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Finally a decent parts replacement cost.

Bigchris on Tue July 12, 2005 3:18 PM User is offline

Sounds like you got a really good deal on those prices! I had a similar problem with a wavy track about twenty years ago. The bottom steel rollers had bound up and were sliding on the aluminum extruded track instead of rolling on it. The steel rollers were still round but they carved a bunch of aluminum out of the track. I could never understand why they used such a hard material in the rollers (which are easy to replace) and such a soft material for the track which is hard to replace.

Bigchris on Tue July 12, 2005 8:42 PM User is offline

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Originally posted by: NickD
The 2005 Cobalt is not nearly as comfortable as the 2004 Cavalier, rock hard seats, and I cannot tilt the steering wheel high enough to read the speedometer without ducking, the fuel economy was 5 mpg worse with the same engine, seems like GM is going backwards.
Toyota is beating GMs brains out from the top of the line to the bottom. What GM needs to do is dump a large portion of their expensive management that has done nothing productive in years. What they probably will do is dump the Chevrolet brand because they lose money on every one they sell and then slowly go belly up and ask the government to bail them out.

Bigchris on Tue July 12, 2005 11:45 PM User is offline

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Some of the new cars look weird with high door panels and very short windows. Wonder if they did that because sheet metal is cheaper than glass, for some safety reason like trying to squeeze out a window if you drive off a bridge, or if it is more efficient for AC use.
GM has been taking some government heat lately about roofs collapsing in rollovers. Maybe the goal is to make the roofs sturdier by shortening the roof pillars.

steve325is on Wed July 13, 2005 4:57 PM User is offline

The driver's A-pillar and mirror/tweeter area of a 2005 Malibu is large enough to hide a 250 pound woman from the driver's view if she is in just the right place. Just ask the woman I almost ran over in Oregon earlier this week. If the SO hadn't said something, I would have run over the woman's dog. I suspect that more pedestrians will be hit this way by drivers of newer cars. The Malibu was a rental, but my 2005 Subaru Legacy also has very wide pillars, and the inside edge of the roof comes down fairly far, due to the curtain airbags.

Steve

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