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buttcrackmenace posted:lol. The only remarkable thing here is how surprised you are.
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buttcrackmenace posted:lol. "Fleet vehicle"
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theacox posted:"Fleet vehicle" Chrysler Corp Fleet Vehicle, no less.
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Dec 29, 2014 03:22
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theacox posted:"Fleet vehicle" The only really bad rental I've had recently was a Cruze. I've had a Yaris, a Corolla, a Camry and a Focus which have all been perfectly fine.
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Dec 29, 2014 03:28
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Fuckin Cruze. That was an aggressively mediocre car to beat all aggressively mediocre cars.
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Dec 29, 2014 03:34
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Safety Dance posted:Fuckin Cruze. That was an aggressively mediocre car to beat all aggressively mediocre cars. To be fair 'aggressively mediocre' describes those Toyotas too - at least they're a fair bit better screwed together than that Holden though.
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Dec 29, 2014 03:37
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Safety Dance posted:Fuckin Cruze. That was an aggressively mediocre car to beat all aggressively mediocre cars. Right. Not better than the Cobalt in any real metric, and at least the Cobalt was kind of interesting.
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Did the cobalt come with a turbo petrol engine or a really, really good diesel? Cause the cruze does.
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Dec 29, 2014 06:26
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The cobalt SS came with a turbocharged 2 liter, and supercharged 2 liter. The turbocharged one was one of the fastest FWD cars ever built at the time, in a strait line or around most tracks. The cobalt still carries on the legacy of the caviler before it, mainly the "least likely car on the road to have insurance" title. They didn't make a cruise coupe, so it will probably lose that to the genesis coupe.
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Dec 29, 2014 06:29
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Slavvy posted:Did the cobalt come with a turbo petrol engine or a really, really good diesel? Cause the cruze does. Well the rental was the normal 1.8 petrol, but I've also driven a diesel and thought that was pretty bad too.
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Dec 29, 2014 07:08
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Fair enough. My impression of the cruze I drove was that it was a quantum leap forward from the preceeding vectra/astra models, but that admittedly isn't much of an achievement.
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Dec 29, 2014 07:23
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The current worst GM rental car is the Malibu with the 2.5L engine. It weighs only 3300 lbs but feels like a small bus. The engine is supposed to produce 197hp but has trouble with small hills and the automatic will fight you to the point of revving the engine up but producing no power like a petulant child. After you've trained it the power is better but often it still just revs to the moon with no power like some sort of retarded CVT or a hosed Ford AXOD. The onboard infotainment system UI looks like a deviantart skin designed by someone who just stumbled upon photoshop while chewing on a few grams of mushrooms. Handling is like a rock tumbler wherein everything inside the car will eat window as it lurches around corners. All the interior fit and finish is trying hard to be premium but nothing quite lines up correctly. The stalks are massive cylindrical posts invented by someone with gigantic hands and no concept of ergonomics. The key is like a cargo cult version of an Audi key expect the actual key is thinner and shittier, and the fob itself is this massive thing that has no real feel between buttons so I can't tell what that gently caress is going on in the dark. The sound system is not all about that bass. Turning up dat bass does nothing. It will spin the tires on every spirited left and right hand turn from a stop and then the traction control will LOSE ITS poo poo and take away all power from the wheels as it gulps a valium and does its breathing exercises, fluttering its hands up and down chanting soothing words. The headrests can't be removed so your carseat will just dig right in and can never be properly tightened. It chews through fuel like the opening scene of Romeo and Juliet the movie as the onboard display tries to convince you its doing 35mpg. 8ender fucked around with this message at 08:14 on Dec 29, 2014 |
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Dec 29, 2014 07:58
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I'm basically avoiding rental cars until the last of the old impalas/old chrysler 200s leave the lots.
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8ender posted:An eloquent assessment Can I steal this?
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Geirskogul posted:Can I steal this? Go for it. I hate this car so much. gently caress the lady in the Mercedes SUV who hosed up my hatch and put me in this hell.
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8ender posted:The current worst GM rental car is the Malibu with the 2.5L engine. It weighs only 3300 lbs but feels like a small bus. The engine is supposed to produce 197hp but has trouble with small hills and the automatic will fight you to the point of revving the engine up but producing no power like a petulant child. After you've trained it the power is better but often it still just revs to the moon with no power like some sort of retarded CVT or a hosed Ford AXOD. 90% certain you just described a Ford escape.
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I'm in a rental Mustang now. I used to think it was hatefully underpowered, then I discovered the floor mat was bunched up under the accelerator. I fixed it and clipped it into its little floor mat posts. The floor mat migrated right back to under the accelerator like it belongs there. I stuffed it behind the front seat in frustration.
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Dec 29, 2014 08:25
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Safety Dance posted:I'm in a rental Mustang now. I used to think it was hatefully underpowered, then I discovered the floor mat was bunched up under the accelerator. I fixed it and clipped it into its little floor mat posts. The floor mat migrated right back to under the accelerator like it belongs there. I stuffed it behind the front seat in frustration. Yay ford floor mats.
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Slavvy posted:Fair enough. My impression of the cruze I drove was that it was a quantum leap forward from the preceeding vectra/astra models, but that admittedly isn't much of an achievement. Eh I thought the last shape Astra was actually a really competent little car
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Powershift posted:I'm basically avoiding rental cars until the last of the old impalas/old chrysler 200s leave the lots. This is gonna take way longer than it should, because rental companies love the old Impala so much that GM still makes it for them.
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Theris posted:This is gonna take way longer than it should, because rental companies love the old Impala so much that GM still makes it for them. I thought they were just keeping it for 2014, but it turns out they're actually keeping it going through 2016 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/10/impala-limited-fleet-special-lives-on-to-at-least-2016-keeps-oshawa-open/
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I enjoyed TTAC's assessment of the new malibu. http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/07/review-2015-chevrolet-malibu-eco-ls/
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They've even started to try and flog off that turd in Australia. http://www.holden.com.au/cars/malibu Strangely enough, I've NEVER seen one on the road yet
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Wild EEPROM posted:I enjoyed TTAC's assessment of the new malibu. 2) economy tune the engine and gearbox so it feels like 80hp in actual use 3) put "35mpg!!!!" sticker on window 4) go bankrupt again and wonder why
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Slavvy posted:90% certain you just described a Ford escape. 90% certain it's a description of the 200 that started this discussion. I was bestowed a 200 a couple years ago when my DD was totalled in a wreck, what a hateful miserable machine. We had a few inches of snow around that time and I'm convinced the car was trying to kill me (or at the very least trying to end its own miserable existence). The faintest dusting of ice would tigger an epileptic fit from the ABS without ever managing to actually slow the vehicle. Giving it the "imported from detriot" slogan is the surest sign that the city is dead and we're all just waiting for the funeral.
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xzzy posted:90% certain it's a description of the 200 that started this discussion. Its what Chrysler gets for killing the Jeep XJ.
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gently caress the ford escape. My parents have one. Seats made of cardboard. poo poo pedal feel. poo poo dash. poo poo everything. They drove it off the used lot and it immediately poo poo itself due to the abs tone rings rusting off. Recently they had to replace another one. poo poo gas millage. There are very few US made cars I would actually recommend buying these days. 
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Wild EEPROM posted:I enjoyed TTAC's assessment of the new malibu. Yeah this pretty much echoes my own experience. I'd also like to add that the engine sounds like a bleating cow and the stop start feature feels/sounds like the car is being restarted with a gunpowder shell. My rental also has a thermostat issue at only 30k kms and won't fully heat up. The bodyshop that fixed my car managed to make it throw about 10 trouble codes after the repair so I'm stuck in this semi-permanent hell while they figure out how to fix an Audi. 8ender fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Dec 29, 2014 |
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8ender posted:Yeah this pretty much echoes my own experience. I'd also like to add that the engine sounds like a bleating cow and the stop start feature feels/sounds like the car is being restarted with a gunpowder shell. My rental also has a thermostat issue at only 30k kms and won't fully heat up. You say that like it's a bad thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJpZfp0Ss2U
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kastein posted:You say that like it's a bad thing. Ok thats super cool but if the engine stop start feature feels like this at 30k kms then at 100k kms when the motor mounts get soft I assume the engine is going to tear itself out of the bay.
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xzzy posted:
DOT usually doesn't allow imports from Third World countries, not sure how that one got through.
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Ferremit posted:They've even started to try and flog off that turd in Australia. http://www.holden.com.au/cars/malibu Interesting. I like it how Ford have the Mondeo while Holden have a string of achingly terrible models that last a few years before being canned for the next saviour of the midsize segment. I'm looking at you, Epica. Slow is Fast posted:gently caress the ford escape. My parents have one. I'm assuming that by 'these days' you're meaning 'past thirty years'.
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xzzy posted:Giving it the "imported from detriot" slogan is the surest sign that the city is dead and we're all just waiting for the funeral.
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xzzy posted:90% certain it's a description of the 200 that started this discussion. Last year around this time my Golf was in for a new hood and headlight due to a tboned truck flipping and landing on the hood while I was at a light. I got to drive a 200 for a week. It snowed, I thought I was going to die. Also, somehow the car got worse mileage and had shittier performance than my old 2.0 liter in my 95 Jetta.
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Wild EEPROM posted:I enjoyed TTAC's assessment of the new malibu. You could apply that review to 90% of GM's lineup for the past 30 years. Hell even Chrysler and Ford brought out cars that were somewhat new and innovative in their class like the Neon and Taurus at one point. But GM? Their main lineup of cars are so bland it is almost shocking.
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My brother-in-law says my wifes car needed a new harmonic balancer. Didn't realize how bad it actually was until I drove it to work on Friday. We replaced it on Saturday. It had a slight rattle before... Who am I kidding, I could hear this thing a mile away. The metal damage was caused by us trying to get the bolt off. Tried for an hour before we got the suggestion to crank the motor once. Popped right out after that.
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Slavvy posted:Interesting. I like it how Ford have the Mondeo while Holden have a string of achingly terrible models that last a few years before being canned for the next saviour of the midsize segment. Last few years? There's a few reasons why I like ford australia over gmh. Fiesta, focus, mondeo and falcon are pretty good cars. Previous to them ford used mazda based cars. GMH always had terrible Opels and now Korean cars, before that isuzus. There was a short dark period inbetween with ford and KIA though. I still think the falcon was better than the commodore until the VF (when ford au had given up but the falcon was better than the v6 VE for sure). The 4L straight 6 is better than any gm v6, the car is better all round - I've got my 2004 BA mk2 to compare with my partners 05 VZ, the VZ has shittier everything, feel less solid, woeful dash, doors, switches and instruments in comparison. The only thing GM has is the LSx if you want a V8 on the cheap, that's it. Fords got the turbo 6, LPI 6, ecoboost 3 and 4cyl, ZF g/b The VF is pretty good, but for a complete lineup from fiesta to falcon/gex and ranger, ford kills it. GM sells the VF LSx and nothing else that isn't rubbish (e: down here) Fo3 fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Dec 29, 2014 |
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I do love a good GM Hate-fest. After my family had 2 Luminas with the miserable L82 3100 that died for the same stupid reason I realized GM does suck as much as I've heard. Apparently the forumula is 3100 V6 + Dexcool ('Death-cool') = Rotten Intake Manifold Gaskets - Which leads to overheating and sometimes even wiped bearings as some of the coolant ends up in the bottom end of the engine (!?) gently caress off and die General Motors.
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But guys you need to support our economy :sperg:
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