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Standard radio with DC and Cassette sucks. The radio picks up interference from other stations and sources. Dealer will not correct this problem. My wife has a 2000 Intrigue and the radio with only a cassette has a good sound without the interference problem.
The fuel mileage is 24 to 25 in light city driving and 30 to 31 moderate highway driving at 68 to 70 MPH.
Rotors are still OK, and I like the car and think the style is much better than the over active Grand Am gingerbread.
Kim
That was no big deal, though. But then I noticed something horrible! On the driver's side, I saw what appeared to be a thin scratch that's the length of the entire arc of the wiper. I tried to convince myself it wasn't a scratch, but it won't come off. As far as I can remember, I didn't keep the wipers on for any period of time when the windshield wasn't wet. Maybe it has something to do with the way the windshield washer fluid seems to take its time coming out while the wipers are moving on a dry windshield? Maybe it has something to do with the wipers themselves? Or maybe it was just something that has nothing to do with either of them. I don't know, but I've never had a brand new car with brand new wipers get a scratch in the windshield like that.
Sure, it may not be a big problem to some people, but I get really mad everytime I see that scratch on the windshield of my otherwise perfect car. I don't know what, if anything, to do about it. I guess I'll just wait until I get a huge chip in my windshield, or someone throws a big rock at it or something. Then I won't feel so silly having the whole thing replaced. Of course, there's no way on Scrod's blue Earth that the dealer will do anything about it..
Any comments, experiences, praise or gripes would be appreciated.
thanks,
Joe
2000 GL 4cyl, and I can't stand it. The 4 seems to hesitate alot and to me, just sounds cheap. I am so glad now that I chose a 6 over a 4. It would be nice if I could drive it again......
Also, does anyone know???? Olds is offering the extended warranty on all 2000 and 2001 - on my 2000 bought in May 2000, does that apply to me or just on ones purchased after that announcement??
Must take retail delivery from participating dealer stock between 12/16/2000 and 10/01/2002. General Motors Major Guard® Protection coverage for 5 Years/60,000 miles (whichever comes first) effective from date of delivery and 0 miles.
This is on 2000, 2001, and 2002 models. Since you bought yours before 12/16/2000 you will only have the 3 year/36K mile warranty. Also, I think 12/16 was the day GM made the announcement to shut down Olds.
and have no idea when they will get one in. Is this possibly an alero problem that is becoming more common or a GM problem???????
Thanks
Kim
Though, it depends very substantially on were you live. My friend's insurance dropped by 1/3 after they moved several miles to another suburb. And I had hear about substantial insurance increase / decrease when moving to different zip code inside the same town, with 3 post offices. All of this happens in Connecticut.
On the other hand, I believe that one speeding ticket in 3 years does not influence insurance in our state. After the second ticket the payments increase substantially.
My wife and I have insurance with a little known local Connecticut company, named General Electric :-). Well, this is only partial joke: GE is a big and famous company, but it is not famous for car insurance. They sell the insurance by mail, by phone, and at Internet.
http://www.geautoinsurance.com/index. asp
Other mail-order insurance companies are bombarding us by junk mail, claiming to save us a lot of money. To be sure, I asked them for quotes several times. Every time it turned to be it costs several hundred dollars more than we are paying currently. Something like $250 to $600 more per year for two cars, depending on company. As well as I remember, I checked with Prudential, GEICO(?), Arabella(?).
Recently we bought a renter insurance from GE. The policy had very good price even before substantial discount for auto insurance with the same insurer.
And the last: the $250 deductible are very low. Better to have $500 deductible - or even $1000, if your loan officer does not object.
It does not pay to apply for insurance reimbursement in case of small damages. First, it is too much trouble to apply and to wait for appraiser. Second, the insurance may get through roof the next year, and will remain high for years.
I do not know the exact cut-off point for reimbursement, but my friend, who lives in US for 25 years and know better the customs, did not apply for the reimbursement recently, when he was hit-and-run with $2500 damage. The same when a thief broke his windsheld to steal a cell phone. But he was reimbursed several years ago when his car was totaled by a vehicle which lost control on highway.
So why pay for what is better not to use?
Again Thanks!
Kim
Thanks
Bill
etharmon - Is that $600 Canadian or USD? For someone 26 that would be a little high in US $$.
ledzepbbc, I feel your pain. Before I turned 21, I was paying about what you are paying a month on my old car(89 Olds Toronado). It went down quite a bit when I turned 21 and then again when I turned 25. Looks like I'll have to get married or have a sex change to get it any lower now. Any of you guys think it's unfair that women have lower rates? Seriously, I'd like to see their statistics as I just don't believe that women(particularly in my age group) are better drivers. I sure as hell wouldn't let my ex girlfriend drive my car after riding with her.
I needed to use the rear defroster. It worked finr. But it shut off automatically after about 10 minutes. I had to put it back on to get it working. is this normal. in my other cars, it stays on until it is either turned off the car car is turned off. Is this normal or do I need to get it checked?
If I remember right, it shuts off after 10 minutes only the first time. Than after 5 minutes.
With front defogger working at max hot, usually there is not so much need in the rear one after several minutes, after the engine warm-up. Though, the heavy snow can be different...
I am concerned about the rotor and leakage problems other Alero owners have mentioned. This will be my first auto purchase on my own, so I want to make sure this is a good deal. Any advice you could all offer me would be greatly appreciated.
Dealers will tout fuel injected, but 6 cylinder has more power and seems to run smoother.
I love my Alero. I am so happy I bought it!!!!
Kim
easyeee, if it makes you feel any better, all new Aleros come with a 5 year 60,000 mile warranty. And the warranty will be honored at any GM dealer once Olds does finally close it's doors.
I read in another forum that somepeople replaced their spark plugs with paltinum plugs. Claim to get much more power and better mpg. Has anyuone done this?
Been there 16 days without any notification, called parts manager, GM has no parts or no plans to ship them. Under Iowa law it states a lemon is out of service 20 days.....has anyone here had any experience with GM??? Heard a couple bad experiences.
Anyway, my mileage is horrible, about 15-17 mpg in the city. It's only about a 3 mile drive to work, one way, so I'm guessing the poor gas mileage has to do with the short distances I dirve? I drove on the highway the other week and got about 28 mpg.