2011 new BP

You tricked me into reading your thread. I thought you had news that there was a new shade of blizzard pearl coming out next year!

US gas mileage for me is between 50-55mpg lately, varies by terrain, AC, and my mood. My only complain is some rattle on the passenger rear side, likely fixable... haven't had time to figure it out.

 

007: I just purchased a 2010 BP. So far I'm very happy with it, and I think the paint finish is the nicest of all the current colors. I was divided between the BP and the red, but I just came from a red car and wanted something a little less maintenance. I've already waxed the BP up and it looks great.

I have two gripes. Seats: I have the cloth seats and the lumbar support is almost non-existent. Rattles: I think the materials used (hard plastics) have lent to a few rattles that I feel shouldn't be apparent in a car this young. My fiance has a Scion tc, which uses soft touch plastics, and it is completely quiet -- really impressive actually.

Silentak: I have the same rattle, and I think one likely culprit is the seatback clips that lock the seats into place when they are up. Going to try applying a little grease or lube to them to see if that quiets the noise. I don't hear it when there are people in the back.

 

Thanks for the tip, will investigate that area.

 

If you are closed within your lease, they can just buy the car from you. I owed $1K on my Subaru (3-4 months left on lease with 1000 miles remaining), they just bought the car and sold the new car to me at invoice.

 

Buying or leasing a car every three years is a horrible investment.

 

The fuel economy numbers you see on the window sticker in Canada is extremely exaggerated. They (Transport Canada) use the old EPA methods. Expect -at best- about 4.4 l/100 km, but not until -you- learn to drive efficiently AND the car is broken in. That takes about a year. You'll see in the 4.6-4.8 range in summer and 5.2-5.6 range in the winter for the first year or so.

You will still love the car though. It's fascinating (Spock term) to drive a car smarter than the driver.

 

Nope, all dealers purchase the return leased cars at the payoff price. This is why you can go to any dealer to trade it in. For example if your payoff price is 13K + 4 payments of $250, the dealer can simple pay the bank $14K and buy the car. If you don't trade it in now, the dealer will just pay the bank 13K when you return the vehicle to take possession of it. As long as your car is worth $14K now, you should be all set. You have a GM car, it might be a little bit tougher since their resale is terrible. I just traded in my Subaru 4 months early ( i had 1K left on lease and 4 payments left) and got a Nissan Cube.

Call your bank and see what your payoff is, use something like the blackbook (go to www.thinkbank.com and look under used car value) to see what your car is truly worth. The bluebook is useless, they always quote 1-3K higher

 

For the first 24,000km we have been avg 5 l / 100km
Our last trip to Dartmouth 3400 km round trip was 5.4 l/100 km, but we driving at about 120-125 km/hr and there was 4 people in the car The back was complete filled
If it was just me and the wife it probably be at 4.5 l/100km

 

i thought this thread was going to be about British Petroleum going under