Other then the fact that we bought this car to give the gas consumption a break with our paid for SUV's we are still diggin the car. Still feeding it 91 octane and fill for less then $35 now. Really a mute issue to debate any longer.

No real issues to report. We are living with a few things though...

Headliner has a rattle to it on the passenger side. After reading what others have gone through we will turn up the stereo. This will also drown out the noise in the dash that is only present on cold mornings.

The exterior color of the front doors are a shade of red off from the rest of the car. Maybe the assembly line should dial in their paint line a little better. Were over it but many friends have noticed it. Re-paint ahhh NO.

Fuel mileage is not stellar. What can I say here. Right at 19 or so combined but we exercise the power maybe a bit much.

Just rotated the rubber and changed the oil. Oh and I bowed down and bought the XM contract. Turns out I do like the programming.

So far so good.

 

the rattle is an easy fix for the dealer, just a harness that is sitting on your headliner that needs glued back up. i had it done to mine.

 

Looks like we joined the forum about the same time so perhaps we took delivery around the same time and I am just short of 5k miles with around 45% oil range remaining.

Sorry about your door paint mismatch and fuel mileage. We always get a little over 25 mpg per fill-up doing local running with quite a few lights. To jump to 27-28 mpg per fill-up we only need to do a 50 -60 mile open road round trip. On the only one real road trip my wife got 31.5 mpg on one tank and 30.8 on another. Like you, we have 2 other 12-14 mpg gas hogs so anything better than that is a bonus.

Our only nagging issue is the constant tire pressure monitoring sensors. Can use my air guage and have the same readings in two tires and the "light" will be on for one of the tires.

 

We have not had any tire sensor issues. That has to be a bit frustrating.

We have pulled a few 20 and 21 mpg tanks for for the most part we are under 20. We live in the hills and that takes a toll on mileage.

We like the car and are married to it anyway. It's plan is to hang with the family and toss it to my daughter several years down the road...after I remove the turbo. LOL.

 

I will look into this. Thanks.

 

Sometimes true, but not always. My headliner was "fixed" on the last round of squeak repairs. I now have a couple of bonus squeaks in its place. At some level, I knew I was buying the "20,000 mile rattletrap" that GM has cemented into the minds of consumers for decades. I just got my rattletrap a bit sooner. Unfortunately, I tend not to listen to the radio much (I do Sirius, but was waiting for conversion parts for the stock unit... the company that makes these probably tossed in their plans once the merger was solidified). Other than that, I listen to the road... and now... all the rattles.

 

It was reading your ordeal that has me hesitating on letting King Greasy Fingers touch it.

 

Well mine was the exact same as your passenger side, and all. it was easy for me. but if you can deal with it dont sweat it.

 

I have a 2008 RED SS and have noticed the same thing about the front doors. They a a shade darker then the rest of the car. So far I'm the only one who noticed it but now that I have it really is annoying. I wonder if the front doors are painted seperately from the rest for the car.

Other then that I love this car!