CT5-V What don't you like about your CT5-V Blackwing?

[burn813]

The parking brake button location

 

[LS7Solstice]

No power trunk closure was a confusing one for me.

 

[Throat Yogurt]

No power trunk closure was a confusing one for me.

I can help eliminate your confusion: you close the trunk by pushing it down with your hand.

 

[LS7Solstice]

Then you come clean up all of my fingerprints!

 

[Throat Yogurt]

Then you come clean up all of my fingerprints!

That's what the handle on the inside of the trunk lid is for!

 

[LS7Solstice]

That's what the handle on the inside of the trunk lid is for!

Yeah here's the problem.... it doesn't work worth a shit.

 

[flipray]

The parking brake button location

I'm with you there. I picked up a 4BW and for manuals, the parking button being on the left side of the dash didnt make sense. Why cant that be on the center console. Hell, I'd trade locations with the traction control button with the parking button.

Only reason I can think of why its there is because thats where they were at on the V3. But all V3s were autos, I never even clicked the parking brake on so didnt really bother me then. I wish they made it auto parking lock when you turn off the car for manuals.

 

[marfan]

Speed limits.

 

[ajamils]

Biggest thing I hate about it is........................ it's been on order since August 2021 !!!

 

[rdollie]

Not that anybody sits there but just knowing the backseat is a downgrade from the V3 (no b-pillar vent, no third zone for HVAC, no power rear or manual side shades)

 

[Blackwing61]

Yeah here's the problem.... it doesn't work worth a shit.

I had PPF put on the spoiler for this reason.

 

[SIX 40]

I was surprised to learn the other night that it doesn’t have adaptive headlights like my V3 did.

I don’t own a BW but I play one on TV. Or something.

 

[565565]

Not that anybody sits there but just knowing the backseat is a downgrade from the V3 (no b-pillar vent, no third zone for HVAC, no power rear or manual side shades)

Yeah things like this show that the CT5 is a decidedly down market car compared to the CTS 3rd gen. The CT5 starting price is 37k compared to 47k for the CTS and 48k vs 62k for the CT5 V vs CTS V sport. Unfortunately those savings weren't translated to the top trims as auto to auto starting prices are similar between the BW and CTS V3.

 

[Blackwing61]

I was surprised to learn the other night that it doesn’t have adaptive headlights like my V3 did.

I don’t own a BW but I play one on TV. Or something.

Adaptive as in side to side movement or auto hi-beams? It has auto high beams and for side to side lighting there is a lower LED that luminates on the lower Vertical LED. So it does have adaptive if you ask me.

 

[burn813]

Yeah here's the problem.... it doesn't work worth a shit.

use the license plate

 

[ajamils]

Not that anybody sits there but just knowing the backseat is a downgrade from the V3 (no b-pillar vent, no third zone for HVAC, no power rear or manual side shades)

Really? That's some serious downgrade.

 

[Daijoubu]

The parking brake button location

Does it not set itself automagically when you open the door? Or at least set itself on an incline, or when left in neutral?

 

[mikeguilf51]

Does it not set itself automagically when you open the door? Or at least set itself on an incline, or when left in neutral?

Sadly….. mine does not. If you hop out of that thing with it running and forget the brake you got a runaway blackwing lol

 

[shbox]

E parking brake button might be on the left because the foot pedal for the parking brake was on the left.

 

[Daijoubu]

Sadly….. mine does not. If you hop out of that thing with it running and forget the brake you got a runaway blackwing lol

Yikes