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07-29-2008, 06:05 PM
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#1 | | Staging Lane
Join Date: Oct 2006
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|  just drove an 09 really quick
there alittle more pricey than the 08 i beleive, nice and roomy and should sit 4 very well, love the radio in it, and how all the controls are on the center concel(sp), nice trunk space. i drove a base model GT no sunroof or 19", doesnt matter i think the sticker on that was 32,xxxx and the ones with sunroof and fully loaded were 35k range. only dislike is how the seats are adjusted other than that a very nice car
also it does nice easy burnouts and fells quick for what it is and shifts are nice and firm, i didnt really play with manual shifting
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07-31-2008, 10:14 PM
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#2 | | TECH Resident
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sunset Beach, North Carolina
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I thought the manual shift feature was a little slow, albeit the little bit I played with it. Reminded me of manually shifting a 4l60E.
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08-01-2008, 12:28 PM
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#3 | | TECH Resident
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
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Didn't know they did a price hike, I saw one with every single option minus sunroof for under $32 that was an '08.
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08-01-2008, 05:18 PM
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#4 | | TECH Resident
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sunset Beach, North Carolina
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Yup, almost all GM models got the 1K price hike. They are trying to make up for lackluster sales. | |
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08-03-2008, 06:26 AM
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#5 | | Launching!
Join Date: Mar 2005
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I test drove a G8 GT yesterday. Beautiful car.
Yep, the tap shift was really slow and useless. No use having it when it takes that long to react to input. I'm not sure that tacking on $1000 when sales are slow is a smart choice either.
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08-03-2008, 07:51 AM
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#6 | | TECH Addict
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GM will add 1k to its lineup then have 3k incentives. LOL
but im hoping to finally drive a G8GT tomorrow.
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08-27-2008, 12:11 PM
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#7 | | On The Tree
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Originally Posted by veee8  Yup, almost all GM models got the 1K price hike. They are trying to make up for lackluster sales. | Price hikes typically only come on vehicles are exceeding their sales predictions. The hybrids at most manufactures are receiving 1-10k markups, so IMHO a markup is generally a good thing for Pontiac. 
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08-27-2008, 08:41 PM
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#8 | | On The Tree
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: FL
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Maybe your dealer overprices their cars. 35k for a G8- NEVER!!!
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08-31-2008, 07:59 AM
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#9 | | On The Tree
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Warrenton, VA
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The base G8 went up $1,365.00 for 09  | |
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09-01-2008, 05:03 PM
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#10 | | TECH Fanatic
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The 6l80e T43 trans controller is tunable you can firm it up a reasonable amount with efilive etc, the ozzies have been doing that for a while
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