After one month and > 2000 km, I'm very pleased to report that my 2007 LS has surpassed my expectations in every way! It's running smooth as silk and I look forward to driving it every day.

I seem to average 8.1 litres/100 on my 80% highway daily commute. It looks like keeping it clean will be my greatest challenge. I bought some 17" wheels for it to replace the steelies in the summer; unfortunately I'll have to wait until next year to put them on, as I'm saving for some tires. I have a jug of 5W30 synthetic oil & filter on standby, as I'm going to switch to synthetic and do the oil changes myself.

I even found a nice hidden feature on it (yes, I actually found it in the manual): the back seats have these clips to run the seatbelts through so that kids don't end up with the seatbelts too high against their neck. Nice touch, my 5 & 8 year old daughters really appreciate it.

My wife and I are currently shopping to replace her 2003 Malibu, and nothing that we have seen or test driven so far has made me regret my purchase (Looking mainly at 4-cyl sedans, Elantra, Corolla, Cobalt, Ion, Focus, etc.). The HHR is not a good fit for her, as she's not confortable with the rearward visibility.



Yves

 

Good to hear Yves.

Yep, keeping them clean is tough around here. If it isn't salt and slush, it's construciton dust

 

Not to mention living on a dirt road, about 1/2 mile from actual pavement.

That's why I picked silver....

Yves