Cobalt Sucks
Yesterday, Brigette took the car in to be fixed. Since we are having the work done by Dueck (they are conveniently located, almost on Brigette’s way to work), I was joking last week that she’ll “get a Chevrolet Cobalt” as a courtesy car for sure. I was referring to how not impressed we both were with it, when I ended up getting one as a rental car in the Bay Area. We both drove it on our little road trip from San Jose to Napa and back to San Francisco. It sucked really bad. The worst “feature”: totally mushy breaks.
Apparently, it wasn’t just that one Cobalt that we got in California. The one they’ve given Brigette seems just as bad, which doesn’t really come as a surprise (the car in California was basically brand new, so it couldn’t have been worn out or anything). Here’s a picture of it (the red car in the foreground). It looks half decent, but it so doesn’t live up to its looks. I am not even kidding when I say that we are both agreeing that this must be the worst vehicle that either of us has ever driven.
Not that we had any plans on doing so before, but now we sure know that we aren’t going to get a Chevrolet any time soon. Especially not a Cobalt. While their other vehicles may not be that bad, it makes one still wonder: if you can build decent cars, why not do it consistently? And if you can’t, why are people still buying from you? There are plenty of good, affordable cars out there, these days.
