Hello Forum,
My name is Tim Mauro. I am a sales rep at a chevy store in Gaithersburg, MD. I will gladley try to answer any qustions on the Cobalt SS. Just in case you are unaware, You all have the opportunity to factory order a SS to your specs. Hope I can be of some help.

Tim

What kind of choices are there to be made when factory ordering? Like color and interior combo type of thing?

How about the performance package? Have you heard of it?

When does the Cobalt SS come out?

When will the performanace package come out and how much will it be?

What percent is the GM employee discount, and is it off of the dealer invoice or MSRP?

There is no set GM employee discount, it's usually $100 over invoice at our dealership.

umm, there is a GM employee discount. My grandfather works at a plant and i'm positive my family get's at least a 20% discount, not sure if it's more then that, and not sure if it's off of invoice or it's MSRP.

umm, there is a GM employee discount. My grandfather works at a plant and i'm positive my family get's at least a 20% discount, not sure if it's more then that, and not sure if it's off of invoice or it's MSRP.

Ok, Where I work there is no set gm discount, it's usuallu $100-150 above invoice, this is a dealership not a plant. :) No need to get rilled up.

Hello new member here and hopefully a future Cobalt SS supercharged owner. Just wanted to ask a question as to what dealers are planning on setting the price at for the Cobalt SS'. Reason is the deciding factor on whether i get a cobalt SS or not is that i want the payments to be at or under $300 a month with a $4000 down payment, so if anyone could put forth any knowledge of prices or offer any advice on getting a dealer down to invoice price it would be much appreciated.

Hello new member here and hopefully a future Cobalt SS supercharged owner. Just wanted to ask a question as to what dealers are planning on setting the price at for the Cobalt SS'. Reason is the deciding factor on whether i get a cobalt SS or not is that i want the payments to be at or under $300 a month with a $4000 down payment, so if anyone could put forth any knowledge of prices or offer any advice on getting a dealer down to invoice price it would be much appreciated.

I dont see why the payments would over $300 with a $4,000 down payment.

I dont see why the payments would over $300 with a $4,000 down payment.

Alright cool, just wanted to be sure on that. Now to relearn how to drive stick, any suggestions on how to do that cause it's been quite a few years since i've driven stick, lol.

If you've driven it before, then there should be no forgeting, you get in and you drive, if you remember the basics than your body will do the rest.

Well i drove stick a few times but never mastered it and i will master it when i get my SS i will do the same thing my sister did when she got her Mazda RX-8(6-speed) and she NEVER drove sitck she was made to drive it home from the dealer because she wanted stick so she got it.

Thanks guys for all the help, i think this is the most helpful forum i've been to and i plan on sticking around because of it.

No problem, the hadest thing I found was getting going in a standard car, after that you press the clutch in and move the shifter, it's really simple just takes a while if you're new.

Hey that is why there is are forums they are places were you can find people that can try to answer your questions or just to talk about things. And in my opion this is forum has helped me out so much.

depending on how much u get it for... i cant see ur payments being less then 350, i had a 10k$ loan at like.9% and my payments started at 210 a month say u have a 18k$ loan that makes ur payments with any kinda interest percent more then 350... gl tho man, save up some more before the car comes out.. btw my parents got that loan % not me, my dad has amazingly good credit even tho he is like 10k in debt=) (besides my loan hehe) but yea im leaning towards the srt4 now, black srt lowered, black rims double limo on my windows and gonna try to see if ur able to get stage 2 from the factory, before i pick it up and include it on my payments.

depending on how much u get it for... i cant see ur payments being less then 350, i had a 10k$ loan at like.9% and my payments started at 210 a month say u have a 18k$ loan that makes ur payments with any kinda interest percent more then 350... gl tho man, save up some more before the car comes out.. btw my parents got that loan % not me, my dad has amazingly good credit even tho he is like 10k in debt=) (besides my loan hehe) but yea im leaning towards the srt4 now, black srt lowered, black rims double limo on my windows and gonna try to see if ur able to get stage 2 from the factory, before i pick it up and include it on my payments.


yes, but you're forgetting the down payment which lowers the total cost of the car therefore take the Cobalt SS for instance. $21,995 then take $4,000 off that and devide what you get from that by 72 which is the maximum amount of months you can finance at and then add the percent the financing takes and you get pretty close to what the monthly payments would be. At least thats the formula i use and most of the time it's pretty close.

$18,000 financed over a period of 6 years at 6%, will be a $298.31 payment, that's assuming 22K for the car and a 4K down payment.

I would not recommend financing a vehicle for such a long time, before you know it your warranty is up and your left paying for a car that not going to be worth anything as soon as you drive it off the lot.

I would not recommend financing a vehicle for such a long time, before you know it your warranty is up and your left paying for a car that not going to be worth anything as soon as you drive it off the lot.


I agree, they might offer a smart buy for it as my dealer has told me, and thatd be the best route to go. so at the end of about 3 years u can pay it off, or give it b ack and get a newer one.

I agree, they might offer a smart buy for it as my dealer has told me, and thatd be the best route to go. so at the end of about 3 years u can pay it off, or give it b ack and get a newer one.


can't you only go a certain amount of miles per year with the smart buy though? i mean i wouldnt mind a mileage restriction, but im not exactly close enough to the city where i work to stay within that restriction. On the other hand if Chevy would offer some type of rebate or 0% financing for the SS at the end of the year i would probably take either one of those routes without hesitation. Otherwise the only way i could get the payments to $300 or under per month is by going for the full 72 months, however i wouldnt mind going all the way up to $350 a month cause that's still well within my budget.

Alright cool, just wanted to be sure on that. Now to relearn how to drive stick, any suggestions on how to do that cause it's been quite a few years since i've driven stick, lol.


http://www.10w40.com/individual/100186.asp

(how to drive stick, online !)

And I think the smart buy, if available would be about on avg. 12k miles per year.

http://www.10w40.com/individual/100186.asp

(how to drive stick, online !)

And I think the smart buy, if available would be about on avg. 12k miles per year.


good thing i have alot of empty country farm roads out near me else i'd be totally stressing out about having to learn stick in heavy traffic. Just have to try not to burn the clutch up now, lol. On a side note, has anyone found out how much the performance package is gonna cost for the Cobalt SS? Oh and as for wanting the payments at $300 or under i just wanted the payments like that so i could save some extra cash incase of those little emergencies, The smartbuy option is looking more attractive the more i look at it though. Chevy's little payment estimator quoted me at a little over $200 payments with the smartbuy option and a $10k payoff at the end of the 48 month term.

Addiional opions:
perf pkg Includes Differential, limited slip, RECARO bucket seats
onstar
xm radio
side air bags front driv / pass, side head cutain
sun roof

Cobalt SS should be arriving in June (best estimate)
The perf pkg is now orderable with a charge of $1500

GM employee discount price is printed on every invoice. Equates to invoice minus holdback and advertising. Example: MSRP is 23,495.00 GMemp is 21,339. There is no negotiation, is is clearly printed on every invoice

no....not June....no...no...no... :(

Christ all mighty. June?!?!?! IF thats the case I'm taking my $500 back and I'm going to get something else then.

June that sucks alot. I geuss i can wait but that is along time to wait.

I dont understand why manufactors advertise vehicles if they are not going to be out for months.

All manufacturers do this (to varying degrees). For example, the Mitusu dealer that I spoke to last week said that the Evo IX RS's are coming in late 2006. :D

What kind of choices are there to be made when factory ordering? Like color and interior combo type of thing?

you can get white red silver black orange blue and the inside is red and black leather or black and blue or black and yellow they come out at the end of march iam getting one as soon as they hit the lot black with black and red interior

Christ all mighty. June?!?!?! IF thats the case I'm taking my $500 back and I'm going to get something else then.


Im with you, but Ive heard a lot of people starting to get build dates, so im not too believing on this June thing.

I couldn't wait at all, I have no patience, I just went out and got the older brother. (Redline) If you can wait though, I would. You guys will have all the bugs worked outta the system after we found 'em all for GM! Hopefully you'll never hear the terms 'Camshaft Position Sensor' or 'ECU Reflash'.

I couldn't wait at all, I have no patience, I just went out and got the older brother. (Redline) If you can wait though, I would. You guys will have all the bugs worked outta the system after we found 'em all for GM! Hopefully you'll never hear the terms 'Camshaft Position Sensor' or 'ECU Reflash'.

I'm with you. I cannot wait another 4 months. This, at least, makes my decision easier: Redline!

The Only Thing I Hate About The Redline Is The Cluster In The Middle

I thought I would too, but after a week it didn't make a difference at all. There are alot of neat things you can do with the dash in front of you too. All things considered, I WOULD rather have the dash in front of me, but it really dosen't matter much. At night the needles are bright red and you can see where they are out of the corner of your eye pretty well. Once you get to know the gauges, that is.

i am wondering if any aftermarket products are currently being tested. what kind and what makes

i am wondering if any aftermarket products are currently being tested. what kind and what makes


AEM is currently looking for a donor car for an intake set-up