drummerboy0088

Hey Willie_SS. I went from a HHR LT to a HHR SS and the ride is night and day. That FE5 suspension does feel MUCH better. I do have to admit I test drove a few SS, and some felt better than others - the ride on the one I bought was the deciding factor for me.

My LT is my daily driver for right now as I install a new motor in my SS, but when I used the SS as a daily driver for 3 months the ride was great.

First SS I drove was after I owned my LT for a year, and it had the GMS1 upgrade. Definitely is nice, but it's probably in your best interest to find one without it, and get it installed yourself. The old ones required soldering/splicing cables, but they upgraded the kit to be plug and play.

Willie_SS/TC

Ok, now i just need to keep an eye out for ones forsale around me. theres only 1 at the moment, private sale.

i had the plug and play GMS1 kit, thats the best way to go.

with 50k on these cars, what should i expect to pay? the one forsale closest to me is going for 8900$ with the GMS1, catted 3" DP and intake. i feel like thats fair, but it has 93k on it.

drummerboy0088

Depends on the year - but I bought my 2010 with 75k miles for 11k. Body was CLEAN, despite the turbo kicking the bucket at 81k it's in great cosmetic shape. Sometimes you see them between 8-13k.

For me, I wanted black on black, and either a 2009 or 2010. I found the 2010 and jumped on it.

Willie_SS/TC

whats with all the turbo's going out on these things? i didnt see much of this in my cobalt hay day a couple years ago.

ive herd about the porus block thing with the 08's and stuff, but not all these turbos going out.

drummerboy0088

I know with mine it seized up from oil saturation. Upgrading the actuator, diverter valve on the k04, and running a catch can setup to hopefully alleviate that issue.

Willie_SS/TC

hmm, thats pretty odd. i mean ive saw people have some troubles on the cobalt ss forum, but not this many.

not that it scares me or anything. ill have to just keep an eye out if any are for sale near me.