Hello there, My name is Jimmy and I own an 05 Cobalt SS Supercharged. My father owns an 03 Mini Cooper S. I joined these forums because I absolutely love his car. I was out driving it last night and it really suprised me! I had no idea the Mini S handled that well! It also felt noticably faster than My Cobalt which shocked me. Anyways I just thought that I would introduce myself!

 

 

My MINI still surprises me in the handling department.
Compared to the doo-doo metallic Buick I had a long time ago, the MINI is from another planet!
Welcome!

 

kind of neat, isn't it?

I grew up 100% chevy....still have a 327 chevelle...

after that I went to a turbo miata, and now i am in a FWD hatch that I would nto trade for the world...who knew?!??

 

Here are some pictures when I first got my car next to my dads MCS

 

Your Dad has great taste.

 

Welcome, good looking cars. You'll have to let us know if the 'arrest me' red Chevy attracts too much unwanted attention from Delaware's finest. I really wanted to get a red with silver roof Cooper S when I placed my order but was leary of attracting too much attention so I went with HB/S instead.

 

I love the Cobalt SS....it has a nice mean look. I would have considered buying one but my knees were buried in the dash so that was out Still an awesome car though!

 

Welcome to NAM, Mercury! Nice cars! Enjoy the site and motor in Dad's MINI every chance you get!

 

Hiya! Maybe we can convert you...

Donna

 

Welcome here.

 

So when are you coming over to the dark side?

Nice rides...

I also used to own a couple of Impalas a few years ago. This was at the time when the most exciting car (Aside from the Corvette) in their lineup was the Chevy Impala LS with the 3800 Series II V6.

I no longer buy GM products for many reasons, but they were decent cars in all and all.

I have heard seemingly positive reviews on the Cobalt SS and have not seen that many to be honest. The Cobalt is most popular in sedan LS/LT form and the LS coupe. The Cobalt is definetely a good car and something that was long overdue at Chevy. I never understood why Chevy stuck with the mediocre Cavalier for nearly 22 years.

The Cobalt has Germanic genes in it. After all, it rides on the Opel Astra platform, which is also shared with the Saturn ION (Fugly) and the new HHR wagon.

Tell us more about your driving impressions between the Cooper S and the Cobalt SS.