New car for me.?.?. UPDATED 2012 Volvo C30 R-design - Page 6

101lifts2 · 05-15-2011, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by derf

When was the last time you saw a rental car with more than 40 or 50k miles? Or more than a few years old? You dont because companies realize that as rentals the cars start costing more in maintenance at that point than they would be to replace with a newer model.....

It's more to do with residual value, then maintenance. Most cars today will go 100k miles before any services are needed and and most fleets will replace only the front tires and never rotate them to save replacing the rear.

101lifts2 · 05-15-2011, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by derf

No, I mean that when I started it up there was a small clacking sound that got worse after 5 minutes. The clacking turned into a steady stream of metallic clanking sounds. The only way that I can really describe the sound is that it was like a thousand really tiny garden gnomes wearing steel condoms where anally raping the engine to the tune of old mcdonald. I wound up bringing the car back because I really thought that it would leave me on the side of the road. The car had less than 10k on it.

The hollow wurring suspension noise is normal for FWD GM.

Sounds like the EVAP cannister purge solenoid. You will hear it when the engine is started because the commanded duty cycle is high. I'm guessing it's mounted close to the firewall.

dReWpY · 05-15-2011, 10:00 PM

GM=the suck

Dave · 05-15-2011, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 101lifts2

What parts? Very very rare to see anything "fall off an engine" that is production intent.

its been a while but i believe it was the acc belt tensioner. sheared clean off at under 10,000 miles

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Originally Posted by derf

When was the last time you saw a rental car with more than 40 or 50k miles? Or more than a few years old? You dont because companies realize that as rentals the cars start costing more in maintenance at that point than they would be to replace with a newer model. It doesnt matter what kind of car it is dropping from N to D with the engine spinning at 6k will destroy it.

incidently I was extremely scared to drive the last cobalt I rented, it made noises that I never would have expected to hear come out of a car.

most of our fleet is in the 90k range or above. we are beginning to cycle them out but its a long process

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Originally Posted by Trip

Fuck this talk about other cars, I want to know the story on the 180 degree spin towards GM.

ditto

zerioustt · 05-15-2011, 10:37 PM

Too bad no GM...could get a nice used cts-v for under 30k.

tallywacker · 05-15-2011, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Fuck this talk about other cars, I want to know the story on the 180 degree spin towards GM.

Yep, Gas send us a copy of what went down to our PM boxes.

101lifts2 · 05-16-2011, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Drewpy

GM=the suck

Drewpy=the punk

dReWpY · 05-16-2011, 01:47 AM

There isn't the a new GM car that seems worth a damn IMHO, then again there isn't a new car other then a jeep I would consider owning. I just don't like any new cars as much as I do the older cars.