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Old 09-30-2012, 12:18 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by jmaryt View Post
...will take away the "new" car smell is all!
Totally, off subject, but speaking of "new car smell", I had the occasion to get a rental car this week. It was Chevy Sonic hatchback that had 6 miles on it (how is that even possible?) when I got in it. It had the oddest new car smell.

It smelled like a combination of superglue and melting plastic.

The car itself though wasn't bad for what it was, but it definitely cried out for at 6MT. For all of you that think the 6AT in the 86 isn't as good as us that own one think it is, rent a Sonic and put it in manual mode. There is literally a second or more pause between hitting the shift button and it actually occurring.

I have to say though it is about the most fun econobox that GM has ever built that I've driven (and I've driven most of them).
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