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#26 of 39 Re: Recent test drive [skysensor] by smogdung Jan 14, 2007 (6:12 am)
Replying to: skysensor (Jan 13, 2007 7:26 am) I think if you dig around on the internet you'll discover that the 2.4 is not a low tech 4. The 2.0 Turbo version is the highest specific output engine GM has ever created...including the 7L 500+ HP engine in the Z-06 Vette. Unfortunately the 2.0 turbo is only available in the Solstice GXP & Sky Redline right now. We've enjoyed ours so much that even though it's been in the shop >week with a transmission fluid leak....we can't wait to get it back! Replies to this message: skysensor (Jan 14, 2007 7:02 am) smogdung (Jan 15, 2007 3:20 pm)
#27 of 39 Re: Recent test drive [smogdung] by skysensor Jan 14, 2007 (7:02 am)
Replying to: smogdung (Jan 14, 2007 6:12 am) Didn't mean to imply that the engine was low tech, just that it sounded low tech. Perception of sound is obviously subjective, but the engine sounded "coarse" and was more noticeable than it should have been (in my opinion) when I was not pushing the vehicle. I'm looking for more "purr" and less "roar". Replies to this message: smogdung (Jan 15, 2007 3:20 pm)
#28 of 39 Re: Recent test drive [skysensor] by smogdung Jan 15, 2007 (3:20 pm)
Replying to: skysensor (Jan 14, 2007 7:02 am) I've mentioned this before (here), with the 2.4L automatic you'll get about 27 mpg if ya drive the way I do....If ya want to drag race from a stop light...just put your left foot on the brake...& give gas at the same time....it'll twist those 17s...even with traction control....got it back today....quite happy again....at 115+ the mpg suck.
#29 of 39 Rented HHr for an extended test drive - will NOT buy ! by tgoreski Feb 19, 2007 (8:10 pm)
gang this is a WEAK car... very little power, no acceleration. Hard to tackle the hills in San Francisco.   But the breaking point is that the windows are unuseable - far too much wind buffeting, so much in fact that when I first had the rear windows down I thought I had a flat tire! Mind-numbing loud pulses of wind, impossible to drive the car with the rear windows down.... and what the heck is a car worth if you can't have the dang windows open?? Man this is one hell of a lousy design... can't they test such things and correct them before putting them on the market or are we so conditioned to junk cars that we accept such disasters? I wouldn't buy this car at any price... why would anyone buy a car in which you cannot lower the windows because of the noise of the non-areodynamic design? And read about all the other problems noted elsewhere on forums... whew! Replies to this message: pao (Feb 20, 2007 7:51 am) ray80 (Feb 20, 2007 10:13 am) ezshift5 (Sep 08, 2008 7:43 am)
#32 of 39 Re: Rented HHr for an extended test drive - will NOT buy ! [tgoreski] by pao Feb 20, 2007 (7:51 am)
Replying to: tgoreski (Feb 19, 2007 8:10 pm) did you have the 2.4L engine? manual or automatic?.....as for the wind noise...did you just lower the back windows or all of them...I would challenge you to find any SUV or cross over that doesnt have wind buffeting with the rear windows down only.......I have experience that in my KIA Sorento as well as a Ford Explorer...its not unique to the HHR Replies to this message: ray80 (Feb 20, 2007 10:13 am)
#33 of 39 Re: Rented HHr for an extended test drive - will NOT buy ! [pao] by ray80 Feb 20, 2007 (10:13 am)
Replying to: pao (Feb 20, 2007 7:51 am) The air buffeting affect is pretty common, mini-vans included and is pretty easy to fix, just lower the front window a bit. I would imagine a hilly place like San fran or Seattle could present challenge for almost any 4-banger that has any weight byt perhaps as Pao said the 2.4 with suggested premium fuel woul have done better
#34 of 39 Re: HHR Test Drive 2.2 LS Automatic [pepjrp] by stevesparadise Jan 16, 2008 (2:42 pm)
Replying to: pepjrp (Dec 01, 2006 2:23 pm) I test drove the HHR yesterday and it was a 2.2liter with 30 miles on it. Maroon color. The car looked nice with the color.   On the road the car was not the smoothest chevy, but definately smoother than a PT Cruiser. Within the first 2 miles I noticed a vibration coming from the front of the car. I then had the car on the freeway and the vibration was still there. The only other time I experienced a car with a problem like this was in a new 06 Jetta. Both of these cars are made in Mexico, the HHR and Jetta. I had test driven over 200+ new cars in my lifetime.   The interior was cheap feeling. It didn't have the leather option, but a wood trim would be nice also. There is ample leg room in the back, which is about the best plus I could find in this car.   Though the side and front crash are safe, there is another person with a broken neck and vertebrae in the Crash and Safety HHR forums. I now don't trust the roof design of this car. Replies to this message: poncho167 (Jan 19, 2008 6:02 am)
#35 of 39 Re: HHR Test Drive 2.2 LS Automatic [stevesparadise] by poncho167 Jan 19, 2008 (6:02 am)
Replying to: stevesparadise (Jan 16, 2008 2:42 pm) Yes, like all the poor unfortunate American made Ford Explorers where it was more than just bad tires that contributed to the deaths of several dozen drivers involved in roll-overs.

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