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I like the prospect of a new wagon from GM, but good lord I hate a silver car. I certainly hope they have more colors availble!

Didn't that eventually become the Northstar?

One of the telling signs for me that it was at least an early test variant is the second pulley belt on the rear of the engine.

Didn't early Quad 4 engines have a PS Only belt?

Saw this years ago somewhere. Recently found it again

My wife's coworker has an RS V6 Camaro, and this thing sounds MEAN for a six! It has a lopey idle, and a kickass snarl when revved/pushed. They're a beautiful car, and extremely well built. (My 2 cents, anyhoo lol).

Do you find that the hood seems to go on forever? And how is the back seat for space (I know it's a Camaro, and not built for the rear seat occupants) but there's a seat there for a reason LOL

A co-worker of mine had been driving a 2002 Santa Fe for way too long. It had a hard city life, having been parked in the scorching Houston sun, mostly at a suburban "park-and-ride" commuter lot, where it accumulated "character" like door dings, scrapes, and those famous hazy-cloudy headlamp lenses.

I spent about two months providing her with new Terrain information: brochures, web links, articles. Finally, about 10 days ago, she took delivery of her 2010 Terrain...identical to the one in this attached road test. Of course, her gorgeous new ride faces the same future as the Santa Fe!

GAH! I hate seeing vehicles being abused, especially brand new ones!

I have the high-performance 1LT XFE coupe with 155 snarling horses and a 5 speed manual transmission.

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Well I just called that chick Flo @ Progressive, and she said a 2010 Equinox AWD 1LT 4 cylinder would cost $39 more over a six-month term to insure than my Cobalt, while a 2010 Colorado 1LT regular cab 4X4 5 cylinder would cost $75 more than my Cobalt over the same period. I gave her VINs of vehicles I located online, just as examples, for checking the relative cost to insure a compact pickup and crossover, if anyone's interested.

That's actually good to know. Is your Cobalt a coupe or sedan? Usually a 2dr commands a higher premium...

Well, GM thought it was no big deal for the last 3 decades, and they got knocked in the press for it. Consumers notice stuff like that, especially when they spend so much money on a new car, and it leads to a perception of low quality. When the superficial details are wrong, people assume the mechanicals aren't well-built either. GM is NOT on top, which is why Toyota gets more of a free pass in the press. GM is the underdog with something to prove. It has to change public perception, and to change minds one has to be as close to perfect as possible. That's why the Lacrosse is so good--it has blown the ES350, the standard-bearer of its class, completely out of the water. So has the Malibu, and so has the Equinox.

THAT'S why, albeit minor, this stuff actually does matter. You're on a GM fan website, so we pretty much can assume you like the company, and have for a while, so these things don't bother you. But when you have Toyota fanbois running around at auto shows taking photos and video of themselves pulling off pieces of interior trim because of poor fit-and-finish, it reflects badly on GM, even if the same can be done for said Toyotas. Do a forum search for auto show coverage posts by Polish_Kris if you don't know what I'm talking about.

If you look inside and outside any new Toyota, and even my 2005, the panel gaps aren't even. My car interior isn't any better put together inside than my previous car, an 02 Sunfire GT.

I can't see such microscopic changes in a panel gap being a selling issue. I think this is a majorly important vehicle for the "New GM". I love the Terrain. And those panel gaps are no worse than ANY japanese competitor.

It's only 1mpg highway less than the Camry/Avalon while being a more powerful engine. It's on par with the Lexus ES350. The city suffers because of the 400lbs. -500lbs. weight gain over the Toyota models.

Ahh so it's not so bad then! I see the malibu as having a lot better mileage, and that was what I was basing my post on. But that's a 2.4 Malibu.

6 speeds and only 17/27 mpg? (20/32 imperial MPG, for us Canadian folks)

That's not actually very good mileage. Granted, it's a stunning looking car, these numbers aren't very reassuring in a world that has suck varying gas pricing from day to day.

When an extended cab 4X4 SLE-1 Canyon is in the $28k range, suddenly a sub-$27k Terrain SLE-1 AWD seems like a bargain. I wonder how they compare when it comes time to insure them.

Both of these vehicles (4x4 Crew Cab Canyon), as well as an Ext. cab Sierra 4x4, are in my list of possibilities in the next year or so. I'm leaning to the Canyon, wife said we should get a full size truck, but she really likes the Terrain.

Silly question: What size are the tires? Do you know if you can downsize the rims to put winter steelies on it? (Is there clearance between the alloys and the calipers?)

I got the window sticker up

Can't view the sticker for some odd reason, I get

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Excellent! Any night shots of the gauge cluster/HVAC controls?

They seem great. Leagues better than my CR-V daily driver. The fogs seem especially bright.

That's awesome -- I love having lots of light in front of a vehicle.

How are the headlights for night driving? They look like they'd be awesome, but I've been fooled before.