Doing it without losing your job usually is.

 

exactly...thank you witt

 

Well, not that I'm saying consumer reports is right all the time but they did have a well-researced article saying that 3rd model years car's tend to have 10% less problems then 2nd model year and 35% less problems then 1st model year.

The reason that I actually listened to the article was because they based the article on 2001-2004 Honda Civic's and bashed the 2001 (1st model year) because off the significantly greater % of problems with a car. Any time CR actually bashes an import I'm going to listen to the article.

The only thing I don't like about the 2005-2007 Cobalt's is the front grill. I would have liked to see them go with the body colored one from the 272 concept but it is not too big of a deal. I also like super > turbo, no flaming please just personal preferance.

Peace

 

Sunburst Orange Metallic, because it is the only color car that I have never owned.

Plus it looks great with black wheels and pinstriping.

 

yeah i loved that color on my 04 cav

 

Chevy.com has a pic of the recaro's in the interior gallery , but when you try to build a 2007 there is no selction for G85 anymore like there was for 05 and 06 . Before you had to select ebony with ebony interior for the G85 to show up ....not so with the 07 .

Who knows what there up too .

 

Yeah, cause GM is going to fire you for posting a note about production availability!

Gimme a break!

 

who the hell do you think you are...i post info up to help take it however you want dont give me crap about it

 

Sorrry then! Not trying to be a dick, but I have a hard time believing that they will stop making SS/SC for a period of time. I'd need to see a GM bulletin to believe that. If they were going to do that, why wouldn't they have had a production gap between the '06 and ''07 model years instead of in the middle of 2007?

Then again, this is GM! Not the brightest bunch of people!

 

Isn't the computer and drive train in the redline which I think came out in 2004 almost identical except for body and the odd Eletronic device? If thats the case it would the 3rd year for the 2.0L drive train.

My 2 cents.

 

I wonder if they will put sparco racing seats... I hope so.

 

sparcos would be nice

 

I wonder if the G85 price will reflect not having the seats . Thats too bad , the Recaro's are just one of those small details that IMO really enhance the driving expirience . I like mine so much , Im ordering the identical style seat ( top trendline) for my Z28 directly from recaro .

Boo

 

That sucks. Thanks you for posting that excerpt. Is Recaro no longer supplying these or something? Seems really odd to me. Sucks if you want the Recaros (which are great in my opinion).

Also, for idiots like me, what do they mean by "engineering validation". Is this some form of a quality check or something similar?

 

My dad works at the GM tech center in Michigan, and as soon as I saw this post & the revised Chevy website, I called him to see what was going on. He told me that there is a problem w/ the Recaros regarding some new government regulation. Maybe that's what kind of "engineering" they were talking about. Luckily for me he was able to push my 2007 order in before the August 21 deadline.

 

a lot of the new regulations suck

 

If they meant for it to be public, they would have made it public themselves.

 

I dunno how off base I am , but I do remember reading something to the effect that side bags will have to be attached to the seats in 2008 . Anyone know anything about that ? Whatever the regulation is is would have to effect ALL cobalt seats because the while the foam cushions that give the seats their shape and the leather/mesh covers are different on the Recaro's , the seat frame itself is identical to all the other Cobalt seats . Ive had both sitting side by side . So , unless its a matter of GM not wanting to invest additional money into the Recaro's ~or just a simple matter of the revised Recaro's not being ready in time to meet the new regs ......the new seat regs would not make sense . I would have to guess the latter . I bet the Recaro's will show back up eventually . Automakers do stuff like this all the time . If any option becomes unavailable at any given time , GM is certainly gonna pull all signs that said option is available without public explanation to cover their a$$ .

Yes I pay way to much attention to the dorky side of the auto industy sometimes

 

As of June 26th

XM Radio is now standard on Cobalt SS/SC

7 Speaker sound system standard on SS/SC

Enhanced saftey system includes ABS and Side Impact airbags available on 1ls or 1lt models

Remote start included when auto transmission is ordered on 2lt and 3lt models

XM radio not available on Ls models

revised msrp's

SS coupe $17,890
SS sedan $17,890
SS/SC coupe $20,690

ps. i believe these are standard equip vehicles...happy shopping if anyone is looking

side impact i would see as in the seats cause the head curtains on my model are in the pillars...so you may be right silver...

reference to another post i made today^^^

 

I wish the red leather seats were offered with the LSD! DAMNIT.

 

buy the car with the recaro's , then sell/trade them for the red leather seats


that was kinda my plan , but depends if i can still get the recaros

 

^^^yup and there are plenty of people who would take them off of your hands. like me

 

i got blue insert seats if anyone wants to swap me for their recaros

 

I have a 07 SS/SC on order with the G85....if I don't get the recaros I will be f-in' pissed.

 

you should feel lucky , you got a blue with blue leather

for some reason on chevy.com , you cant order a blue with blue leather , only option is black