart options: HID headlights, chrono package (moves the center speedometer from the dash center to behind the steering wheel), and automatic wipers. And that is pretty much it. Oh - the metallic Astro Black/Silver roof was also an option.

However, for as many of those MINIs sold, apparently the profit on the cars wasn't great, so each subsequent refresh has offered fewer a la cart options and packages only. A bit of a bummer, but it is supposed to make cars more profitable.

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