Just wanted to say hello. I just bought my 05 Sunfire Feb 21. It is a low option car with A/T and the "soft" suspension. I have had almost exclusively new Toyotas since 1996 with the exception being an 90 S10 Blazer I owned for 1.5 yrs. I am impressed with this Sunfire in how nice it runs and it seems to be pretty solid and not a rattly tin box like I was expecting. I traded in my 05 Toyota Matrix for it mainly because I needed a cheaper payment and needed a buy instead of lease as my new job has me traveling more. I had settled on a used 04-05 j-body or 05 Cobalt because I wanted to try out the new Ecotec 4cyl and they are resonable to buy. I paid only $9491 for this one with 26k on it. This is a nice little engine. I was in the auto sales and service biz for 14 years and know my way around cars. This engine impresses me. I am probably gonna leave the powertrain stock but may add better tires and sway bars to it. Also may upgrade the stock speakers though they sound pretty good for stockers. I'llbe popping in from time to time and answering forum questions if I can help.
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I traded in my 05 Toyota Matrix for it mainly because I needed a cheaper payment and needed a buy instead of lease as my new job has me traveling more.
NOOOOO!!!! dont downgrade!!! haha
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I am impressed with this Sunfire in how nice it runs and it seems to be pretty solid and not a rattly tin box like I was expecting.
wait another year or so and it'll start rattling. and if you upgrade the speakers and put in a sub you'll feel like the car is shaking apart.
welcome to the jbody world though. and welcome to the org.
as long as you don't take @!#$ to seriously and don't type something unless you can back it up and know what your talking about, you'll be alright here.
you already filled out your registry so you're 3 steps ahead of most newbies.
GO PATS!!!
Let me be the first one to welcome you to the .org
Nice to know your impressed with the car.
Hope all of us can be of some help with any questions you may have.
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What is this auto trans intercepter I keep reading about in these forums? What does it do for the car?
It firms up shift points. But I heard rumor that the company that makes them, isn't making them anymore.
Please, correct me if I'm wrong.
And welcome to the .org!
BOOM!! SAME TIME!!
I at least broke it down into English for the guy!
And Moe, incase you're wondering...The interceptor and Shiftplus do relatively the same thing.
Cool. May look into that at some point.
Jason wrote:It firms up shift points. But I heard rumor that the company that makes them, isn't making them anymore.
Please, correct me if I'm wrong.
And welcome to the .org!
yeah. thats true. i think they went out of bussiness
Im a Xbox 360 fanboy...and damn proud of it!!
welcome to your new home, known simply as: THE ORG
i feel like j 2 envy saying its nice to see another fire join up!
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wait another year or so and it'll start rattling. and if you upgrade the speakers and put in a sub you'll feel like the car is shaking apart.
I don't see that problem and it's been over 2 years.
well that makes you special now doesn't it?
GO PATS!!!
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. Besides I think the term shift improver gets the point across pretty well.