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Old 08-27-2008, 04:41 PM   #64 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Yankees2519 View Post
The interior quality is absolute crap, it feels like my fathers chevy aveo that he paid 10k OTD for
I respectfully disagree. I have driven both Cobalts and Aveo: the quality is quite dissimilar. The Aveo is horrid. The Cobalt may not be the prettiest or well-thought out interior in the world, but it is quite solid and quiet. Infinitely more so than the Aveo.

The Civic is much better designed. It's layout more intuitive and driver-oriented. They actually put great thought into it. However, while the materials are great looking and to the touch, mine has not held up well at all. There have been numerous rattles, plastic scratching over next to nothing, the door panel clips have broken multiple times, and the awesome cloth looks almost three times its age despite my meticulous care and concern of the car.

It's apples to oranges. Honda does better executing cars, but they aren't free of the problems that plague domestic ones, I don't think.

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Originally Posted by civicracer32 View Post
I would have no problem with the Cobalt SS if it wasn't so darn fugly. I don't mind a cheap interior, but I wouldn't want anyone to think that I actually thought my car looked cool! I would for sure remove the rear wing first thing if I bought one. Big rear wings a la Evo 8 or 2004-2007 STI's are out. And at least on those cars, they looked proportional/cool.
Actually, the up-level wing is an option now. The standard one is the low level one.
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