then why is it that everyone I've come across who has one loves it? There's a lot of haters out there, I just wanted to get that off my chest. If you think it's a bad car, drive one.

 

im a lil lost with what your trying to get across, i belivie everyone on the site has driven one. they maybe just hate some flaws

 

I think that the Cobalt is a nice car for what it is! There are a lot of nicer cars out there, but they cost a lot more, so for the money its not a bad little car.

 

I had one.. Hated it...

 

I ABSOLUTELY hate mine and I've had 2....lol

 

I'm saying that a lot of the times you'll catch someone in town and they'll talk ****. They like their Eclipse or Civic better. Cobalts have a tendancy to get compared with Cavaliers and that's just not fair. I had a Cavalier for 6 years and I drove the wheels off the thing, but the Cobalt is just further up the ladder in looks, performance and quality.

And yet, here you are on CSS.net

 

The car's just fine. I'd say it's just like someone hating a Civic Si/RSX/Eclipse GT who's never driven one, you'll find them anywhere.

Besides, just like Hondas, people love to hate Chevys.

 

because gm wasnt really original with their concept of the cobalt. The cobalt body is pretty damn similiar to the cavalier body, just bigger bumpers, body kit so forth.... Honestly for 24,000 i coulda bought a used car with 30,000 miles on it and it would keep its value better than a cobalt would...

The cobalt right when i drove it off the lot i lost 4 thousand dollars right off the bat... Then when i traded it in 3 months later i lost a total of 8 grand.... I put a 12,0000 dollar down payment on the car... **** pisses me off...

now look at an 04 vw r32, 5 years old and their still worth 18-19 grand with 50 thousand miles on them.... our car 4-5 years old would be worth 6-7 thousand dollars

 

Yep , cobalt is domestic and a descendant of the cavalier... it was born to be hated

 

Being on this forum is not all about owning and loving cobalts... Some of the biggest contributors to this site dont have cobalts.


All in all, I joined because i had a cobalt, i stayed to make fun of CC08...


Not to mention i have a 09 SSTC on the way, they finally fixed the main problems i had with my SSSC so im gonna give it another shot..

 

I hope they did. I'm thinking of giving the SS/TC a shot when my SS/SC's lease ends next summer...

 

For many people, their opinion is all that matters. And there is no changing their opinion.

 

omg lmao on cc08

its a nice car...intertior is a little cheap but the car looks sexy

 

R32's are much rarer and more expensive to begin with so i dont think thats a fair comparison but i wont disagree, Chevy's dont hold their value, It's because something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. And if everyone believes that imports have higher quality and are more reliable then they will pay more to have one, regaurdless of whether its based on fact or not.

 

I'll give you all a dollar for your cobalts and thats the best I'm willing to do. lol

 

I've had 1 Citation (81 X11), 2 Celebrities(84,85), 8 Cavaliers of varying vintages (91,99,88,84,96,98,85,98), two Luminas (93,98) and two Cobalts (05 base,07 SS/SC) and those cars have taken the most wicked beatings you can imagine.

But everyone I know with a Volkswagen, either hates their car, admits it has issues and loves it, or gets rid of it ASAP... I've worked on these cars and still am amazed how they manage to hold any value. Out of all the so-called imports I've worked on, probably the toughest have been (and this'll kill you) Subaru and Nissan.

I love my Cobalt and get hated on by the import fanboys here, but that little 'SS' emblem on the trunk gets respect at least.

 

Drive a Dodge and you will love your cobalt. No offense to SRT-4 owners.

 

I still have my 01 Cavalier with over 100k miles on it. Had no major problems with the engine and transmission. Somewhere like around 70-80k miles the motor mount went, and around 100k miles we had one of the sensors go bad. I actually had less problems with the Cavalier in driving it for over 4 years than I'm having with my SS/SC that I've only had for about 2 1/2 years.

If you take care of them they'll last you.

The only reason why VWs hold their values more than Chevys is because of the false perception that everything that's not American made is better. If you look at VW's dependability ratings in J.D Powers rankings, it's almost at the very bottom. Yet if you also look at their top 10 cars that retain their value the most, they have like 3 cars on there. Now how is that possible? Again because IF it's "German" everyone automatically assumes it's greater than a Chevy so people are willing to pay more the the VW over the Chevy. It's all false perception.

 

Cobalts are awesome, I see nothing wrong with my 2006 SS/SC besides the blower isn't loud enough, I have an intake sitting here to fix that!

 

QFT. Drove a Dodge Intrepid forever before I got my Cobalt - I don't think I could ever drive it again.. maybe when its painted and fixed up, I MIGHT drive it around.. once.. but I'll save myself the embarassment and stick with my Cobalt

 

Everyone down here says that they dont/dislike the cobalts. But people actually come up to me at gas stations and even in other forums saying that they really like my car. Ive never got one bad compliment about my car and so many good ones.

 

yeah, for an ugly cavalier clone, i sure get a lot of good feedback in person.

 

i get compliments on mine every day. but maybe its just sexier than yours

 

I dunno man, I won my last show.

 

isnt that the truth but i dont care i love my balt