I just got 08 tc black cobalt about 2 months ago and I just learned that the battery is in the trunk.Why did they do this?To help with the front weight bias? And yet the terminals for jump starts are under the hood?

 

I think it was just convenient for them to do that... and all i can say is, it is GM....

 

for all of us who are into car audio!

 

you had a car for two months before you found the battery?

 

have you ever opened up your hood!?

 

The terminals are at the front so it's more convenient to jump somebody or vice versa. And I'm with this guy, ^^ how the heck do you not know where the battery is.

 

And with the battery in the trunk some one can jump you from the rear. Like if your parked in with two cars on each side or find yourself stalled on the highway...

And the battery is away from all the heat in the engine bay.

Its a very smart design.

 

for real tho... with the battery in the trunk, it sees less extreme of an enviroment(sp, i've benn drinking...) then in the engine bay, think about it, it ten degrees out, you start the car, go to the store its 200, go in come out, go home. the car sits for 4 hours, then you have to go somewhere , you go out and the engine bay is50, you start up drive off then its 200 again that a lot for anything.

 

keeps heat away from the battery

front mounts are for jump starting purposes

 

No no... you still jump someone from the engine bay.. they have a terminal for the positive and you can clamp the negative on your strut tower etc....

edit: same as the guy above said

 

The reason i did not know this is because right now I use my Scion Xb as my daily driver.I have only driven it on weekend when the weather is perfect.I might as well keep the mileage down until I return the leased scion in December to Wells Fargo who I can tell I am going to hate by the end of this.(350 dollars or something like that just went you return the car= extortion fee as far as I am concerned)

 

Fair enough, but IMO one of the first things to do when you get a new car is to open the hood to make sure everything is in working order, fluids are okay, nothing unusual etc.

 

I agree to a point. It would be better to have the battery weight in the front. Then again, I don't think it would be that much better for traction. The pros out weigh the cons, no pun intended.

 

Thweather has been rough around me recently and the car is black so I will try to keep the rain off of it as long as I can(has not been rained on yet).Oly a couple hundred miles on it keep garaged and put fresh coat of meguairs tech wax on it.If the weekend weather is nice will definitely check out the fluid levelsjust have been very busy recently.Trying to learn about the car slowly until december when i drive everydayso different in every way then my scionand from car before that acura rsx.There is big blind spot even with the lower spoiler that I have noticed

 

maybe its to prevent battery explosions better?

 

The low profile blocks headlights perfectly for me lol and i didnt even think of the heat thing makes a lot of sense.

 

hint hint "less heat in rear, as many of us have said"

 

I was just thking that too.I wonder if all cobalts built since 05 right? have rear battery or is it just new with 08 ss/

 

my 05 LS has it back there

 

I wonder if the high spoiler blocks Suv headlights from blinding at night lol I hate that crap.If it does I would get the higher spoiler

 

Explain to me why, for a "super sport" FWD vehicle, General Motors would suddenly decide to put the battery in the rear.

 

weight distribution and heat were the reasons

 

maybe space under the hood also? Could allow for more air flow around the engine. And then for cramming the SC and TC in there?

 

was it possible to have it under the hood of a cavi with a sc ? i dont remember

 

I'm guessing it was more for packaging reasons than heat/weight distribution, can make the overall car smaller and lighter if you don't have to make room in the engine bay to put it.