just wanted to say hi to everyone.. Just purchased my first chevy, which is a 2010 chevy Malibu 1LT, didn't think i would own a chevy but after the test drive and the value of the vehicle for the price, I had a change of mind...Hope to learn and get advice from everyone here....Let the modding begin!!!
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Welcome to CMF!
Where is FL are you? I'm in FL too.
Where is FL are you? I'm in FL too.
Ask him if he sees tarballs or not! Go ahead, I'll wait!
Oh, welcome to CMF!
Oh, welcome to CMF!
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I'm east coast, about a mile from the beach. Water is super clean here, thankfully.
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Tarballs?
Anyways, welcome!
Anyways, welcome!
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Welcome to the site, happy modding!
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Gulf oil spill... you might want to check the news if you missed it.
To the OP: What did you have before you got the Malibu? Did you cross-shop the Malibu vs other cars? I am interested to hear thoughts on the vehicle from a non-GM owner.
Before the Malibu, I had a nissan altima, I looked at new nissan altimas, toyota camry/corolla, honda accord, and a few hyundai's......but I went down to chevy last to see what they had and liked the options that the malibu LT had for the price and liked the look of the body style, and nice incentives on top of that.
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When did that happen...just kidding. Tarballs threw me off, lol.
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I like the look of Nissan's cars, and the power of the VQ is undeniable. I just don't understand their philosophy of making "sporty" vehicles when most everything comes with a crappy CVT now. I real 3-pedal manual is best... but I'll take a regular ol slushbox automatic over a CVT any day.
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I looked at the new Maxima too, I liked it alot. BUT the CVT was a total killer....
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I've driven two cars with CVTs. An Audi A4 1.8T and a Dodge Caliber. The performance of both was so dismal it actually made me feel unsafe on the road. Push the gas, count to 3 while the transmission selects the correct ratio, then the car moves. It takes a drastic change in driving style to add a 3-second lead time to every move you make in traffic.
The performance of a traditional automatic isn't as instantaneous as a manual, but the delay is maybe a half a second, so that's acceptable to me. 3 seconds feels like an eternity when you are trying to do a lane-change at 60MPH.
The performance of a traditional automatic isn't as instantaneous as a manual, but the delay is maybe a half a second, so that's acceptable to me. 3 seconds feels like an eternity when you are trying to do a lane-change at 60MPH.
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