My ‘09 Cobalt SS. 260 HP Turbo 4 with direct injection and an 8:22 lap at the ring... What could go wrong?

Looks like a CR-V and an Aztek’s unwanted child. What are they thinking?!?!

Don’t listen to all these people. You, sir, are a hero.

Adjust your route so that you go through Kansas City instead of St. Joseph. Stop. Get BBQ.

What is that last one? I want it! It’s like my two favorite Corvettes thrown in a blender.

My first thought is that there aren’t nearly enough small vehicles (in the US). We constantly complain that not enough is being done to save the planet, while driving around in vehicles that are 3 times the size we need. I’m not an environmentalist by any means, it just seems terribly wasteful to me. Living in rural…

Bacon Chevrolet is in my neck of the woods. That dealer is in a neighboring town, but they have one 5 min from my house as well. Another reason that car might not have sold is that they are a tremendous pain in the nikdum to do business with. Bought a Cobalt SS turbo from them in 2008, and have since seriously…

Sorry, but that grill is still brutally ugly. You just can’t hide failure of that magnitude.

Maybe I’m alone, but I seriously had no idea this car had been produced in the last decade. Seems like something they should have given up on when Bush was in office. Is there seriously a ‘16 or ‘17 model of this car?

I was sold at “Sublime Greatest Hits CD”

On the surface, this seems like a reasonable deal, but owning a near 200k mile GM vehicle is a full time job. Owning this will not pay off at any price.

Agreed... Didn’t mean to be hard on you or anything. Was just saying these motors could hit those numbers very easily. If you wanna make power the right way, better be prepared to live in the car, because there will be no money left over.

Inadequate might be an understatement. That motor/differential combo should have been outlawed by the EPA because of the sheer amount of fossil fuels used to manufacture and transport replacement gears.

I’m a Camaro fan, and I still have to agree with this. The LS1 was a spectacular motor, enormously powerful and surprisingly efficient. There were a few particular problems that doomed the 4th gen.

If you spend 4-5k on any LS1 to improve power and you don’t go over 400 rwhp... You’ve definitely done something wrong. In fact, I believe cam + tune only guys were getting up over 400. 350-360 rwhp can be achieved with bolt ons.

I would bet that TA was an LS1 equipped 98-02 model. I had a 00 Camaro with the 6 speed and it’s ridiculous .5 to 1 sixth gear ratio. This car actually got better mileage at 110 mph than at 60.

My tuned MK6 Golf TDI would beg to differ. It checked a lot of boxes. Pulled my boat (while still getting 30+ mpg), was very torquey (and therefore fun and quick), handled well, rode very smooth, and got 45+ mpg.

I didn’t remember for sure, I had an 86 Camaro once, but I was just a kid then. Kept my ‘00 SS until a few years ago. And though there was a part of my brain that was bothered by the non functional grill, it never seemed to lack cooling capacity.

This isn’t so uncommon, but the picture is hilarious! In 98-02 Camaros, even the small lower grill is without function, all the air is deflected upwards by an air foil under the car.

Test drove a 328i with an auto a couple weeks ago, really nice car, but terribly boring with an auto. Last time I drove an automatic car, was when my Cobalt SS was in the shop (which was pretty much the entire 100k miles I owned that car) and they gave me a loaner Malibu.