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"Blah blah blah, we want a small, lightweight, no-frills car, blah blah blah..."
Then when you get one all you do is complain. It's a cheap car, roughly the same price point as the Ford Festiva and the Toyota Tercel before that. It's going to be cheap. That's what it's for. Do the basic maintenance on it, and on that car it includes the timing belt, and it's decent basic transportation that beats walking.
Can't they just get a Miata.....:-)
racinginc215 wrote:Three words Plastic Timing Chain. On the SPO side we ship pallets of them to dealers the timing chains not the Aveo.
Got any pics. I'd like to see a plastic timing chain, but google seems to think they use a timing belt.
maroon92 wrote:I wouldn't mind one...but then again, I drive a Ford Aspire with a busted out hatch window....don't get much worse.
Have you seen my FWD Taurus Continental yet? 
oldopelguy wrote:"Blah blah blah, we want a small, lightweight, no-frills car, blah blah blah..."
Then when you get one all you do is complain. It's a cheap car, roughly the same price point as the Ford Festiva and the Toyota Tercel before that. It's going to be cheap. That's what it's for. Do the basic maintenance on it, and on that car it includes the timing belt, and it's decent basic transportation that beats walking.
Exactly, it's a great basic car, it goes pretty good, has plenty of space and is cheap. They seem to have a good factory warranty on powertrain. If all you have to worry about is a timing chain going slightly more often than another car then I don't think it's that bad considering the price.
I test drove one for giggles when I was looking for a car in Dec. While not seriously considing it I was surprised with the power. I guess my expectation was so low that when it showed better that sucking acceleration I was impressed. If buying used make sure it has AC. All came with no AC through 07 IIRC and was a dealer add on if you wanted to pay $1200 extra for it. Most were sold without AC.
