New car for me.?.?. UPDATED 2012 Volvo C30 R-design

[Dave]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

What parts? Very very rare to see anything "fall off an engine" that is production intent.

its been a while but i believe it was the acc belt tensioner. sheared clean off at under 10,000 miles

Originally Posted by derf

When was the last time you saw a rental car with more than 40 or 50k miles? Or more than a few years old? You dont because companies realize that as rentals the cars start costing more in maintenance at that point than they would be to replace with a newer model. It doesnt matter what kind of car it is dropping from N to D with the engine spinning at 6k will destroy it.

incidently I was extremely scared to drive the last cobalt I rented, it made noises that I never would have expected to hear come out of a car.

most of our fleet is in the 90k range or above. we are beginning to cycle them out but its a long process

Originally Posted by Trip

Fuck this talk about other cars, I want to know the story on the 180 degree spin towards GM.

ditto