OT/Chevy Cobalt

Rob NC · Oct 12, 2008

Found a 2008 Cobalt with the 2.2 engine and auto trans. Window sticker says this car will get 35 mpg highway. Any owners out there that can verify this. Any pros and cons. Would you buy another one? I do a lot of driving and we know what the gas situation is. Thanks for your time.

happydeere · Oct 12, 2008

i would say more like 33 maybe on flat level ground no wind she may get 35 but its defiantly in the 30mpg highway range.

Spook · Oct 12, 2008

I have a 2006 HHR and I get 30 mpg with a 2.4L very consistently.

John M · Oct 12, 2008

Neice has the Pontiac version, brother says it gets around 32.

M Nut · Oct 12, 2008

I have a 2007 Impala and get 32 mpg regularly and have been as high as 35 with it. If you are set on a Cobalt, that's fine, but if you're in the car market, I'd consider looking at an Impala. I don't think you'd be disappointed.

MarkWV · Oct 12, 2008

daughter has 07 with that set up , live in mountains, avg 26-30, so far great car for the money, HTH

Aaron Ford · Oct 12, 2008

Yes, my supervisor sees 33 regularly on the two lane hilly backroads he takes to work. The only downside to this car is that the radiator is not protected. A dog, large cat, racoon, possum, etc. will fold the radiator. If you have one, do not try to straddle the wildlife. Smack 'em with the tire as it does less damage. The HHR goes off a little better armed, but still has little protection from the woodlands finest.

People at work are trying to develop a skidplate to protect their Cobalts underbellies.

Aaron

RobMD · Oct 12, 2008

My cousin (19) got a bright yellow one. Hardest seats i've ever sat in, but otherwise a good little car. Kinda "plasticky" under the hood, especially near the radiator. It'll go when you step on it, gets better mileage than my 4 cylinder stick ranger.

Got it for 2000 bucks with 10000 miles on it. It had been totaled due to a dent in the door frame. Pulled the dent, and suddenly it's worth 6000 to us.

kyplowboy · Oct 12, 2008

I may be wrong but I think the cobalt is just a new name for the cavalier. I have a 00 cavalier with a 2.2, auto and 112k miles. If these are pretty much the same car and this one has a 4 sp auto I'd say 35 would be about right. Mine gets between 28 and 32 with me drive'n 40 to 60 on the one and two lane roads on the 17 mile drive between home and work. It has a 3 sd trany and gets a little less mpg on the four lane running 70+. At 70 mph it is turning over 3k rpm, if it had another gear to go to I am sure it would get 35 or so on the hwy.

Hope this helps.

Good luck.

Dave

brian(MN) · Oct 12, 2008

We have had a 2006 cobalt for a year and a half. great car! On longer trips I get just over 34 mpg. I enjoy driving it. Alot more fun to drive than our other car, a 1999 blazer, better visability too.
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brian(MN) · Oct 12, 2008

I forgot a problem I had with the 2006 cobalt. The battery went dead (my fault). I charged up the battery (located in the trunk-took me a while to find it!) and started it, wouldn't run worth a darn. I limped back to the dealership (8 miles) at about 30mph so they could "reprogram the computer". It was still under warrenty so it didn't cost any. Makes me worry about having a dead battery out in the middle of no where. dealership said many new models work this way.
Is this true?
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Mathias NY · Oct 12, 2008

I don't own one, but have researched them and my brother-in-law has worked on them. They do get low 30s in milage, essentially the same as the Cavaliers used to get. However they are much more cheaply built. The suspension design is similar to that of a Dodge Neon. It's not a bad setup, but not as high quality as the Cavalier's used to be.

MichaelNEIowa · Oct 13, 2008

I had one as a rental once while my car was in the shop. I thought it was a big POS. The one I had didn"t have power anything and it had no get up and go. Interior was cheap--crappy plastic.

I"ve always been more of a GM person and now I can see why GM is taking it in the shorts building crap like this.

Gun guru · Oct 13, 2008

I bought a new one in Jan. 07 it now has 29K miles on it. I get 31.5-32 MPG. This is driven 40-50 miles per day. I drive the speed limit. The 35MPG is rated as on the freeway for a long trip. The car Will give you 35 MPG IF--You drive long trips.
I like the car, it was $15K. 4 door, AC, power everything except cruise control and sunroof. I would buy another one. 100,000 power train warr. from GM.

relaurain · Oct 13, 2008

I'd like to know what exactly they did to your car when you took it in. Those computers have a "learning curve" which means if you kill the power to it for for over two minutes or so the computer looses the stored mem. - thus resetting to factory starting points. Then as you drive it, it learns what the engine is doing and adjusts itself, remembering what it did in memory. They often run like crap after you do change a battery for a little while until you get a few start-ups and drives in it's memory.
But that's how you reset a computer, just kill the power to it for a while.

dave guest · Oct 15, 2008

Only know 2 things. Tires are very special and are responsible for one or two mpg. Probably special price. Other is auto trans has no dipstick. If it needs fluid, I guess dealer has a procedure. Make that three, my son has one and likes it.

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