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2008 HHR LT Shadow Edition by megan03
May 20, 2008 (7:48 pm)
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Just purchased 2008 LT Shadow Edition. Includes leather seats, enhanced sound and all the stuff that comes in the "special edition".
 
Great car. Way more comfortable than the one with cloth seats we drove first. Love the heated seats.
 
It has the 2.2L which feels adequate. Guess it could be faster...but I bought for a third car to get better mileage than our Suburban and F150 (daily commuter).
 
Car was delivered with two of the Firestone Firehawks out of balance. Dealer could not get them to balance so they have replaced them.
 
This is alot of car for the money.
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Re: 2008 HHR LT Shadow Edition [megan03] by poncho167
May 22, 2008 (5:36 pm)
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Replying to: megan03 (May 20, 2008 7:48 pm)

I am not familiar with the Shadow Edition. So it sounds like it comes with leather and a sport suspension with those Firehawks. It's very possible that those tires could have been defects. That happens from time to time even from the tire stores. I to would be happy with the base 2.2 L engine because its pretty peppy and after all its only an econo box.
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Happy Swap by rdelucchi
May 31, 2008 (1:17 pm)
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Just traded my 08 Scion xB for an 08 HHR LT; got tired of driving the stick in commute traffic, and really didn't like the lack of lumbar support. Very happy with the HHR so far...
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Re: Happy Swap [rdelucchi] by dmathews3
May 31, 2008 (1:51 pm)
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Replying to: rdelucchi (May 31, 2008 1:17 pm)

I have a 07 Caddy STS and just got a new HHR with the 2LT and all the toys including Leather and find myself telling the wife to take the STS to work so I can use the HHR. A $24K car and a $53K car and I drive the cheap one.
Only thing I don't care for is the instrument cluster as the blue background behind the numbers is hard to read sometimes so I'm having this put in next week.
http://tinyurl.com/5zhvn6
The company that makes these is only 60 miles from me so I emailed them and they will sell it to me and install for $150 total. Can't go wrong and should be a whole lot easier to read with my sun glasses on.
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Re: Happy Swap [dmathews3] by 62vetteefp
Jun 01, 2008 (5:16 pm)
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Replying to: dmathews3 (May 31, 2008 1:51 pm)

Please let us know how it works. We spend hours and hours getting the lighting just right. Making sure there are no hot spots, even lighting, etc.
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Re: Happy Swap [62vetteefp] by dmathews3
Jun 02, 2008 (3:13 am)
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Jun 01, 2008 5:16 pm)

All they are replacing is the gauge faces, so it is still my cluster. Only thing I hate on orginal was the blue put under the numbers. If they had just left it black background with bright white numbers, all would be well.
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Re: 2008 HHR LT Shadow Edition [poncho167] by megan03
Jun 02, 2008 (1:31 pm)
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Replying to: poncho167 (May 22, 2008 5:36 pm)

The Special Part is the color, wheels, rear spoiler, stereo etc... The leather is an option as I had two to choose from (one with, one without) when they were locating the vehicle.
 
Still loving the car and, while I am a die hard lover of my F150, I can say I really enjoy driving this car alot.
 
This past Sunday a group I am in meets and several are getting Prius'. After the meeting as people adjourned to look at the cars, I had more looking at my HHR than any of them.
 
It is a looker for sure.
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headlights aimed too low??? by lynnann50
Jul 05, 2008 (9:55 am)
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hi all...my Colorado truck broke down for the 6th time for electrical causes and at the dealer (I was 350 miles from home) I saw this silver HHR and traded for it. I loved driving it on the drive back home during the daylight hours and was delighted I'd made the trade..also...I love that is is styled after the 1950 (year I was born) Suburban...However...
 
Last night I had the first occasion to drive it at night...and OMG(dess)...on low beams I couldn't even see 100 feet ahead of me...it's like the upper windshield is blacked out! With highbeams it's some better...but heading down an incline...I can't even see the top of the next hill! Once back in "town" (I'm in the far northern reaches of Wisconsin)...it was much better with the lighting from streetlights and what not...but out on the wooded roads it was horrid! I drove with the lever pulled towards me in "flash" mode the whole way home (except when there was oncoming traffic of course) and that was barely passable. I'm used to watching the highway several hundred feet ahead of me.
 
Does anyone else find this disconcerting and are there different settings for the headlights in town and in rural surroundings???
 
If anyone has a suggestion...let me know PLEASE..I dread my drive home from work on Monday....lynnann
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Re: headlights aimed too low??? [lynnann50] by poncho167
Jul 06, 2008 (5:20 am)
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Replying to: lynnann50 (Jul 05, 2008 9:55 am)

Congrats on the new ride. Though it shouldn't occur, it's possible that the fixed headlights are somehow out of alignment. I would contact the dealer to remedy the situation.
 
The HHR looks actually comes from the 1938 Heritage High Roof (HHR) though later years had that similar look.
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Re: headlights aimed too low??? [poncho167] by laco
Jul 06, 2008 (6:10 am)
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Replying to: poncho167 (Jul 06, 2008 5:20 am)

Just to add my 2 cents, if you look at a photo of a 1949 Suburban and the HHR side by side, the similarities are more than a little obvious.
 
As far as the headlights, it should be something the dealer can remedy. My HHR is certainly usable at night, so its not a design problem.

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