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Replying to: imidazol97 (Apr 10, 2009 6:17 am)

I sat in a Malibu. It was surprisingly cramped and cheap plastic pieces were unsnapping. Also shop around, it is very difficult to find a 6sp auto on a Malibu unless it is V6. Go on the Chevy dealer websites and read the fine print.
The Malibu also lags in interior space and hp.
Also the Malibu has horsepower numbers.
For the 4cyl:
Accord 190 Malibu 162
For the V6:
Accord 271 Malibu 252
 
The Malibu is a good looking car. But I would take the Fusion way ahead the Malibu, especially if I'm buying American.

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Replying to: lemko (Apr 10, 2009 5:24 am)

Cobalt steering wheels in Corvettes? Proof? I think it might be a bit different but still looks as cheap. Actually I think the Malibu has a better looking interior than the vette, which IMO is embarrassing for a $50k vehicle.
 

 

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Replying to: lemko (Apr 10, 2009 7:16 am)

Looks are in the eye of the beholder. I think the DTS looks like something Jerry Seinfield's Dad would buy.
 
Also I'm glad to here that you can buy snow tires. I'm trying to pay for my MBA and dump money into my 401k. I don't have that luxury.
 
Also what kind of steering wheel does the ZR1 have?

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Replying to: dieselone (Apr 10, 2009 7:25 am)

Great post. Glad you put the pictures up. They are exactly the same except for the buttons and the thing in the middle. The cheapness that is GM.
How much is a new ZR1, Dick Wagoner's baby? $150,000?
It has the same POS G5-Cobalt-Malibu-Aura-Ion steering wheel. Real classy.

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Replying to: dbostondriver (Apr 10, 2009 7:28 am)

What does a set of snow tires and wheels run? A grand or so? And you can use them for years. If you can afford to "dump" money into a 401K and pay for an overrated degree (won't your employer help?), you can defer a month of savings into such equipment
 
I drive a RWD car...when there is too much snow or ice (doesn't take much in my neck of the woods as the public sector road crews are not the most competent), I simply don't drive.

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Replying to: dbostondriver (Apr 10, 2009 7:31 am)

 
This is from a ZR-1 article. I'm assuming it's actually the ZR-1 because you can't tell a difference with a regular model.

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Replying to: fintail (Apr 10, 2009 7:34 am)

My employer helps with my degree. In all honesty I cannot afford snow tires. I don't have $1,000 to dump into something that I will only use for four months, and then will have to take off when summer comes around.
It is not unusual. Non of my friends or co-workers buy snow tires. My Dad and his friends don't use them either.
 Even with snow tires it is not the easiest thing to do a u-turn in a Grand Marquis. Why do you think every luxury manufacturer has a 4wd option, even Cadillac.
Glad you guys can afford it.

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Replying to: fintail (Apr 10, 2009 7:34 am)

I drive a RWD car...when there is too much snow or ice (doesn't take much in my neck of the woods as the public sector road crews are not the most competent), I simply don't drive.
 
Same here...we just don't get heavy snow storms on a regular basis for us to have the infrastructure to deal with it. So in a big storm, we usually just close everything down!
 
I don't even bother with snow tires. The all-season radials that I have on all my cars seem to work well enough. Now I do have to admit, I did get my pickup stuck in my yard when we had our one real storm this past winter...about 9-10". But that's because I was too lazy to shovel...I just threw it into gear and drove over it, packing it down. Then when I went over the same spot again, the truck slipped a bit and went off the driveway and onto the ground, and I got hung up on one spot where there was a little dip.
 
I'm not all that protective of my Intrepid anymore, now that it's pushing 10 years old and probably has a negative book value. But back when it was newer, whenever it snowed, I'd drive my grandmother's '85 LeSabre. My reasoning was that if some idiot who didn't know how to drive in it was going to wipe out, I'd rather have them bounce relatively harmlessly off the Buick, instead of creaming my new Intrepid with almost 5 years of payments left on the books!