A friend is looking for a car for their college-aged son. They found a Cobalt in decent shape. They asked me about them, but I know next to nothing. Car in question is an 2008 LT four door with a auto trans.
Learn me!
A friend is looking for a car for their college-aged son. They found a Cobalt in decent shape. They asked me about them, but I know next to nothing. Car in question is an 2008 LT four door with a auto trans.
Learn me!
They're decent cars. Have rust issues but what doesn't. The rockers fail before anything else so at least it isn't hidden.
One gotcha is that Cobalts could be had with four lug or five lug wheels. Make sure the spare tire matches the car. Used car lots get cars with missing spares and don't always check that the junkyard replacement matches the car. Had this happen twice.
They are cockroaches. Can't kill them, and they are about as attractive. Typical GM, they'll run (sometimes poorly) forever and everything else will shake, rattle, rust or fall off around it.
Good to know, thanks! Seems like a good car for a college kid then.
A little noisy and rattly but our 06 was the most reliable car we've ever owned.
Great to hear!
11 years old and 250k, I replaced sway bar links, control arms, and both headlights which blew a day apart. That's it.
It even had the original battery in it when we sold it
My GF ran one (a blue coupe with a manual trans and wind-up windows) from new to 200k with solid maintenance and minimal repairs. We did control arms, a wheel cylinder, and not much else. Lived its whole life in the Northeast and it wasn't showing any rust on the bodywork when she got her Mazda 3 and gave the Cobalt to a family that needed a car.
More good news, thank you all.
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