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Originally Posted by Natalie
I had to take my Sky in to get the buttress plug replaced as it was corroded and sticking and they gave me a Chevy Cobalt to drive. Wow...when's the last time you had to manually roll down a window?
Problem solved, the buttress no longer sticks and am so happy to be back in my Sky.
Now if it would only stop raining long enough to put the top down. SNOW in the mountains outside of Seattle last night...they call this summer?
Oh..and I'm finally a member long enough to have an avatar! Meet Denny....
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I am guessing the car you had was exclusively a loaner so it would make sense the the dealer would use as cheap of a loaner as possible.
Second, from an enthusiast standpoint manual windows are not all bad. They reduce the price of the car plus they reduce the weight of the vehicle by some amount (10-15lbs maybe). That may not seem like a lot but a reason cars are so heavy anymore is beacuse people want all the gadgets and gimos that really tack on the weight to the cars.
With all that extra weight you accelerate slower, brake longer and turn more poorly. Not to mention it adds hundreds if not thousands to the price of the vehicle (nav) and requires a more robust electrical system.
Most people on this site are not avid racing enthusiasts and would not be willing to forgo these goodies but I bet many Camaro, Mustang and Vette drivers would go without PL, PW, AC, etc to save a couple hundred pounds and pick up a couple extra tenths in the quarter mile. Not to mention save some money to buy some longtubes.
