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as some of you know my truck is in the shop getting some work done because assholes dont allow me to have nice things for too long. anyway my rent a car is a 2006 chevy cobalt ls. It has a cd player...thats about the only positive thing about the car...however tonight the cd player broke. GREAT! cant catch a damn break can i. And its not broke because i was a jackass and shoved cd's in there or anything but the unit itself stopped working. im thinking of calling upset and saying i want an escalade :banghead: but with the recent luck someone would back into it (most likely my sister) and i would somehow get stuck footing the bill. YAY lol One good thing about the car that cant break(i dont think at least) is i get 34 miles to the gallon driving this thing. most of the reasons for this is even if i floor it, it does not go anywhere quick so i might as well just baby it and most of my driving since im off work is all highway. btw for those of your wondering from the last topic i posted my sister is me with a wig. how shes engaged i have no idea but i guess everyone likes someone...even if there freakishly freaky. anyway night all if anything else happens ill be sure to let yall know about it

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till friday i think he said he would give me an "update" on thursday and the estimate said a 3 day job once parts were in and the parts were in monday night so i think friday

frogbiscuit Enthusiast

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My wife's car was in the shop recently and they gave us a Cobalt, what a POS. Enterprise must be the only reason they make those things because I can't see anybody actually buying one.

redvett Senior Enthusiast

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Yes people are buying the Cobalt and its for good gas mileage 34 hwy. Most americans has given up SUV's & trucks for a car that get great mileage.

 

My wife's car was in the shop recently and they gave us a Cobalt, what a POS. Enterprise must be the only reason they make those things because I can't see anybody actually buying one.
silverad03 Enthusiast

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I feel your pain. I ended up with a Cobalt rental car for a weekend a couple years ago...one of the worst rental cars I've ever had. Maybe they've updated them since, but the one I had I don't think would turn as sharp as my x-cab Silverado. They must have used same steering box design they had in my dad's old '80 GMC 3/4-ton, except probably made of plastic this time around. Also, I'm a tall guy (6'3") and have a long torso so by the time I got the seat leaned far enough back that my head didn't rub on the roof, I could just barely reach the bottom of the steering wheel without slouching forward. When I wanted to steer with the side or top of the wheel, I had to hunch over and lean to one side so I could reach the wheel without rubbing my head on the roof! :banghead:

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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And people WONDER why Nissan, Honda, and Toyota are kicking our butts in car sales. If we ever stop trying to sell total crap, we might be able

 

I'm sticking with my Japanese cars until then.

 

Nobody makes a truck that can compete with us. Why the heck do we have our heads up out butts on the car thing?

rvsahs Senior Enthusiast

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And people WONDER why Nissan, Honda, and Toyota are kicking our butts in car sales. If we ever stop trying to sell total crap, we might be able

 

I'm sticking with my Japanese cars until then.

 

Nobody makes a truck that can compete with us. Why the heck do we have our heads up out butts on the car thing?

 

I dunno either. If your mandatory sterilization rule still applies to stupid people, that might "fix" the problem with the domestic auto manufacturers making shitty econoboxes like the Cobalt.

geektoad Senior Enthusiast

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I agree for the most part. The exception being the Ford Focus. They definitely got that one right. I'll take the pepsi challenge against anything Japanese in it's class. We've had 3 in our family, and they've all been great. The two that are still in the family have 135k and 101k on them respectively, and they're still solid as hell, run great, etc. Anyone that knows me knows i have NO love for Ford. The couple that i've owned other than the focus were complete junk. But when i met my wife she was driving/autocrossing a 2000 ZX3, and it amazed me that it was a Ford. Her Dad has that one now and it's going strong. I picked up a 2001 as a commuter car when i had my TJ, and I'll keep it til falls apart.

 

Now, all that said, it might not be fair to claim it's an American car, as the Focus was developed by Ford Europe :banghead:

DofD Senior Enthusiast

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I would guess that they must have made a few updates to the Cobalt over the past couple of years. I test drove an '08 Cobalt LT for my wife (has to reacquire her license) and it was a nice little car. Not really a car that I'd want to do a long trip in, but nice for around town stuff. The 09 Cobalts get a HP and torque increase over the 08's with the standard engine.

Jackson Enthusiast

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And people WONDER why Nissan, Honda, and Toyota are kicking our butts in car sales. If we ever stop trying to sell total crap, we might be able

 

I'm sticking with my Japanese cars until then.

 

Nobody makes a truck that can compete with us. Why the heck do we have our heads up out butts on the car thing?

 

agreed 100% although the new Malibus seems to be great cars. GM needs to make good econo 4cyl cars.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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And people WONDER why Nissan, Honda, and Toyota are kicking our butts in car sales. If we ever stop trying to sell total crap, we might be able

 

I'm sticking with my Japanese cars until then.

 

Nobody makes a truck that can compete with us. Why the heck do we have our heads up out butts on the car thing?

 

agreed 100% although the new Malibus seems to be great cars. GM needs to make good econo 4cyl cars.

 

We CAN make good cars. We SHOULD make good cars... but we keep getting crap thrown at us that hasn't improved since the horrible 80s. Sure there are a few exceptions but where are the cars that should very well be here by now that compete head to head with the Japanese? The only real competition we have here were all designed in Europe. It's ridiculous that we have to resort to buying a Jap car to get a quality small car after all of the time that has passed. I know this gets the "Buy American" crowd all worked up but that is a long gone idea unfortunately (that is still trumpeted by the unions that got us into half of this mess)

 

Have you seen the number of parts in a new American car or truck that come from China?

 

We SHOULD be ashamed.

TedGEXT Enthusiast

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Why would anyone want a shitbox just to get better mileage? My C6 Corvette gets 30+ highway. Oh yeah when you romp on it... well you know.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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Why would anyone want a shitbox just to get better mileage? My C6 Corvette gets 30+ highway. Oh yeah when you romp on it... well you know.

Yeah but it's so cool! :banghead:

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