purpled_out_tC

Alright I've waiting for my tC since 30th Oct, with no end in sight. I'm seriously think of going with the Cobalt when they come out, yeah I realize I'll probably get alot of flack for it, but can you blame me?

ChefRaekwon

I say get it. Looks pretty nice and comes with some great power. Just know re-sale value will suck.

purpled_out_tC

It'll be a mintue before I sell it so I'm not worried about that. I know the demand for saleing it is no where near the tC's. Plus I like the tC better, so I really don't know what I going to do. But Scion is trying to make it easy for me I guess.

fiskadoro

What would you do if you were in the middle of negotiating the price on a Cobalt, and your Scion dealer called to say your car is ready? :D

ChefRaekwon

Yea Scion Corp made a big mistake making people wait. I like the car but if u have the cash for the Cobalt I say get it. It will be a little more rare than the tC, since its cheap and everyone and there mother is getting one. The Cobalt is sort of like the SRT-4 so not as many people will have it.

purpled_out_tC

I'd get the Scion, easy choice. I'll be paying with a pre-approved check so I won't have to suck up too big of a lost.

purpled_out_tC

Not to mention gm has a 1500 rebate for gm owners. and my dad has a gm, sooo I can get it cheaper. Only I like the tC better.

BlkSandPrlTurbotC

Cobalts are already out. lol. My dad works at the GM - Lordstown plant where they build them and they are sending thousands out every night.

If you really want to wait. get the SS

Scionic_Librarian

If you like it better, waiting another month or so is a helluva lot better than paying off the Cobalt for a miserable 5 years of payments because you regret not getting the tC.
(there.. old wise man moment has ended.)

purpled_out_tC

^^Only thing is they can't tell me how long it will be. And I like the tC 2X as much, but there's points right now where I could use a car.

Cybergypsy

if you love the tc...wait and read moreabout it, if not buy the other but you need to be the one to decide .

Bakaduin

I think if its the SS your talking about go for it! But otherwise why settle. This is a multi-thousand dollar investment don't ever settle on something like that.

TKE_BH964

Try calling other scion dealerships in your area, maybe put a deposit down on another car if you can afford it. I had 2 deposits down at once for a short period of time. In one dealership a kid was picking up a flint mica 5 sp he had waited 7 weeks for, however I saw in the paper the weekend before that another dealership had one on the train to them. I called the dealership that advertised the flint mica and put a deposit down on it and will have it next week (ten day wait approximate).

I called almost every dealership in my area and I got each and every one to look up what they had coming and what they had on the lot.

20vTurbo

If you are really patient wait 2 months when the rebates kick in for the colbalt SS and you can get it for 19g's. Then it will be a great buy for the buck.

dante

no tCs are available in any color?? :?: call around, if you're not picky *somebody* has to have something in stock...

as for the cobalt, I haven't seen it in person but I doubt that anything under the SS is really going to be that great... drum brakes in the rear and a solid rear axle? lower hp and torque... etc. yes the SS is going to be better performance-wise, but that's not out yet, and who knows when it'll be out. heard spring?

thursday

dude...ur getting a freakin cavalier any way u slice it and deep down u know it....hmmmm street cred....tc or cobalt(aka cavalier 2005)...the choice is simple...and if anyone thinks about a cobalt over a tc...just remember that the cobalt is just a more expensive cavalier that they want to push to the younger, more easily persuaded crowd....and i just love those corvette and cobalt commercials....nothing like saying that a cavalier is a brother to a corvette....wow i bet all the corvettes just lost a little bit of value with that disfunctional family tree...that accorn(the cobalt) fell way to far from that tree

Rivulent

Go...goo... can hardly say it.

Good advice. Don't ask a bunch of forum lurkers what you should do with your 17k. If you've ever owned a cavalier or even driven in one, you'd have no faith in the cobalt. Never having driven a cobalt, it looks like utter crap and the intended audience will be the youth group who doesn't give two ____s about their car, or to teenagers who put a body kit on it that doesn't fit well and has dents all over the panels of the car.

thursday

thank u rivulent...my point exactly

KYBoy

dont forget the cobalt cost more than the tc, check on insurance difference, I think the cobalts will be everywhere. maybe not as much as civics but as much as a cavalier. here is a link to vehix to compare them for you, the tc, the cobalt ss, and the cobalt http://www.vehix.com/Compare/results...D=49232&Type=5

Bakaduin

The cobalt is just a cavalier? By that deduction the SRT-4 is JUST a Neon. But its so much more. And alot of people would rather have an SRT then a tC and vice-versa. Thats why there are so many different cars out there. If you like the Cobalt go for it, its a nice looking new car and probably is fun to drive. With that said, it will doubtfully be more luxurious than the tC and it is running at a relatively high psi I believve so it doesn't have that much tuning potential. If your looking for an everday driver that you don't want to "sup" up then either one would be good.