Some of the the best KZreadrs are small KZreadrs

@harrisonsiegel9536

3 жыл бұрын

He's becoming pretty big now

@802Garage

3 жыл бұрын

The sad thing about being on KZread is you always feel small, hah. I think you can finally get over it when you hit 100K? Maybe 1M? We'll have to find out!

@sthorpe_1663

3 жыл бұрын

That’s litterly sooo much of the truth right there

@Ozzypup1

3 жыл бұрын

Ill agree. Theres a few I used to watch but stopped when they got to big. You could tell they were just doing random garbage for money. Wasnt entertaining anymore.

@harrisonsiegel9536

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ozzypup1 *cough cough* AAR

Looks like they backed it slowly into the garage wall about a thousand times.

Your luck with these deals is legendary. You must be a shrewd negotiator.

@buddyrevell6369

3 жыл бұрын

He's what is lovingly referred to as a swamp Yankee. They always get the best deals.

@tstocker6926

3 жыл бұрын

He buys cars that are a dime a dozen

2:42 "and someones shooting somebody up over there" Welcome to NH

@802Garage

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah in VT it's more like someone is shooting a tree over there. Heard lots of random mag dumps over the hill the other day, hah.

@evilpeach2

3 жыл бұрын

Live free or die

@zacharony7936

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah what ever its America the country where they have a donkey as a president

@apprenticefelix7740

3 жыл бұрын

anti lag

@JohnSmith-gq9gn

3 жыл бұрын

@@zacharony7936 What? We got rid of the donkey in the 2016 elections. Now America has a real man on the job.

The loud sound is the wheel hub bearing. Those are common failures on those

I live in Toronto, still see these and Cavaliers and Sunfires up here. Seems the Cavaliers held up better against the rust.

always loved the rear "skyline" lights on the cobalt coupe!

@benl4707

3 жыл бұрын

Same with the impala

Good morning. That is a cool little car. Your coffee is will never happen in my truck. I don't allow anybody to drink or eat anything at any time. My last truck was 11 years old and the interior looked like it just came off the showroom floor. Good luck with you can.

I'm getting a slight hoovies garage vibe (no pun intended) from your videos lol. Loving it.

@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182

3 жыл бұрын

haha I love hoovies garage

@davidmaxwell4121

3 жыл бұрын

*with the cheap cars and trucks and mending them

@Duraputer

3 жыл бұрын

Except hoovie buys complicated European cars than break all the time and the Vermonter buys simple cars that are easier to repair and find parts for.

@jacknimble1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Duraputer And VT loves to buy rusty stuff. If it doesn't have rotten rockers he's not buyin.

Hey man sounds like a really efficient beater. My favorite thing to do when buying a used car is cleaning up those front headlights. The difference is night and day.

Scotty kilmer is cursing you for calling a chevy reliable xD

@gerbalnuts69

3 жыл бұрын

Scotty is a stooge lol. Paid toyota promoter 🤣

@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@MN2_Kevin_Hill_1970

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@vortex9854

3 жыл бұрын

Pontiac vibe is the same as toyota matrix

@tstocker6926

3 жыл бұрын

@@vortex9854 no , it's not the same as a Toyota , a Pontiac and most US branded cars this old are a dime a dozen

I’m loving the vlog style videos. Keep the videos coming! Best channel on KZread hands down.

I think you got a good deal. Honestly, with the dirty seats, the beginning rust( which I hope you will treat), the loud wheel bearings and the bad blower and the dented hood in the front, I would not have wanted to pay a penny more for it. The good points for the car which you mentioned are all good: great gas mileage, good standard transmission, decent power, and good motor! I'm in! Best of luck with this one.

I owned a 2005 Cobalt that I kept for about 10 years. Overall it was a pretty good car. The only issue I had with mine was the HVAC blower motor. I had to have mine replaced twice. The bearings are notorious for going out on them. To further complicate things the motor is encased in a plastic housing which has to be cut to get to it. I had to chuckle a bit when I heard you mention the fan.

Had an '08 Cobalt 5-speed in the same color. Love the Hampton Beach shots...spent quite a bit of time there in my wild-er days.

Please never stop uploading videos, they are so enjoyable to watch.

I love the kind of vids you do keep up the good work

I am amazed at all the rust on the Cars in the north east. Wow!!! Great channel. Keep the cool videos coming. Ever see or work on any of the Ford Probes in the north east? They are impossible to find anymore.

Wow that is a sick ride dude, and quite a lot of power too, even for a sports coupe! Have fun with it!

Nice ride for for the money! You can test the wheel bearings by cornering. It usually will get louder or quieter when cornering depending on which side is bad.

Dealio, smashing vid and nice to see around the place. Thanks, ps everything is for sale, could a nice little earner this one.

Keep up the good work. I too had a Cobalt. Miss it dearly. Had to much rust on it. An a lot of kms. Over 300 kms. Very reliable.

omg that was a awesome surprise. I was like I recognize this area....Omg its Hampton beach. I used to go there all the time as a child. I miss those days. Awesome video, keep up the hard work.

Thats a nice car. Watch out for the timing chain, guides, and tensioner which seem to be a common problem with the 2.2 Ecotec. My friend had a Cobalt Sedan with the same engine. It started to possibly develop timing chain issues at 200,000 miles.

Good find 👏👏,, rattle can the rust spots with some rust killer/primer and call it done . Plus you got a great deal ,, so good , I think I woulda checked the trunk for a dead body lol

#savethemanuals I'm glad you got a 5 speed car. Plus I actually like the crank windows better than power. Wierd, right,?

@EvilTurkeySlices

3 жыл бұрын

I’m ok with the 4-speed automatic on my 97 accord.

@JaredD

3 жыл бұрын

@Chevy Man They do, you can find them on lower end transit vans and some economy cars are still built with them included.

Dang the rust in your area is crazy! I live in Sweden and we use a ton of salt on the roads but rust on newer(ish) cars are pretty rare. Looks like a good find though.

nice score! I'm a Vibe owner so I'm biased but I feel like the Vibe is a much better car overall.

@townhall05446

3 жыл бұрын

Much much much better.

@B0xlife1

3 жыл бұрын

It's also Toyota of course it's way better

We had a 2010 cobalt. It was a good little car, much like your description of this one.

If what Regular Car Review say its true you got such an amazing and economy car

Don't trust the mpg the car tells you, they over estimate it all the time. Check it at the pump for better accuracy. Mine always says 35mpg+ and I never actually get that, I average 33.

ahhh hampton new hampshire, the smell of sewage and deep fried foods!.

I used to have a Cobalt Coupe. It was one of the most reliable vehicles I ever owned

New radio and paint and that is a wicked daily driver 👍😎

You got the auto headlights though! A touch of luxury.

I love the disc golf basket

0:25 when your about to say city but you remember you live in vermont : )

@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182

3 жыл бұрын

lol

You make the best vids 👍

"I'm gonna stick with the $1,000. And we settled on that." Hahaha so good. Cobalts def aren't my fav, but good little rigs overall. $100 isn't bad for sure. Main complaints I know of other than cheap and rusty are uncomfortable seats that wear out. My aunt's car all the button faces are worn off too. I don't love the interiors, but it just needs to work right? Really cool though that it's a stick shift and gets such great MPG. Can't really argue with that!

@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182

3 жыл бұрын

haha yep, i would have walked away for any more. They are super cheaply made cars overall for sure. But my last one served me to 200k trouble free! So I hope will do the same.

@rickyhoffman9002

3 жыл бұрын

My interior on my 08 cobalt is a 2 tone black and tan with wood grain trim. Looks like a BMW. And looks brand new inside with 180,000 miles. Very reliable.

@Stressless2023

3 жыл бұрын

Just have to listen for timing chain noise on the Ecotec engines, but this is a 2009 which was the 1st year GM put VVT on the 2.2L's and I haven't seen as many 09-10 models with that issue as I have the earlier 2.2L Ecotec versions. These were crappy but reliable little beater cars though, just as durable as any Corolla for sure, I'll give them that much.

Nice deal. The blower fan check if it works in the high speed, if yes that can be the resistor pack that controles the speed, if not maybe a fuse or the motor sized, good to get more experience in electrics lol. Takr care

We had that 2.2 Ecotec engine over here in the UK in the Vauxhall/Opel Vectra, Frontera and Omega with 140bhp, good little motor.

YO I love that license plate on the vibe. Did you purposely get the “666”

Good little car, I had an 07 ion coupe with the same drivetrain. FYI, there is an extended warranty for a fuel tank issue, it's for either leaks at the filler neck or fuel pump (I can't remember).

Nice score! I got a 04 ion and the cobalt and ion are pretty much the same car I'm averaging about 38 mpg but I'm a leadfoot, 2.2 ecotec with a 5 speed manual thing has a aftermarket racing clutch and it's pretty good

Not a bad deal for the price! Hopefully you will get some good use out of it. That Vibe, if well maintained, can easily go 300k+ miles with minimal issues because Toyota. Good luck with the Cobalt!

Similar to my 2006 Cobalt. My 4 door automatic only gets about 22 mpg. Your mpg is impressive. Nixxu seat covers are great in mine.

Pretty good car for the price. Yes that wheel bearing is HOWLING!!

Seems like a great find. Can't complain for a thousand bucks.🙂

the new daily has hit the channel. Welcome to the cobalt

That’s a great deal for a car like that. Especially with a standard transmission, the weak point on those is the automatics but with a standard those things are pretty bulletproof. Of course you have the typical New England rust which is to be expected from a lot of cars up here, but I’ve definitely seen a lot worse that one’s not too bad. Congrats!

Congratulations on this find

No cruise is torture! Nice lil ride.

i owned a El camino that orig came from fla on the atlantic coast that had the roof almost completely rusted off as well the area under the hood like this cobalt .im in the nevada desert so it def came from that salt air

Wow, that has mileage is impressive!

Check the resistor block for the blower motor, chevy blower motor resistors tend to go around 140k miles or so

Good choice! Still its sad to see how rusty cars can get on your side. In northern Europe its the same, so much salt and bad roads just eats the cars. I would love to see it getting a little bit refreshed- a little bit of cleaning and visual defects repairing. :) Have a nice day and greetings from Germany!

Awesome find. Hopefully since the Cobalt made the drive home without any issues (minus wheel bearing sound) means it should be a problem free car.

That’s a Cobalt XFE basically a fuel efficient model. The XFEs all came in manuals with low rolling resistance tires, a taller final-drive ratio (3.74:1) and a fuel sipping engine calibration. It was all designed to get amazing MPG

Great deal. Bought my daily driver 08 crown vic for $1k too. Cheap cars can be good too. I've been looking in the $5-6k range lately to find something newer and a lot of cars aren't in any better shape than my $1k beater.

Traded my 08 Cobalt in on a 2016 Scion iM, had the cobalt nearly 10 years and 148k miles with minimal probs, the transmission started to go out though (automatic), hence why I got rid of it hehe.

Hey I had to do this in a Pontiac and ford research a blower motor resistor for the cab fan

Awesome car, especially fuel mpg👍miss having cheap little car, last sedan was Holden 93 Commodore with V6, I was getting 8lts/100kms with auto transmission. If was to get another small car, it would have to have cruise control n automatic.

I’m a Bostonian and seeing you at Hampton Beach was weird it seems like Vermont is so far away 😂 I’m there all the time working for Carvana delivering cars and I was juuuuust there in Hampton delivering one!

3:38 the scratch on the right reminds me of somebody flipping the bird lol

Nice. Thanks for the video.

HVAC fan issue is likely the blower motor resistor, which should be about $20-50, and may involve splicing 10 or so wires. I replaced the resistor on my '06 GMC Envoy and it restored operation on all 5 speed settings, where previously it had dropped to only operating on settings 1 and 2.

Wheel bearings, exhaust flex joint, and steering rack noises are common on high mileage ones.

You've got yourself a Cobalt XFE. Mr Regular has a great video about them. Hope you can keep it around. One of the least celebrated hyper milers GM ever made.

Back at Troy, NY there was a similar car sitting for half a year, it disappeared one night. I always wondered what happened to it and why it was never fixed .

How do you always find so cheap vehicles because I’ve been looking into buying a Chevy Colorado like yours and that’s how I started following your progress with it because I was looking how good they are

Come to michigan,cobalts are dirt cheap brother in 2015 i purchased a 08 cobalt 4door 170k=$800bucks ,brand new tires .i replaced the front struts n outter tie rods from Detroit axle for like $160bucks and the wipers needed a fuse .

I recently bought an '09 Chevy HHR for $800. Needs a bit of work but not too shabby for a first car. 2.2 Ecotec with the automatic, runs and drives great and gets 30 mpg on the highway

Nice cobalt, its hard finding car's nowadays with standard transmissions. The rust really isn't that bad compared to Michigan cars!

Looks the same car as my grand mother has, except her car is a 2010 and automatic. And too bad for the blower that doesn't blow... Is the air conditionning is working ?

Hampton is like 20 min from my house! That water park is a HUGE tourist trap. its like $40 for 3 rides down the slides

My cobalt had 270,000 when I got rid of it. At that point everything started to break

@cutehumor

3 жыл бұрын

what year cobalt? you must have ton of highway miles

I think the cobalts and related cars are just naturally loud at higher speeds. I used to have a 2004 Cavalier which is built on the same platform and it was the same way on the interstate even after having brand new bearings put in. My girlfriend also has a 2004 Saturn Ion which is also built on the same platform (Delta Platform) And her's is pretty noisy too.

6:33 My '06 Envoy has the exact same mileage

Congratulations!! Rock Auto can help you fix the other issues.

Cobalts are a solid car I sold my 07 with 285000 miles and the engine and trans was still working perfectly.

Nice find.

In Germany I have never seen this GM Car, but it looks good...Congretulations

lol yea I sorta cringed when you said you wanted to use that big truck as your daily driver, nice to see you considering efficiency now

Went off to Hampton Beach, eh? Good ole seacoast New Hampshire. Lived on Durham Point for a couple of years. Cobalts are pretty decent. Way better than the later Cavaliers.

7:13 hmm no interior light? what is that round off-center thing?

Lmao the guy I bought my 88 Camry from had a Cobalt with 2nd and 4th blasted to pieces so he’d just skip 1st to 3rd to 5th. He was like “oh yeah I just dump the clutch in 3rd I don’t even use 1st most of the time”. No wonder I had to replace the clutch on the Camry....

@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao i would not buy a car from that guy

Well it's a Chevy Cobalt they've been pretty garbage econo boxes not as bad as the neons

@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182

3 жыл бұрын

cobalts are uber reliable! where'd ya get that info from? They are cheaply made but have great drivetrains.

@ry-rm5wo

3 жыл бұрын

@@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182 2.2 ecotech and 4sp auto are very reliable (especially after 2005 or so once the timing chain guides and tensioner issues were resolved.) The lower control arm bushings and sway bar end links, not so much. Get the power steering and ignition switch recalls done.

@ibrahimkhan-od7ff

3 жыл бұрын

@ A Rural Vermonter my family had 2 one day we tried to start them up and nothing happend later we found out the fuel tank had melted and warped on both of them and later we had a recall, ever since then we only bought Yukon denali and Sierra Denali or lexuses

Thinking about picking up one of these or a caviler this summer, let me k ow how the cobalt pans out!

@jacknimble1

3 жыл бұрын

I've never met anyone that says they actually want a cavalier.

Hey I also bought a Chevy today a Chevrolet Spark 1.2 30,000 miles 2014 3795 pounds I like yours,cheers.

5:22 We had a '96 Cavalier with the 2.2, It blew head gaskets multiple times. I hope GM fixed that issue sometime after. New Daily ?

@11094DEREK

3 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen a Cobalt with headgasket issues then again I don't really buy them my grandma had one as a work car with 300k

@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182

3 жыл бұрын

different engine in the cavalier. But yes, my new daily!

Most GM cars from 2006-2009 have cheap blower motors that’ll go out a lot. I bought a aura xr and im on my second one

this must have been yesterday. I live about a mile from where you got the car in Hampton and it was so nice 3 miles inland.

@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182

3 жыл бұрын

it was!

Not a bad deal....rust is a given in New England....live in NY and have same issues. Should make a good daily driver!!

my wife has the same car just red. hers makes the same noise when driving and when you hit bumps. her service tire light is on also. great little cars. hers gets way better mileage than my tundra.

@townhall05446

3 жыл бұрын

I should hope, the Tundra probably can't get 20 mpg.

Great deal you got here, Liked, StaySafe

A manual transmission cobalt FFE gets close to or about 40- 41 miles per gallon!

Next episode ... I bought a Smart to get groceries. Haha, I kind of like this car. Not much that can break down and probably all easy fixes. I wonder how insurances and taxes work in the US.

I know this comment will get lost but you got very, very lucky with that Cobalt. That a Cobalt XFE, also known as the "Fuel Efficient" variant of the Cobalt. It has higher gearing, low resistance tires, the shift light, cloth seats, among many other things that gave it 40mpg from the EPA and even more if you are careful when driving it. Its very rare as no one wanted a fuel efficient american car, much less a Cobalt. Thats what that black badge on your trunk was, apparently at some point when the car got crashed into, or crashed into something, the part that said that it is an XFE went missing. Btw if you want cruise control, its fairly easy to install and aftermarket one since it has an electronic throttle.

Timken makes the best wheel bearings. And fluid film that underside NOW!!!

Im from the carribean the problem with the bumper paint its the salt that he got in that coast town many cobalt in our island got the same problem with the paint in the bumper and if you give em a small bump in the bumper and the paint cracked a bit in less than a month it be like that .