My current car (an '99 Olds Intrigue) has 230,000 miles on it, and I'll be commuting 45 minutes each way to school 5 days a week. So, since that would mean definite sudden death for my car, my parents bought a '07 Chevy Aveo for the family -- me for commuting to school, and my mom when I'm not using it.
I like that it's shiny, but that's pretty much it's only redeeming quality. Here's a few things I dislike about it from my 30 minute drive to McDonalds and back. Note that I'm not sure which of these are optional features and whatnot -- this is just the model I have.
- No power windows
- No CD player, only AM/FM radio (and I didn't check for sure about AM, not like it's necessary now that we're out of the 80s)
- Transmission can't be force shifted into 3rd gear. Shifter only has D4, 2, and 1. This is fine, I guess, but my old car sometimes had trouble picking gears going up hill, and you needed to force 3rd.
- Dome light cannot be accessed from dimmer switch - ceiling switch
- Antenna is on roof.. I wonder how long that'll last before I take it off with a tree.
- Cruise control has an on-off switch. I guess that's normal, but I don't especially like it, and I was just fine not having one on my old car. Also, there's no "clear" button to stop it without disabling the system. This leaves only two ways of decelerating the car - stepping on the brakes, or turning off the system (thus clearing resume ability, btw).
- The air conditioning system isn't temperature based -- it's like the ones you find on old cars, where you have a knob you set to hot, cold, or in between. Again, this is normal, but I liked being able to set my car to a specific temperature.
- Related, there doesn't appear to be a thermometer for outside temperature. Not like the one on my old car worked anyhow..
That's all I can think of for now. I'll post more comments later on as I drive it more.
(PS: I was going to post this in my personal forum, but that's gone. Then I was going post this in the automotive forum, but that's gone. Whatever.)
