I am looking to buy a car so that I can commute to and from an internship this summer. It’s about 30-40 miles each way. Also, I’d be using it to visit my girlfriend on the weekends, 60 miles, during the summer as well as during the school year. Ideally, I’d like to spend no more than $8000, though …

For those of you pushing the Cobalt I submit the following, according to Consumer Reports review of the Cobalt/Cavalier: “The Cavalier is crude, noisy, cramped, and uncomfortable. A more modern but still buzzy powerplant arrived in 2003. Interior pieces are flimsy and fit poorly, and seating is cra…

CR ratings are highly compressed. An excellent rating is less than 1% reporting problems. A poor rating is greater than 3% problem rate. If we wanted to buy our 2009 Cobalt LT sedan from a dealer, it would cost about $12,750. The similar Civic EX would cost about $14,900. If the difference is w…

The CR ratings are accurate, but the difference in opinion is as to how IMPORTANT that is. If you compare a Dodge Caravan with a Honda Odessey or Toyota Sienna, the Dodge sells for just over $20,000 and the others for about $30,000 with similar equipment. For a retired couple who do not drive much,…

I’m sure that CR’s ratings are accurate. It’s the way they present them that I’m unhappy with. If outstanding to poor is no more than 3%, then it is difficult to make informed decisions. Grouping a car with a 3% problem rate with something with a significantly higher rate, like a Range Rover, is …

I would include a Toyota Corolla. One of the most reliable and economical non hybrid cars ever made. They are boring but fairly comfortable to drive. As an economical commuter car, they have few peers. There should be a bunch around in your price range. If you like a standard transmission, they perf…

Should I sell my 2005 Pontiac GTO, with 23000 miles, in excellant shape? I’m thinking of upgrading to a 07’ or 08’ corvette with the 6.2 liter.

Ah, but CR does not accept any advertising money from companies nor do they allow their ratings to be used in advertising. I suspected I’d see car ads when I went to MSN Autos - see below. Chevy was the first ad that popped up haha. Could you trust them to be totally objective reviewing vehicles …

BringBack914 - MSN autos doesn’t test vehicles for reliability, and neither does Consumer Reports. CR gets its data from owners via a voluntary survey of subscribers, who define whether or not they consider a problem they encountered to be serious. MSN gets its data from mechanics’ repair files to…

We’ve had this discussion several times before. In the past, when all full size GM cars were “cookie cutter” the same, the reliability figures came is as 1. Buick, 2. Olsmobile, 3. Chevrolet, and 4. Pontiac. There was a significant difference between virtually the same cars. Why??? It turned out th…

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Caddyman February 13, 2012, 6:23am 15

So you find a Cobalt listed on Craigslist, take a copy of the CR negative report with you, confront the owner with the reality of his situation, his car is one of the all-time biggest POS ever made, and offer him $600 for it only because you feel sorry for him…Please let us know how this strategy works out…

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