So is your car at the dealership Travis? Or are you going to attempt it yourself?

 

its at the dealership, they wouldnt take it to my house.. and as much as i would like to do it myself.. i dont have the time...

 

That sucks bro. Honestly it is BS that GM did not warranty it. But it is good to know since I have "aftermarket" lugnuts with my summer rims.

 

x2, after hearing wat happened to him I will not be changing my lug nuts and if/when i put wheel locks on I will buy from GM so they can't say **** if anything breaks.

4dr and AWD are a bonus around here most days, esspecially in winter. Me tho, my last car was 4dr and I wanted a 2dr sports coupe this time around. Beyond that I needed financing and warranty to cover my ass so the cobalt was a good fit. Dood for you, I wanna see you with that STi at race city trying the auto-x course k? Auto-x ftw

I've only been to the track once and I found launch control mostly useless, I just kept spinning thru 1st so I stopped using it. Best launch for the ss/tc has been found to be around 2000-3000RPM. lol u keep modding Larry, I'm not scared I'll catch you eventually

 

That seems right for the cobalt. I used to launch her at 1500 to 2000 rpm. A little lower than you but it was a different set up and SPEC stage 3 clutch. Once you start hittin the track more often you will get better.

Those were only what I like to call think abouts. I have a five year/150000 km warranty on this car to, so I don't want to screw that up, so I may hold of on any extream mods. The other thing to is that this car is a daily driver and when I had the Balt it was so highly modified that it really was becoming a non street drivable car. Lots of HP and torque that I thought the car could not handle after what I went through. Thats why I got rid of her and went with V8 muscle. It may not be the fastest car on the road but it sure is fun to drive.

Just no luck with that car.

 

that's another reason my cobalt probably won't get a custom tune and tons of bolt on's in the near future if at all.

 

I would have to agree with you on that one. Once you start to heavily modify the car it just gives Uncle (GM) Scrooge a reason not to warranty things.

 

You can modify a car anyway you want, but it is a risk with the warranty because if GM determines that your modification is what caused the problem then you have to pay out of pocket. This is my second car now that I have done mods to under warranty and I have not had one single issue with warranty issues with either car.

With my Toyota I had a lot of mods done and they still warrantied my transmission without any questions.

I have not had a major issue with the Cobalt so I can't tell you how it would be with GM.

You just have to be careful on the mods that you do and how you drive the car. I do remember that you said you wanted to AutoX with your T/C, and even if you do not do any mods and AutoX and say wreck something on the car, GM is more then likely going to deny warranty on the car for that problem. Just something to think about.

 

yup, having seen so many horror stories on here from all around North America about GM being picky about warranty in most cases......that in itself had me doubting I wanted to get an ss/sc and mod it for the power i want. My ss/tc is a great daily driver, ESC and TCS do an amazing job in the snow/ice we've been stuck with the past few weeks. The added winter tires gives me all the traction I need to make it around the city. Next year I will be breaking into the high 13's with only a muffler delete and K&N drop in filter, that's plenty fast enough for my daily driver. Eventually I'd like a RWD beast, maybe an imported GTO for the summer, only like $15,000USD for a used one.

Just remember, I'm gunna make it as hard as possible for GM to prove I've been to auto-x....worn down brake pads and rotors are not proof enough I've been "abusing" the car to the point I broke something. Remember, the ss/tc addressed all the problems from the ss/sc(except interior lol), better axles, better suspension, better chassis, ect ect, i seriously doubt i will break anything taking my balt to auto-x every weekend......

 

I am not saying you will break something, but they can easily hook up the computer and do a full diganostic telling them everything that has happened to the car. Speed, when the brakes were applied, etc. It is like Big Brother....but in the car.

I'm just saying to be careful because it is obvious that GM is tightening down on things and they will find a way if they can, no matter how tiny it is. Just trying to give the heads up that's all.

 

Here's one for you guys. My car is at the dealership today .one of the issues was the ebrake cable keeps breaking all the clips so they were fixing that. In doing so they noticed that the drivers rear wheel was running closer to the frame then the passenger side. They think that the frame may have bent????but they are not sure The only thing I can recall doing that may have done this is hitting a curb turning a corner at low speed. It is not running crooked at all just closer than passenger side. Don't think it is going to be a problem but thought I would see what your guys thoughts are. You think you would have to have a hell of an impact to bend the frame

 

again, thx for the warning, i just don't see them hooking up to my car and looking at all that crap unless something serious breaks.

alignment??

 

That's what I mean........IF something does break just be ready for it, that's all.

 

Subaru pulled from WRC and Honda has pulled from F1.......thats messed up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/moto...ly/7785299.stm

 

travis, you can TRY to bitchslap me, but we know how thats going to end.... you weening like a little b!tch on the floor....


on that note, i'm coming up for holidays in june, expecting a meet.....

 

umm what?

 

doo dee dooo

with no more school. and no job i have too much free time. what is everyone's thoughts?

 

Lazy bastard... ! ahaah

 

yeah man. but it sucks i sit at home all day. and nhl09 can only occupy me for so long

 

find a part time job?? or buy new video games ahaha

 

yeah im thinkin about a job.
but i dont need the money at all so its hard to want a job haha

 

not u trebs, banzai, u know the other travis lol....

 

haha im not travis, im Allan, just curious what that was about!

 

wow i'm lost

 

damn i wish, i gotta work 7 days a week to keep my fat ass afloat these days, u gots a PS3? Have u tried the game "Grid"?? Have u tried it on a 100inch HDTV Projector? if not there's a new idea for ya