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Originally Posted by Old Dood
King Riffle I have always thought of you are a 'Fair Minded' person.
Your 'review' seems to be fair as well. I know you take some flak here from time to time but so be it. It is a Economy Car and that always has to be taken for what it is. An Affordable Car. It will not be perfect and I believe even the higher end cars will have some issues in regards to rattles and squeaks. These can be fixed if the correct person takes the time to do it well.
What I would like to see are reviews of cars after they hit 40-50K miles.(And/Or more then that)
I would call them 'Real Life Reviews'. Meaning we as consumers will keep our cars at least THAT long and to see how a car holds up after many miles to me would be a real test of it's overall build quality.
Mainly for me anyways in 'Ride Quality'. That is why I kept my Buicks for so long. I might have had some odd repairs but the ride quality has always been there. Yes, I had to change out the struts at 70+K (rears) and 100+K (fronts) but that to me is fairly normal with Michigan roads beating the HELL out of my cars.
A lot of people like/want all that suspension 'stuff'. How it handles in a tight curve, etc. To me it is the 'Ride' and will always be the Ride. After all when I travel somewhere I want to show up as refreshed as possible. Sure being able to corner might come in handy but, I don't want something 'stiff' all the time. It wears me out. I enjoy the 'float ride' so I can experience my trip in comfort. Drinks are not jumping out of the cup holders and so forth.
To quote a well known phrase:
"The Journey is all, the End is nothing..."
To bad you didn't have a camera with you. I thought YOU were a Tech-no Geek of some sort.  Not even a phone camera? Tisk Tisk...hehe. |
Why thank you.
Some people don't mind a few rattles and squeaks. Personally, I hate them. It can take quite a bit of work sometimes to track them down. I love what Ford did with my Taurus. It's such a simple idea that I'm surprised others haven't done it. Where ever two interior pieces meet, there are little felt pads glued to those panels. A rather cheap solution maybe, but it works. 123,000 miles and not a single rattle or squeak.
Reviews of a car after a good 50k would be helpful. You'd run into issues though. How well had the car been taken care of? How would you know? Have things that needed to be fixed been fixed? Is there a car magazine that does 50,000 mile long-term tests? I thought that there was but I could be wrong. They'd be a great source for information like that.
I wouldn't describe the Cobalt's ride as "Buick like," but you might be surprised at how well they do ride. I myself prefer great handling in a car, but a smooth ride is nice sometimes too.
I did have my phone along, but I can't find a cord to connect it to my computer to upload the pictures. If you can find me a cord compatible with a Pantech C120 I'd greatly appreciate it. It wouldn't have done a whole lot of good since it was dark out.