Well, good luck with the Z. Seriously. The cobalt must not have been the car for you.

 

Don't forget that ontop of the 12,000 or whatever you'll get with a dealer trade-in, They must give you your 14% back. $1680, not a whole lot more but still adds some to the value. Makes you think twice about options to, 98% of these places don't give a **** if you spent $1500 on the G85 package or $1100 on a sunroof, they will still view it as a base model SS-SC.

Heres my example: July 2005 I bought a 05 Corolla "S", Auto, Power windows/locks, yada, yada... I paid 20,400 and ended up like 24,300 with taxes or some ****. Now I go to trade it in with 38,000kms for a cobalt well they offer me 14,250 with taxes in. Thats a $10,000 loss. Now as I leave the dealership I see a 05 Corolla "S" with 57'000kms for 18,900? That really makes me wonder but anyways....
So you got your 05 Cobalt that was 22,100 before you put your accessories on and such, Now they're giving you 12,000? Still a 10,000 loss.... You still will get that extra 2 - 3 grand for selling privately, because if the dealer takes it for 12,000 you know that there going to sell it for 15,000 and the buyer will have to pay tax on that. I dont see much difference in the depreciation value other than the dealer will more likely mark an import at a higher cost.

BTW Toyota has junk customer service as well.. Went from 04 Sunfire, To 05 Corolla, and now back to try domestic once more (They discontinued the RSX-S).... I had tons of problems with Autoline Toyota here in Niagara Falls. And some more recently with Peformance Group in St. Catharines. Being a member of a corolla forum as well I've heard tons of other problems. Toyota cats are trash and always burn-out, I'd say 45% of people expierence transmission problems, etc.... The list doesn't end with these garbage Corollas.

 

sucks that the dealer is screwing you around, good luck

 

Best of luck with your Z but seriously man the dealers in Canada must suck ass cause all I hear from you guys is how bad they are. Its a shame GM's not that bad but when you have nothing but problems from the dealers what are you supposed to think.

Also the reason the trad in sucks for our cars is everyone figures they're gonna get ragged out hard and just be beaten up on. Couple that with the fact that its basicly an economy car and its a wonder why any dealer would even take em in trade at all!

 

i thought brakes were maintenance unless ur rotors are warpt(sp)

 

thats funny... the dealer offered me 13k for mine when i wanted to trade it in.

 

I don't want to get in a pissing match but my wife who does not baby, and in fact is quite hard on her 2005 Malibu LS, just crossed 50,000 miles (approx. 80,000km) on the original brakes. They are still working fine and I just inspected them after rotating the tires and there is a considerable amount of pad and rotor left, so 104,000kms isn't really that big of a deal. Anyways, if you want a 350z then get one, and the best of luck with it.

 

I hate Z's....they sound like complete horse shat. The exhaust note reminds me of Chewbaka singing a song he doesn't know. Just doesn't sound like a nice car. Z's aren't much to look at imo. My friend just ditched his Z for a S2k. He said it was a pos to mod and there were problems as well. You see, no matter where you go to buy a car. There will always be minor problems. You show me a car company that has no problems with their cars what so ever...i'd be impressed. My friend was gona boost his Z but it turned out to be wayy pricey and didn't add tooo much power for what u get in the kit. Instead he rocking a comptech s/c'd s2k. Don't just punk cobalts cause they are american and have problems...well honestly i make fun of american cars too but that's besides the point...the point is....Z's suck...but something else...hahaha jkz jkz...who cares...find something you'll love and enjoy..

 

That's jokes

 

1987 ford f150 4 speed std. 253,000km still factory pads. Mostly hwy miles back and forth to the mine

 

good bye!

 

My first (and only) brake job was pads on for a 2001 Cavalier and was done at 120,000 km. I researched the dealers and looked up the customer satisfaction numbers for service, and not just if the sales person was hot, or offered a 'deal' on undercoating or something like that. The cars are as reliable in general as imports, cheaper, and have equivalent fuel consumption.

Individual vehicles and dealers vary. Shop around for a while.

- SK

 

I agree with most people here. I am geting my wheels done in a few weeks and the dealer said no prob to get them done. Sorry you are having prob with ure car. But i know a few ppl with Z's and they arent that great niether. And if you are going to old cars like that, u wont have any costumer service issues cuz u dont have any warranty!! hahaha Hope i see u around and own you with my "lightly" modded SC

 

ya man when i traded in my 06 cobalt they only gave me 21k the car was only 3 month old with 4400kms on it

i paid about 24240

so i lost some money there as well

 

well not if u buy from a nissan dealer which car im buyin is from a dealer that can sell extended warrenty... and i know a few who haved owned as well and still driving strong, but my experince with general motors sucks this was my first north america car and will be the last one,which i think its stupid that i always have my car at dealer and the can reslove anything with fettin there rep involved but oh well should get my 350z by end of the month,may get an 04,05 now,so guys good luck with ur cobalts

 

so you think buying a nissan you want be going to the dealer for any proplems. nissan just had to recall the 2.5L motor because can go up in flames. and my grandparents altima 1998 is nothing but a pos! it leak ever fluid in its motor water comes threw the window paint fade off it. its got 67K on it with all them proplems and my old sunfire was a 2001 with 92K on it and i never had it in the shop for warrenty work at all. and i bought it used from a chevy dealer got the longer warrenty and still never used it. so just because you have proplems with a cobalt you think all american cars are junk? imports are not gods gifts they have proplems also.