the good:
- AWESOME styling. i LOVE the 2 doors. mostly the tails though. best taillights ever.
-decent power
-the 'wtf is that' look i get when its debadged...not as much as my focus hatch though.multiple people said 'hey nice volkswagen' to me ..lol.
- the shifter, i really like it, feels a lot better than any other 5 speeds i've driven(civic, ford zx2)

the bad:
- low end torque maybe its just my 17s, but its slow starting off, after i get rolling tho, it gets going and keeps going through the gears.
- window/trunk positioning, hard to see out the back window sometimes..
-those damn a pillar blindspots...maybe its justme?
-positioning of the DIC controls*fixed in 07, moved to steering wheel*

the ugly!:
- TORQUE STEER OMG maybe i'm just the worst driver ever, but this thing torque steers like a ****. more than any car i've ever driven. maybe i just have shitty tires.

 

stock continentals own...and i agree with the A pillar blinds...and occasionally the rear is hard to see out of...overall its a great car tho

 

Many more positives than negatives in my book, couldnt have asked for a better base model car to start making my own!

 

agreed

 

i want to get a base model in place of my cavy.

 

i agree with the A pillar comment, its weird going on curved roads!

 

I've never had a vision issue in the balt. A pillars dont get in my way and the rear window is tinted 5% so what little I can see out it dosent matter anyways.

 

Try a 2001+ Impala. Those A-pillars are monsters compared to the Cobalts.

 

torq steer in a 2.2?

 

i traded a 2003 ls sport cavy in on my cobalt....trust me...youll love it and not look back...at least thats the way I felt

 

totaly agreed haah same deal

 

i like my car but i should of got it with power windows next mod i think.

 

I owned a Cavalier before this car. I could not believe how much better the Cobalt was.
The doors open a full 90 degrees.
An actual, solid dead pedal.
Much better gauge cluster
On-Star is the ****, LOVE that built in cell phone.
Leather Heated seats are the bomb.
QUIET!
Factory installed Pioneer speaker with sub, just awesome.

 

i have no issues with seeing out the front... the back could be better, but looks sometime outweigh such things

 

"Any car with a high torque output (not less than 210Nm/155lbft) engine and front wheel drive may exhibit some degree of torque steer"

that torque number looks familiar:P

 

I barely get any torque ster in my car...