2009 Cobalt SS Turbo...short drive and write

[MalibuMaxxSS]

Well I just copied and pasted from the employee thread, but anyhow..

Very nice car

retailed for $28,930 as you can see, and had Sunroof, limited slip, etc for otions....CANADA REMEMBER, The pricing is outragous...anyhow...some pics of the car...



















So...for the good...It goes, and goes and goes.....now relax all, I never went over 150 KILOMETERS an hour....which is someone, anyone...miles per hour..I think its about 90ish...and never took it out of third gear either..

first to second you have to be FAST, before you hit the floor with the throttle on take off its in the red almost, and it lets you know by a quick 'pop' 'pop' on the turbo, sounds cool none the less, anyhow if your fast you can and make sure you do hit the floor with the clutch and never let off, it wont miss a beat, and drops the RPM for a split second, as you hammer home second gear, but if you miss your toast..so as you pass 50kmh, and slam second, you get MILD turbo lag, which is prolly good or the tires would roast off, once you hit second with your foot still in it, a small chirp from the tires lets you know the turbo is spooled up and ready to go, and go it does, hitting 100 kmh in a hurry, passing 120 I found third, and still had some RPM to go, from here it just wants to go..I saw no need for a high MPH run, you can tell from the get go this thing will haul ass....

So how does it corner......like mad....I think this is mostly due to the seats, you dont fight the car, you just drive it, the seats which are the of the nicest from a production car I have sat in, ( keep in mind we dont have benz and bemer and the like in town for dealers either...) I used to love the civic seats as they wrap around your torso and hold you, well these seats are off the hook, cornering at 140, you dont move, you dont slide around, your there, low and almost like someone is holding you there..awsome, not sure on the leather/cloth/suede material, looks cool, is very nice, but different...

We have some brutal roads here and yes it is noticable, liek any small car on 18 and no sidewall, it is choppy, but never once did it feel like it was going to go on me, even cornering on bad frost heaves, like BAD, you really have to drive here to understand....anyhow, it ubsored them nice and stayed in line and on the road....Tire noise is there, no squeel, just road noise, but again our roads suck, on the nice newly paved stretches in town it was a dream...so you southerns will like it on the highway....

Wind noise is minamal, and the turbo whine is always nice to hear on hard acceleration. more pronounced the the SC was...speaking of SC how does it compare...well The turbo has longer legs for sure, and I mean you will get more speed between gears before needing to shift...the lag is so minamal, I dont think it will deter anyone, and once the turbo goes, it pulls harder in my opinion, NOT harder then the stage 3 SC I did, but hey its stock for now.

As for changes, not many, the interior is very familiar, they cleaned up hte front by closing the bottom section in, this was left open in the old SC version in Canada anyhow, The Brembo brakes are cool, and mean looking, and very effective, stops much fastly, which is good considering how fast it gets going. needs a USB port, not sure if this is an option, but I did miss that.

OH and it needs a center console as well in my opinion, I miss it when looking to rest my arm, the seat does a good job as it almost comes around enough to hold your arm, but still needs one.

[JerryL]

A very underrated car.....that is starting to get some interest from the "tuner" crowd because of it's outstanding performance.

[eurohazard]

Ditch the Nissan Skyline inspired wing, the huge SS badge on the trunk, and paint the gold bow ties (front and back) body color.......and we're talking about a car that should be sitting in my driveway!

[MalibuMaxxSS]

Originally Posted by eurohazard

Ditch the Nissan Skyline inspired wing, the huge SS badge on the trunk, and paint the gold bow ties (front and back) body color.......and we're talking about a car that should be sitting in my driveway!

ok done when ya wanna pick it up.....

[JerryL]

Originally Posted by eurohazard

Ditch the Nissan Skyline inspired wing, the huge SS badge on the trunk, and paint the gold bow ties (front and back) body color.......and we're talking about a car that should be sitting in my driveway!

Buy the 4 door and get some one to cut you a set of body colored transfers. I could live with the gold badges but I would like them better if they were blue, or "old school" outlined red.

[Hollywood]

Ah yes, you're the ******* that said you'd take one for a rip in a thread the other day. Then everyone got annoyed at you for doing that stuff to brand new cars and you couldn't understand why. One user summed it up: "What dealer are you at? Remind me to never buy a car from there" (not a direct quote I'm too lazy to look it up)

Nothing like taking someone's brand new $30,000 car-to-be, and doing everything the manual says NOT to do for ~ the first 1000 kilometers. "In the red almost", "hammer home second", "nice to hear under hard acceleration". That's just swell. In case you haven't read it, for roughly the first 800km it mentions to A) Not accelerated hard (particularly full throttle starts) B) Break hard C) avoid engine breaking.

Even more genius is you put the dealer name in a pic - Wood Wheaton Chevrolet Cadillac HUMMER in Prince George, BC. Luckily Prince George is a tiny interior town so most people won't have to worry about utilizing their warranty for excessive wear and oil burning.

Fine I'll edit this - the above only applies if this dude works for the dealer. If he's a regular customer then disregard the above. Better?

[Corr69]

Hollywood, your a looser. Find something better to do with your time then become a snitch.

[SirRaven]

Originally Posted by Hollywood

Ah yes, you're the ******* that said you'd take one for a rip in a thread the other day. Then everyone got annoyed at you for doing that stuff to brand new cars and you couldn't understand why. One user summed it up: "What dealer are you at? Remind me to never buy a car from there" (not a direct quote I'm too lazy to look it up)

Nothing like taking someone's brand new $30,000 car-to-be, and doing everything the manual says NOT to do for ~ the first 1000 kilometers. "In the red almost", "hammer home second", "nice to hear under hard acceleration". That's just swell. In case you haven't read it, for roughly the first 800km it mentions to A) Not accelerated hard (particularly full throttle starts) B) Break hard C) avoid engine breaking.

Even more genius is you put the dealer name in a pic - Wood Wheaton Chevrolet Cadillac HUMMER in Prince George, BC. Luckily Prince George is a tiny interior town so most people won't have to worry about utilizing their warranty for excessive wear and oil burning.

I just may speak to the reps about this one.

WOW

I think he did what just about any normal guy would do when they test drive this car. Man you need to realize that anyone would do this crap to a car like this when they test drive it. You have to know what the car can do before you buy it. What do you expect someone to just walk up to the dealership sit in the car then decide if they want it or not. Wake up and smell the **** roses, Im sure that we will not be the last guy to drive this car hard before it reaches that magical 1000 km mark.

[eurohazard]

This thread got AWESOME!

[MalibuMaxxSS]

Originally Posted by Hollywood

Ah yes, you're the ******* that said you'd take one for a rip in a thread the other day. Then everyone got annoyed at you for doing that stuff to brand new cars and you couldn't understand why. One user summed it up: "What dealer are you at? Remind me to never buy a car from there" (not a direct quote I'm too lazy to look it up)

Nothing like taking someone's brand new $30,000 car-to-be, and doing everything the manual says NOT to do for ~ the first 1000 kilometers. "In the red almost", "hammer home second", "nice to hear under hard acceleration". That's just swell. In case you haven't read it, for roughly the first 800km it mentions to A) Not accelerated hard (particularly full throttle starts) B) Break hard C) avoid engine breaking.

Even more genius is you put the dealer name in a pic - Wood Wheaton Chevrolet Cadillac HUMMER in Prince George, BC. Luckily Prince George is a tiny interior town so most people won't have to worry about utilizing their warranty for excessive wear and oil burning.

I just may speak to the reps about this one.

sooooo Yaaaaaaaa.......I looked in the manual and did not see anywhere it said not to use a hammer to get it in to second gear.. ..

anyhow, seriously go find somehting better to do..call the reps they wre here when I drove it, had a good chat about it. What are we frickin 3 years old...'Im telling my daddy'....man oh man....and its has 265hp and weighs 2500 lbs, no matter where the throttle is it accelerates 'hard' Its all literal you ______ ( you can fill in the blanks...)

anyhow done with you, anyone else with some intelligent insight or questions...

[Hollywood]

Originally Posted by Corr69

Hollywood, your a looser. Find something better to do with your time then become a snitch.

It's "you're". You tried though.

Now listen up kiddo, I work for GM and it's a pain in my ass to have boardroom meetings about pissed off customers having their cars mistreated at dealerships across the country. I could've sworn this MalibuMaxx guy said said he worked at the dealership. If not then I don't care, customers can test drive how they want. It's up to the salesman. If so, then that pisses off the parent company. You know, the company bleeding money that's trying to help out the customer...well most of the time.

If you had to deal with these retards you'd see where I'm coming from. Until then keep the childish name calling to a minimum. It hurts my feelings. Dealers have been heavily fined before by this ****. That's not going to happen this time around, but the matter isn't considered lightly.

[Hollywood]

Originally Posted by SirRaven

WOW

I think he did what just about any normal guy would do when they test drive this car. Man you need to realize that anyone would do this crap to a car like this when they test drive it. You have to know what the car can do before you buy it. What do you expect someone to just walk up to the dealership sit in the car then decide if they want it or not. Wake up and smell the **** roses, Im sure that we will not be the last guy to drive this car hard before it reaches that magical 1000 km mark.

This is true. For some reason I'm under the impression he works for the dealer though. In that case read post above. Otherwise that's that.

[MCGARRETT]

Ohhhhh, a KpA boost gauge, how exotic!


JK

Do you have any there with that new multi-function gauge that replaces the boost gauge, I have seen it in a few pictures. This little guy is tempting, I really would like a Camaro SS with a HUD, but I really like the Cobalt SS.

[MalibuMaxxSS]

Originally Posted by Hollywood

It's "you're". You tried though.

Now listen up kiddo, I work for GM and it's a pain in my ass to have boardroom meetings about pissed off customers having their cars mistreated at dealerships across the country. I could've sworn this MalibuMaxx guy said said he worked at the dealership. If not then I don't care, customers can test drive how they want. It's up to the salesman. If so, then that pisses off the parent company. You know, the company bleeding money that's trying to help out the customer...well most of the time.

If you had to deal with these retards you'd see where I'm coming from. Until then keep the childish name calling to a minimum. It hurts my feelings. Dealers have been heavily fined before by this ****. That's not going to happen this time around, but the matter isn't considered lightly.

OK SO I get ya, Im not trying to be a **** here, BUT....GM builds a car they say is all this and a bag of chips, has 265 HP, sets records for this and that..

And then you say dont drive it hard...ok

You build a car with a feature called 'no lift shift' and I quote.....'drivers will have to reprgram their brain to keep their foot planted to the floorboard while their left foot operates the clutch and they fly thru the gears'

And you say dont drive it hard...

you brag about the massive Brembo brakes and the stopping capability...

And you say dont try them out....

You brag of its impressive track times at neuremberg..and impresive it is, how it outhandles this and that...

And then you say dont try it...

If I want to try an LT or LS cobalt I will and I will drive it accordingly as I did with this car..People want to know about hte no lift feature and how it works, so how the hell can I explain it or show it without doing it??

How can I compare the performance difference to a SC customer to upgrade to a turbo....If I dont know..?

Or how when I tell them the limited slip is worth its weight in gold in this car, how do I show them without a bit of a hard takeoff and it has no wheel spin...Im not talking dumping hte clutch from 6 grand, we all know what will happen but to demo a no lift shift to a customer should be allowed no?? You brag about the feature in the adds as do the PR guys, so?

Do I need to show them? probably, but wait Im not allowed to show you the stopping capabilities and the no lift feature till the car has over 1000km, so you buy it Sir and come back after that and we will see if it something you will like...not making sense here.

I get what your saying, and not for a minute did I 'beat' on the car, I drove it accordingly, its a performance sports car.

Maybe I sould go try the SRT, If I were to follow your rules I would NEVER consider a SS cobalt as I would NOT be allowed to try it to its potential..and I would go try a SI Civic, or SRT and take on of thiose cause Im allowed to try them out.

Im not some 16 year old who bags cars, I have drivin a few and am quite qualified to drive....

In the last week we have had our H3 torn thru the bush, a Colorado burried in behind the university, which I HAD TO USE MY PERSONAL YJ to recover....and a full size caught doing donuts in the parking lot....and yet we can do nothing, maybe GM chould make us capable of holding these idiots liable rather then bagging on their salesman.

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