Chevrolet Cobalt - 2007 Review

How many times can I use the word "sucks" in a sentence before it becomes redundant? The only good points about this vehicle are (1) the digital display reading shows the oil percentage remaining, gas remaining, mileage, and temperature (which reads "ice possible" when the temp hits below 38 degrees); (2) the vehicle gets you to where you're going and (3) my dog accepted it as something to ride in (Barkley liked it because the back windows went down farther than half way; although they were crank windows and he wasn't too thrilled about that since mommy had to turn around in her seat to open the window but only on one side).

On the other hand, the car is fairly small and you really have to shift around to sit behind the wheel and get settled. The transmission is pretty slow to shift when getting up to freeway speeds. I went to rest my arm on the arm rest in the middle console and I about fell over. There was no center storage component. That was a rude awakening. The cupholders covered the knobs for the heat and air and are not very functional in the least. I put a regular size cup that would fit in any other holder that I have used and everytime I went around a small curve the cup would tilt over and spill. I also fill the gas tank about as often as my 1990 Chevy Truck. I thought gas mileage was supposed to be getting better.



Driving the Cobalt down a typical road that I take I thought, "Wow this road has gotten really bad." Oh wait not feasible in one day. The car felt every possible bump in the road. I hit a twig and BAM, flung me five feet sideways. Okay maybe not that bad, but I think the people who are always calling in to the city to fix potholes must drive a Cobalt. I bet I could work a great low rider joke in here about the Cobalt bouncing around so bad that I didn't have to spend thousands of dollars on hydraulics.