Hows it going guys, I just wanted to get on here and get some opinions on the car. Right now, I have a Mazdaspeed6. Im in the application process for becoming a police officer and I will take a little pay cut(from the job I have now)while im in training I believe. Plus my wife and I wanna get a better house so Im looking at a car that doesnt cost my 500bucks a month, lol. I went to the dragstrip last weekend and raced with a couple cobalt ss's. I was very impressed with the relatively inexpensive cars. A guy was running consistent 14.4-14.5's bone stock. I was running 14.2-14.3's with an awd 274hp car. And the catch was that the guy in the redline and cobalt ss were consistently trapping higher than me, so I really dont think that this can be considered a downgrade. I love the looks and I really just underesimated these cars. I just wanted to get some opionions on how they are holding up and does the aftermarket have a bunch of stuff for these cars?(im a very addictive modder) thanks and any info would be appreciated.

 

I love my Cobalt and have never had any problems with it. Go for it. As for after market it is much better than when I bought mine, and getting better everyday.

Good luck with the application.

 

i just got mine and i dont think ive had it for even a week yet but i like it. i am more impressed than i thought i would be. but i also didnt downgrade. but look at it this way. its a $20k car that has potential. its not like ur buying a gay civic or some commuter car.

 

I love my balt, i have had minor problems, but that comes to play when you mod anycar, its a great car! The after market grows greater everyday!

 

just dont blow it up like i did and they are great

i love it to death its cost me two girlfriends so far

 

Great car. I have put almost 3K miles on mine and haven't had it for 2 months yet. The aftermarket is there and continues to grow. Just be sure you do some searches on what you want to mod and be smart about the upgrades. These cars are very sharp, get alot of attention, are highly underestimated, fairly cheap for what you're getting, and have some decent potential. Good luck.

 

Beware for over-obsession of your cobalt will reflect in your love life

I've been single for 17 months, almost literally to the day I got my balt

 

lol my gf thinks im over obsessive, but it hasnt hurt us yet
lol

wait till next summer

 

Yeah, I definitely would say that they are underestimated. I had no Idea that they could pull 14.2's stock. Im gonna go look at one this weekend. Its red with black and red leather with 4k miles on it for 15k. Freaking cheap. I bought my MS6 for 22k when the 06's had deep rebates, now that they dont, kbb.com say trade in is around 24k so I should be able to come out great. And save a bunch of money off of my monthly payments. One thing that I hate about this mazda is that they cost of aftermarket stuff is unbelievable. I just got my money refunded after thinking about how much I just spent on a Metallic core catted downpipe, 659.00. Thats rediculous.

 

Great car, love it, plus to have an active community where meets are is also an extra....Plus theres plenty of advice from everyone on here so yah its a fun car with a great community to talk about things and get support from with a very steady growing aftermarket!!!!

 

just let me say dont blow it up!!! have to make sure i get that in there twice, myself and 2k5sssc have been down that road it sucks

I dunno abotu him but the dealers hate me around here

and joe those parts from intense should be here tommorrow, i dunno if they shipped them or not as the pistons from intese are on backorder, but if they dont get here tommorrow ill call and get them here wensday which means ur new parts will be out wensday night/thur morning

 

I'd keep the Mazdaspeed if it was possible. They're definately a lot nicer ride than the SS in my opinion. But if you must the SS is a good car. Keep it fairly stock, and it'll drive like a dream.

 

Me and the service manager at Marathon Chevy have a mutual hatred towards each other needless to say. The only guy I'll talk to sits behind the parts counter, and hooks me up all the time. He is a motorhead as well, so he understands what I was going through. I drove to the dealerhship to talk with the parts guy I know, and this is the brief conversation with the service manager:

Him: I see you had your car fixed.
Me: I fixed it myself thank you very much.
Him: Oh, so what was the problem?
Me: It was the damn headgasket like I told you it was!
Him: Well, I glad to hear you got it fixed and it's running good
Me: I just walked away and ingored him at that point considering my warranty was voided by this *****!

The ****** always tells the GM reps how I do all sorts of bad things to my car, and even had the audacity to tell me "The car was meant to be driven nicely and to look cool in, not to get on it every once in awhile and stuff like that."

Sorry to invade the thread by the way.

 

you know if you talk to the right people you can get your warranty back its a program called VIS that tracks it mine has been voided 3 times, and after the latest its still good god i love having a gm family at times

ive had an ass service manager fix it

a guy at gm perforamnce do it when my sister worked there and a screw up reinstated it thsi time

dam i cant type

 

bdwarr6, want to hook me up? I think I may need new shifter linkages when I return from this deployment.

 

glad to see I'm not the only one who's g/f bitches about the car...she drives an LS sedan and always gives me **** because all I talk about is my car...great car though, I've had a few problems but nothing the warranty couldn't fix...plus the greatness of the car outweighs the problems every time

 

Yeah, my neighbors tell me that I'm gonna wash the paint off the car. I respond to them that at least the paint will be clean..lol..Anywayz..Great car

 

I get that one all the time too! Oh, and my girlfriend caught me one day saying "look at that fine ass" when I just got done chamiosing the car after washing it. Needless to say she wasn't too happy to hear that one.

 

I'd say go for it. Trust me you will love the car. And the looks it gets?, Jeez, I've never gotten so many. I call it my econo pocket rocket. Can run low 14's at the track and still get 32 MPG on the hywy.

 

well being 17 and hacing the luxury of having this car I love it!!! The car is awsome minor problems, keep warrenty and your good.

 

Yeah, I went and drove one today. Its not nearly as torquey as my mazdaspeed, but I like the smooth power. I didnt realize the one I drove was 24k, damn, that more than I paid for the ms6. My big thing was could I fit into it. Im 6'3 and 230lbs. My wife is small and she had a cavalier ss and the seat wouldnt go far enough back. I was very surprised when I fit like a glove in the car, even with the recaro seats. I liked the factory sub too, nice touch. All in all, I like the little car and I will most likely have one in my possesion sooner than later. Im gonna keep coming to the forum and bothering you guys so I can learn about this car just like I did my ms6. Bye bye high payment, hello more money in my pocket

 

they made cavi SS's? wtf?!

 

Yea, I agree with everybody else when I say, I am obsessed with my Cobalt....Great Car, Highly reccommended

 

Whatever smartass, Z24. I never been into chevys before so I never had paid attention to the model names. Plus, why would I wanna remember that car, It was slow and basically just a pos. I guess you have your ******** on every forum

 

no i wasnt trying to be a smart ass i thought maybe u were right... but i laughed b/c the thought of cavi ss possibly existing. thanks for misunderstanding and being a dick about it