What are your opinions on Chevy Cavaliers?

Stack4 · 01-25-2013, 08:53 PM

I'm going to look at a 2005 Cavalier coupe tomorrow with 80k miles. I'm not sure if I care for the looks that much. More specifically, I really hate how the tail lights go all the way across and don't light up like the ones on a Challenger/Charger.

It's silver with hubcaps. :( I think it would look better with a tint and some wheels with black accents.

So any opinions on them? Do you think that they're ugly, sporty, girly?

Angrybird 12 · 01-25-2013, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Stack4

I'm going to look at a 2005 Cavalier coupe tomorrow with 80k miles. I'm not sure if I care for the looks that much. More specifically, I really hate how the tail lights go all the way across and don't light up like the ones on a Challenger/Charger.

It's silver with hubcaps. :( I think it would look better with a tint and some wheels with black accents.

So any opinions on them? Do you think that they're ugly, sporty, girly?

Decent basic transportation, I have owned a similar Pontiac Sunfire and it was a good car. I like the styling of the Sunfire better. The interior is a little nicer too. But basicly the same car.
Lot of people are down of the Cavalier, but I don't think they were that bad.

Number 3 · 01-25-2013, 09:14 PM

Agreed decent transportation. If you can move up to the Cobalt you would get a better car. All depends on the price.

oklapike · 01-25-2013, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Angrybird 12

Decent basic transportation, I have owned a similar Pontiac Sunfire and it was a good car. I like the styling of the Sunfire better. The interior is a little nicer too. But basicly the same car.
Lot of people are down of the Cavalier, but I don't think they were that bad.

They weren't bad at all for their intended purpose. I think the 2005 had one of the early Ecotec engines. I can't say much for it (I've never driven anything with it), but IIRC, most of those Cavalier engines were pretty much bullet-proof.

matt55 · 01-25-2013, 09:28 PM

Depends on price .

Stack4 · 01-25-2013, 09:31 PM

My dad has a 2007 Cobalt with the same engine. Within my family (including cousins and uncles), we've had 5 Cobalts. This car isn't really expensive at all. Thinkin' I can get it for around $4100. I'd like a Cobalt, but they're way too expensive. In '07, my dad, who works for GM and got the discount, got a brand new Cobalt for a bit over $7000.

jshaf · 01-25-2013, 10:44 PM

had a 1990 z24 that I bought new was pretty robust for a front wheel drive car, always threw my friends back in the seats. problem was they started cutting the size of them down and eventualy eliminated the V6 in them. didn't have much use for them after that. good affordable transportation in there later incarnations!

upflying · 01-26-2013, 10:08 AM

Cheap cars tend to be owned by cheap people.
Many Cavaliers were not properly maintained and serviced. Most of them I see around where I live are trashed. Interiors smell like diapers with spilled fast food on the interior etc.
Good luck trying to find a clean one.
Most of the new Cavaliers ended up in rental fleets, so they were doomed from the beginning.

SimpleGreen · 01-26-2013, 09:34 PM

Decent car that makes decent transportation. I wouldn't have a problem driving a clean one for a daily if the price was right.

01-25-2013, 08:53 PM	#1
Stack4 Drives: 2014 SW 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: United States Posts: 206	What are your opinions on Chevy Cavaliers? I'm going to look at a 2005 Cavalier coupe tomorrow with 80k miles. I'm not sure if I care for the looks that much. More specifically, I really hate how the tail lights go all the way across and don't light up like the ones on a Challenger/Charger. It's silver with hubcaps. :( I think it would look better with a tint and some wheels with black accents. So any opinions on them? Do you think that they're ugly, sporty, girly?

01-25-2013, 09:14 PM	#3
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,310 View My Garage	Agreed decent transportation. If you can move up to the Cobalt you would get a better car. All depends on the price. __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

01-25-2013, 09:28 PM	#5
matt55 Drives: CTS-V Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 1,069	Depends on price . __________________ 10.8@130.8 610 whp, CAI, 2.5, E85, id850 on street tires.

01-25-2013, 10:44 PM	#7
jshaf Montani Semper Liberi Drives: 2011 Black 2SS/RS w/ IOM stripes Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Masontown, WV Posts: 4,841	had a 1990 z24 that I bought new was pretty robust for a front wheel drive car, always threw my friends back in the seats. problem was they started cutting the size of them down and eventualy eliminated the V6 in them. didn't have much use for them after that. good affordable transportation in there later incarnations! __________________ Stainless Works 1 7/8 Long Tude Headers, Stainless Works High Flow Cats, Stainless Works Retro Chambered Catback, Z/28 Air Intake, RDP Tuned, FR41 Chrome Rims, 1100W stereo, 35% Tint

01-26-2013, 09:34 PM	#9
SimpleGreen Drives: 2015 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Southeast Louisiana Posts: 2,112	Decent car that makes decent transportation. I wouldn't have a problem driving a clean one for a daily if the price was right. __________________ 2015 Camaro 2SS/RS SIM 2016 Jeep Wrangler 2DR Willys Wheeler 1993 C1500 Single Cab Stepside 5.3L LS Swap

01-25-2013, 09:31 PM	#6
Stack4 Drives: 2014 SW 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: United States Posts: 206	My dad has a 2007 Cobalt with the same engine. Within my family (including cousins and uncles), we've had 5 Cobalts. This car isn't really expensive at all. Thinkin' I can get it for around $4100. I'd like a Cobalt, but they're way too expensive. In '07, my dad, who works for GM and got the discount, got a brand new Cobalt for a bit over $7000.

01-26-2013, 10:08 AM	#8
upflying Drives: '86 Monte Carlo SS Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 3,119	Cheap cars tend to be owned by cheap people. Many Cavaliers were not properly maintained and serviced. Most of them I see around where I live are trashed. Interiors smell like diapers with spilled fast food on the interior etc. Good luck trying to find a clean one. Most of the new Cavaliers ended up in rental fleets, so they were doomed from the beginning.