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Well,the time is coming soon for my poor old Contour to be laid to rest. All the plans went out the window because my budget for modding it went down the drain all for repairs. I spent almost $9000 between April of last year and this month on the car. Every day something else breaks or goes wrong and costs me more money. I rolled over 296 000km yesterday and the car is running like crap,but I don't really care,I'm not spending any more money on it because.....



....yesterday I ordered a black 2006 Chevy Cobalt SS sedan. Unexpected really,because I was really looking to get a Sonoma crew cab,but after recent spikes in gas prices and hearing what pigs the 4.3's are on gas,I figured maybe it would be a wise idea to get something fuel efficient as well as still being a little sporty,but most of all,being practical.

So I loaded the Cobalt up with all the goodies. It comes standard with heated leather seats,power seats,windows,mirrors,air,cruise and all that jazz. I added a power sliding sunroof,upgraded MP3 compatible stereo with 7 speakers and a built in 10" subwoofer. The entire stereo is made by Pioneer too,and in my experiences with them,they make pretty good stuff. It was only a $290 option to upgrade the stereo too! Also decided to go with an automatic this time because I'm just getting too lazy to drive a standard all the time,and half the time in the morning when I drive to work I'm still half asleep and couldn't be bothered to shift gears. It also comes with the 17" 5 spoke rims and all the SS stuff. You also jump up from the 2.2L ecotec with 145hp to the 2.4L ecotec with 171hp,so I don't lose any hp with this compared to the Contour. The sedan doesn't get the supercharger like the coupe can,but I wouldn't get the supercharger anyways,since my insurance is already through the roof. I added every option except for XM satellite radio,smokers pckage and side curtain airbags.

The dealer is doing a search to see if they can find me an SS already built with my specs,otherwise they need to order direct from the factory. I don't expect to take delivery of the car till atleast the start of March. Even though I'd like the car now,I'm going to try and run out the winter in the Contour,see if I can get it to hit 300 000km,and hopefully by then,the snow will have cleared up and I can get into a shiny new car first thing in the spring.

Since it's going to be a lease,minimal mods are planned. Just window tint and a K&N drop in filter,and maybe a set of rims,but I quite like the stock SS rims. Anyways,I'm all excited since it's going to be my first new car. Before this,my newest car was my '98 Mystique and before that I drove an '87 Celica GTS. I think I made a smart choice on the Cobalt.

good choice,the 4.3 definitely suck some gas im driving a 99 s-10 blazer and im getting 15-17 mpg on the highway

You know, I never thought I'd "like" the sound of a four cylinder engine (spoiled by our Duratec engines of course). I've found that if you just keep the exhaust "quiet" as stock on those cars, it still sounds great. It must be me. :shrugs:

I sat in a cobalt at the Buffalo auto show a year or two back. I liked it quite a bit. My buddy owns a black two door Cobalt, and it's a nice reliable car.

Good choice imo

cobalts are a big improvement over what they replaced so i gotta give chevy a little credit



if i couldn't find a ford or mazda in my price range and there was a cobalt in my price range i deffinitly consider it

TRAITOR HAHAHA, congrates Mike .

Aaron

I throughly researched my choice before deciding on it. I read dozens of owner reviews online,magazine articles etc,and after taking just a base model Cobalt LS sedan for a test drive I was more than impressed. I lose a little interior room,as it's narrower and more compact,but the trunk is still large,at 14 cubic feet,and has 60/40 folding seats,and FOUR cupholders that actually work! I haven't heard of any big problems with the Cobalts,and what problems there have been were all on '05's,and that's expected being a first year model,and I'm getting an '06,so some bugs will be worked out. But no car is perfect,so problems are expected no matter what you drive. Atleast because it's a GM,it'll be dirt cheap to fix if and when I do need to.

congrats! first mod should be a lightened flywheel.

why didnt you go for the Supercharged coupe?

Nice car as I always say post pics as soon as you get it!!

Oh check out www.j-body.org they have a few people on there with the SS. You will not be disappointed in your new car. Good luck!