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Detroit, 1:54 PM
Tue Nov 24
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12/21/08
Faster than an E46 M3 and R32 Skyline.
12/19/08
Besides, that's far too much horsepower for a front-wheel drive car. I'm going to take a guess that it has a dangerous amount of understeer.
It's not that it isn't a nice car, it's just that it's in a very competitive class. The WRX and Lancer and 4 wheel drive, and the golf, mazda and focus have better suspensions. It doesn't really have anything that sets it apart from the rest of the class and there isn't a compelling reason to choose it over any of its rivals.
12/19/08
Regardless of what suspension is under this car, it out performs all the cars you mentioned save the WRX STI and EVO on the Nurburgring. Handily.
By the numbers, I'll say the Cobalt SS had a "better" suspension than the other cars in its class.
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Other than the fact that you get paid to do that which most of us would kill our immediate family for, you really can't win. No matter what your opinion is, somebody is going to know you are wrong because you don't agree with them.
Be an individual, be just like them.
12/19/08
I suppose HHR SS is more my style. Extra stealthy and roomier, too. Same basic car. Good job, GM.
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Okay, to be fair, I haven't tested the last one, and the 3.0 Duratec ain't bad.
12/19/08
"...best-car-I've-ever-owned", I meant.
12/19/08
No pretense of luxury needed for this hoi polloi gearhead. I'll take a limited slip over navigation any day of the week (hell, I'd take limited slip over power windows and AC).
No if only I could get financing...
12/19/08
The exterior is ugly, as all Cobalts are. And in case you didn't actually SEE the interior, you don't need to be a fashion victim to not like that thing. You just need to be a sensible person. I would just have a tough time signing on the line for $25k when the car has an interior that looks like that. You do spend a lot of time in there.
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Name two things i do not want a part 4 of.
12/19/08
But +1 to everything else you said. I could never bring myself to buy one of those things.
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This little image was something I did out of curiosity if GM ever drops Pontiac, but doesn't want to get rid of the few winners they have....
It makes you think a little, doesn't it?
12/19/08
And from what I see, now that GM has taken the apple from Eve in the appearance of dollars from the Fed, any red blooded performance cars, and gas guzzling SUV's are going to get dropped as fast as they can. Camaro Convertible? Watch, this will be one of the first things to go. The G8 ST? Already dead. The entire Pontiac Brand? RIP. and I predict that cars like the Solstice/Sky, XLR, and even the vaunted Corvette will be on deaths bed by the end of next year...
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