G. David Felt

Change is always appreciated, good luck and wishing you a smooth transition.

I hope this is true that this really is a smooth reving engine with long life 250K miles and still holds up on HP and Torque. Wonder if you could take the 4 banger and do a dual turbo solution and get massive HP and Torque with decent milage? That would be fun. I will say that GM should do a Duramax Series of small v8, v6 & 4 banger. I think they could have a killer BioFuel Engine family that would really give them recognition and sales.

I would love a New Trailblazer SS Instead of the v8, this would be a perfect place for a twin turbo v6 AWD solution in Gas or Diesel.

My neighbor saw this happen with his malibu and changed out all the O2 sensors and it worked great but then about 3 months after that he started getting bad milage again. Could not find anything and by chance the local neighborhood police officer who lives around the corner suggested putting a cam on his driveway. Found out the local youth have been hitting auto's that are in the dark and stealing gas since the prices are so high. If the O2 sensors do not fix this and everything seems to run smoothly, I would suggest seeing if someone is stealing gas from your tank. Good luck with this.

Winnie-the-Poo

Lots of options, but for starters there is craigs list, ebay or Autotrader for a large audience or find a local auto seller that specializes in selling special edition vehicles like yours. If it is in perfect shape, take it to the auctions in Arizona.

pools

Personally with the explosion of the CUV market, it would at first and even second glance seem a dead market for a true Station wagon and yet I believe the first auto company to produce a v8 powered Station wagon that can pull a boat and especially in AWD form will have a killer sales product. There are many who still have fond memories of our Delta 88 Wagon from the 70's and loved the ability to pull a trailer or boat without having to have a truck or SUV. I think this is an overlooked segment that one company could make money on.

wetdream

Hey KnightFan, Keep up the positive attitude!!! You have had a great life and will come out of this in even better shape than before and will then be able to move onto enjoying life even more. Remember, Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- WOW -- What a Ride! Good Luck to you and your family from Seattle. I look forward to your post's after the surgery.

I think if they don't make a big deal about it in advertising, etc most consumers won't notice the difference. In the appliance market, engine size and # of cylinders mean little amongst the general public, I suspect. I have to totally disagree with you. My father has a colorado 5 cylinder and while he loves his truck, even he complains that the engine seems to run rough, never is as smooth as v8's or v6's he has owned and in riding with him, it is a noisy engine. Most people have noticed this about the 5 cylinder engines. My dad has taken his truck to 3 different dealers in the Seattle area and they all say the engine is within spec and runs just fine. One dealer did seem to get it to run a bit smoother, but still the engines are not the best balanced or have the best response. GM as well as all auto companies have a long way to go in getting 3 & 5 cylinder engines to run smoother and quite. Some day they might prove me wrong, but the only small engine I ever really loved was the QUAD 4. That engine could move and be custom built to race. Personally, the V8's have a long life ahead of them still.

Where does GM fit on that list?

I have no doubt that an engine of modern build with proper maintenance can go 250K, that is true of even old GEO's, but then if you ever got into an old GEO with 200K of miles, it barely goes and that is what I am expecting out of these engines. Great up to 100K and will still run after that but will loose out fast on torque and HP. My 99 Durango with the 5.9 V8 has 227,000 miles and still flies. Yea it is starting to use a quart of oil between oil changes, but over all you need to go and put your foot into it and it moves. I have yet to see that in current or old 3 & 4 cylinder engines at that mileage. I hope I am wrong, but every Honda, Toy, Nissan, etc that is a 4 banger barely bangs after 100k even with the maintenance done. Just not a fan of small engines as I have not seen them last like a v8.

GM is my First choice and then Dodge followed by Ford. I normally would say do not send your profits out of the country, but then what company does not outsource and build out of country. I still prefer to support US owned companies first.

Wolfman

SubWoofers

Home Theater

Personally this is just giving the auto companies the ability to build 100,000 mile recycle auto's. Anyone that can remember the last go around with v6 engines in full size trucks and small auto's with 3 or 4 cylinder engines with turbo's will remember that there are very few of these auto's on the road today as they cannot last past 100,000 miles. This will satisfy the politicians and tree huggers and for a commuter auto to and from work but for a long living real auto, give me a bullet proof V8!!!

Twins

White R34 Nissan Skyline on 405 heading north to Everette. Gotta love that there are about half a dozen R34 skylines in the Seattle area. The only asian car I really love.

No Need to ever retire when you have a love of auto's.

SWEET, I like this!

Cobra

SWEET - Way to go Chris. Good Luck!

Good Tranny shop should be able to rebuild you a superior tranny that will have all the slop fixed and get you some decent mileage. I do not suggest doing it yourself as they are a pain to do in my humble opinion.