Originally Posted By: fdcg27
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I know that remaining Solstices ..... went pretty cheaply new, .....
Maybe when they were down to the dregs, but early on in the fire sale there was only $4K on the hood, and that was pretty much all you got on a loaded car, at least around here - ours stickered at $30,450, and I wrote the check for $26,000, even. By comparison, I passed on a new G8 GXP that stickered around 44 or 45, and I could have driven home for 32 or 33.
Ours only has a few thousand miles on it, and hasn't been driven in at least four years, so not much stands out about it in my mind. The trunk is useless. It's roomier inside than you would expect. It's really rigid, and with the big tires and wheels, plants to the road pretty good.
They are still nagging me about the ignition switch recall.
For the most part, well, strike the for the most part, I just don't like four cylinder engines. LS conversions are available and DDM Works makes some nice blower setups. The existing engine sets nicely in the frame rails and looks like it would be extremely easy to service if that were ever required. It displays well. I think an LS in one of these would be a pretty good sleeper.
edit: oh yeah, the top - it's manual ( fine with me), and you have to get out of the car to raise or lower it. It's got a real glass window with a defrsoter - none of that plastic [censored] that you can't see through after a few years. It's well insulated and quiet. Ours has the fancy schmancy two tone interior, but much of the plastic just looks cheap to me. The seats, top, etc., are good wenough quality.