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#61 of 2575 . by szerfas Aug 05, 1999 (4:55 pm)
karn: That could be the effects of the variable effort steering. I have the variable effort in mine and it is pretty tight on the highway and deffinetly looser around town. The steering wheel seems to be pretty well aligned with where the tires are pointing. It is fairly sensitive to if there is any arc to the roadway. Still no sqeaks and/or rattles. I hope it stays that way. It has taken my Buick over 135,000 miles to develop what might be called a tick not even really a rattle. Stephen
#62 of 2575 aam1 by aam1 Aug 07, 1999 (3:31 am)
Hi Guys: First, thank you all for your help. I just myself a Grand Am GT Sedan today. Originally I was going to get a SE1 but when I saw the GT, well, the rest is history. I do need help in one more area. The dealer is asking me to buy extended warranty on the car for $995 for 6yrs/60K miles. Is it a good idea getting extended warranty on this car. I have financed the car for 5yrs. Also, he is asking me to get a passive alarm on the car. As far as I know, the car already has a theft deterent alarm factory installed. I was told that the factory alarm only protects the steering column. Is that true? Please help as I need to get back to the dealer on Monday. Thanks once more for your help. Edmunds, thanks for all the price info. It was a great help.
#63 of 2575 . by saturnboy Aug 07, 1999 (8:30 pm)
aam1, if you really think you will be keeping this grand am for 6 years I would definitly buy the extended warranty, their is nothing more annoying then having to fix a car you aren't done paying for yet. $995 sounds like a bargin for 6 years of peace of mind to me. See if you can up the mileage part thou, Saturn offers 6years/75k protection for the same price. Good luck
#64 of 2575 jen by jwheat Aug 11, 1999 (9:31 pm)
I bought a 99 grand am two weeks ago. It is great so far. I have notices the molding around the gear shift moving some too. (this was mentioned in earlier) Should I be alarmed? I would appreciate any response?
#65 of 2575 . by szerfas Aug 12, 1999 (4:43 pm)
jwheat: I was the one that had posted about the molding around the gear shifter moving. As much as I hate to say it I am thinking that it might be a design flaw. I have not done anything about mine yet. I was going to wait and see if I saw anything go wrong with my car or maybe closer to the end of the warranty to do something about it. My main concern is that it will become looser with time or even squeak. It just does not give me good strong feeling about the console, and that bothers me the most. Please post if you notice anything new with the molding.
#66 of 2575 . by midlifecrisis Aug 16, 1999 (11:36 am)
My 1999 Grand Am GT actually makes it FUN to drive instead of a chore as with some previous cars I've owned. Sometimes I get in the car late at night and just go for a spin. The only thing I must say seems cheesy in the car are the sun visors. It looks like Pontiac spent $1.99 on each. They are very small, don't block much sun, and the clip they attach to looks like it will break within a few weeks. What's the deal with that? Oh well - you can't have everything I guess. Otherwise I am loving the car and have been getting rave reviews from everyone I have shown the car to. The universal response so far has been "This is a Grand Am?"
#67 of 2575 jen by jwheat Aug 16, 1999 (4:12 pm)
I am not going to do anything about the molding problem either, unless it begins to squeak, or becomes annoying. I am loving my car though. I agree it does make it fun to drive! I have noticed that it doesn't get very good gas mileage. I have been filling up a lot. Any other complaints about this...or am I just driving too much?!??!
#68 of 2575 . by szerfas Aug 16, 1999 (5:37 pm)
I know what you mean about just going for a drive. I have done that some and plan to do it more. I will put in some music and just go riding around. I had fun this last weekend when I found some raised manholes. The GrandAm really made it fun to go around and in between them. I would use my GrandAm more but I have to finish selling my old car (insurance had misquoted me and screwed up the original sale of it.) I really love the 6 in the GrandAm. I find myself driving faster on the highway just because it goes so easily. I have been very happy with my gas mileage. I have gotten between 25 and 30 miles to gallon. I average usually 26 to 27. I have been trying not to rocket away from every stop sign but I do drive it pretty fast on the highway. Good to hear some feedback from others.
#69 of 2575 . by midlifecrisis Aug 16, 1999 (5:46 pm)
Szerfas - does your car have many miles on it yet? My second tank of gas only got me 21 miles/gallon, but I heard that it improves when the car has been broken in a while. At first when you mentioned raised manholes I cringed thinking you were flying over them. Playing slalom around them is much safer (unless you are crossing the double yellow line. Also, has anybody noticed that you really have to shut the doors hard or they won't shut completely? I was used to another car where you shut the doors real slowly so this was a change for me.
#70 of 2575 . by dragonclaw Aug 16, 1999 (7:38 pm)
On a recent trip I drove about 1700 kms ( 1020 miles both highway and city) I got an average of 24 m/g. My 99 Grand Am GT has 3000 miles on it now (5000 kms). Not bad but not the best. However I do have a heavy foot and am not afraid to use it. I don't seem to have any trouble closing the doors.

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