ls1mike
$50 Site Donor 2024
This one had 17,000 miles on it.
Was comfortable with heated seats. Pretty tight overall. Tight steering.
No rattles, which surprised me, rental in New England. I put at about 400 miles on it.
Some of those were two trips from Boston Logan to Newport RI. about an hour and half.
Really good brakes.
The CVT was not bad at all, better than others I have driven. Still not my thing.
I Like that cluster design, someone else here complained about it, but it is like all my other
GM cars, easy to read, operate and is simple to understand. That is a very personal thing.
Start stopped worked fine, I don't like having it, but it was pretty seamless. I never bothered to disable it.
I was the surprised how well the 1.5 moved it along. It is a 160 HP. Adequate for a Malibu I suppose.
Turbo lag wasn't as much of an issue for a car that was broken in. You could feel it for sure, but I have driven a few
other rentals that were worse. Could just be this car is lighter.
The car was pretty quiet overall, unless you laid into the 1.5, it got buzzy, but driving normally I didn't think
it would be that quiet.
Guy I was with commented on how smooth it actually rode all over the roads in Newport, RI.
and he felt it was comfortable for a sedan as well. (He has an Accord and BMW) He was pretty surprised.
I have to say for a little car it did eat up the beat-up roads in New England pretty well.
It was averaging right around 35mpg.
Turn signal switch and wiper switch felt cheap as compared to what I am used to.
Rest of the interior was fine for a 23,000 to 25,000 dollar brand new car. I see them priced anywhere from 21,000 to 30,500 new.
Wasn't fan of the headlights, but you probably won't blind anyone either. They could have done better.
It had lane departure assist. It got angry if you went out of your lane and pulled you back in a manner, I thought was pretty aggressive.
You can turn it off but was not a fan.
Not the worst car I have ever driven, certainly not the best, but if you can get a brand new one with warranty for 23,000 to 25,000 bucks that isn't too bad, you could do worse.
I am not even sure what you compare it to at that price point. A Civic? A Corolla?
Was comfortable with heated seats. Pretty tight overall. Tight steering.
No rattles, which surprised me, rental in New England. I put at about 400 miles on it.
Some of those were two trips from Boston Logan to Newport RI. about an hour and half.
Really good brakes.
The CVT was not bad at all, better than others I have driven. Still not my thing.
I Like that cluster design, someone else here complained about it, but it is like all my other
GM cars, easy to read, operate and is simple to understand. That is a very personal thing.
Start stopped worked fine, I don't like having it, but it was pretty seamless. I never bothered to disable it.
I was the surprised how well the 1.5 moved it along. It is a 160 HP. Adequate for a Malibu I suppose.
Turbo lag wasn't as much of an issue for a car that was broken in. You could feel it for sure, but I have driven a few
other rentals that were worse. Could just be this car is lighter.
The car was pretty quiet overall, unless you laid into the 1.5, it got buzzy, but driving normally I didn't think
it would be that quiet.
Guy I was with commented on how smooth it actually rode all over the roads in Newport, RI.
and he felt it was comfortable for a sedan as well. (He has an Accord and BMW) He was pretty surprised.
I have to say for a little car it did eat up the beat-up roads in New England pretty well.
It was averaging right around 35mpg.
Turn signal switch and wiper switch felt cheap as compared to what I am used to.
Rest of the interior was fine for a 23,000 to 25,000 dollar brand new car. I see them priced anywhere from 21,000 to 30,500 new.
Wasn't fan of the headlights, but you probably won't blind anyone either. They could have done better.
It had lane departure assist. It got angry if you went out of your lane and pulled you back in a manner, I thought was pretty aggressive.
You can turn it off but was not a fan.
Not the worst car I have ever driven, certainly not the best, but if you can get a brand new one with warranty for 23,000 to 25,000 bucks that isn't too bad, you could do worse.
I am not even sure what you compare it to at that price point. A Civic? A Corolla?
