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Title: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: Tallpine on November 27, 2007, 09:07:48 AM
Anybody know anything about these?

Especially gas mileage, maintenance issues, and how they get around in snow?

M?ran taing
Title: Re: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: Gewehr98 on November 27, 2007, 09:39:29 AM
It seems to be GM's answer to the PT Cruiser.  I know they're FWD, and probably share drivetrain components with similar-sized vehicles in the GM lineup, aka Chevy Cobalt, Pontiac G5, and Saturn Ion.  That means parts should be fairly common.

Supposedly, the designer of the PT Cruiser defected from Chrysler to GM, where he was placed in charge of the HHR design. 

You get your choice of either a 2.2L or 2.4L engine, so gas mileage should be pretty good, although the HHR is probably heavier than the Cobalt, G5, or Ion. For 2008, there's going to be a turbocharged version called the HHR SS, with 260 ponies to the front wheels.

Looks like the station wagon is back again.   grin
Title: Re: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: Ex-MA Hole on November 27, 2007, 09:50:19 AM
Sation Wagaon?

Now who would be caught dead driving a station wagon?

Dude, Station Wagons went out out in the 70's.

Get with the program.


-M
Driver of a Subaru Outback
Lover of said Subaru Outback
Title: Re: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: Harold Tuttle on November 27, 2007, 11:15:30 AM
have y'all seen the HHR panel truck?

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/06/chevy-introduces-hhr-panel/
Title: Re: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: Tallpine on November 27, 2007, 11:16:15 AM
Station wagon - yeah, something that we can haul several 50 lb sacks of feed without rupturing a disk lifting it in and out of a trunk.  rolleyes

Basically, we need a more gas efficient version of a Suburban, for most everything except towing trailers and pulling Fedex trucks out of the mud.  The Suburban will stay around for that stuff.

I might be able to get a really really good deal on a 2006 with 15K miles.
Title: Re: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: Ex-MA Hole on November 27, 2007, 11:28:27 AM
Mr. T, that's sweet.

Tallpine, good deals are a good thing.

Did that make any sense?

Personally, I'm partial to Scoobies (that looks similar in shape to a Forrester), but a good deal is a....oh forget it.
Title: Re: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: Boomhauer on November 27, 2007, 11:30:26 AM
Do you really, really, want to get a first year one? I have a policy of generally not going with the first couple of years on anything- I like to let someone else do the initial testing...

Title: Re: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: Perd Hapley on November 27, 2007, 12:19:55 PM
It's like the PT, but it's cool-looking instead of lame.   cheesy

The Car Talk guys (Tom and Ray, Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers), like it better than the PT Cruiser, which they say is not very reliable.  I think they also recommend the Element and the xB.

Review of the HHR
Title: Re: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: Tallpine on November 27, 2007, 12:20:31 PM
What I'd really like to get is something about 10 years old with low miles(<100K). Wink

OTOH, there doesn't seem to be much available from that vintage that has some good space and good gas mileage.  I really don't like mini-vans.
Title: Re: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: yesitsloaded on November 27, 2007, 02:24:03 PM
I've got a 1998 Oldsmobile Aurora with the autobahn package and the 4.0 v8 with 99,000 on it cheesy It's not for sale. Also have a 96 crown vic with only 67,000 on it. Yeah, I do buy cars from people getting too old to drive, why did you ask? laugh
Title: Re: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: Boomhauer on November 27, 2007, 02:58:03 PM
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like it better than the PT Cruiser, which they say is not very reliable

Well, the PT Cruiser is a Chrysler, what else do you expect?

Title: Re: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: Perd Hapley on November 27, 2007, 03:16:49 PM
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like it better than the PT Cruiser, which they say is not very reliable

Well, the PT Cruiser is a Chrysler, what else do you expect? 


Dad?  Is that you?   cheesy
Title: Re: Chevy HHR ???
Post by: Sergeant Bob on November 27, 2007, 06:26:02 PM
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like it better than the PT Cruiser, which they say is not very reliable

Well, the PT Cruiser is a Chrysler, what else do you expect? 


Dad?  Is that you?   cheesy

I delivered molten aluminum to a Chrysler plant for a couple years and most of the guys I knew there said the only reason they bought Chryslers was because they worked there.