My SSR: 2006 Red # 2238, 2005 Red #17046 (RIP) 2006 Pacific Blue #122857 06 black over silver 22946
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I lucked out, My last SSR is like the picture ,Black over Silver , 6 speed and now with chrome package. Only has less than 300 miles, guess I will just have to keep it covered up . Kay
Minus: Dentistry bills. This truck has some big time cowl shake
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Originally Posted by Brian
What is this guy on about? "Big time cowl shake"???? Not on my truck. Maybe if he closed the hood properly after inspecting the LS2.............
When the top is down and you hit train tracks or bumps like that the, cowl or frame around the windshield moves back and fourth, I think thats what he's saying???
I said it in the other thread about this list. The ssr doesn't have bad cowl shake when compared to other large convertibles. Mustangs, for example are much worse. However, a lot of SSR's come from the dealer out of adjustment, and with dry seals, so the roof rattles and squeeks and exagerates what cowl shake there is. Also the windows tend to rattle in their track when down, and the door latches can jiggle . As we all know, some well placed lubrucant , and adjustments really quiet the thing down and make it feel more solid. These problems shouldn't be there. but at least they are fixable and not major structural design problems . However, to someone not really familiar with the truck, such as a magazine test driver, it seems like major cowl shake. This was one of the things that helped hurt the SSR in the press. It was mentioned on a lot of the magazine test drives. It's also stuff that would have evolved out of the SSR or been dealer addressed had production continued.
Actually a lot of development went into our trucks to keep cowl shake minumum.
My SSR: Studly Slingshot Yellow VIN 20778 Born 05 May 2005 (05/05/05) w/ SIRIUS Satellite Radio
Very valid points, FlashBack.
I agree with the "Cowl Shake" issue . . . however, when compared to the other retractable hardtops, Volvo and Mercedes, my SSR is equal to or even a little better. Unfortunately, a little cowl shake is a necessary evil.
As for the "Window Rattles" and "Top Squeaks and Rattles" . . . thankfully, my SSR must be special because it does neither.
Location: Newmarket, Ontario, The People's Republic of Canuckistan
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My SSR: 2005 Slingshot Yellow #15107 Built on September 14, 2004, rescued from the dealer May 23, 2006
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Originally Posted by DOOPHUS
Very valid points, FlashBack.
I agree with the "Cowl Shake" issue . . . however, when compared to the other retractable hardtops, Volvo and Mercedes, my SSR is equal to or even a little better. Unfortunately, a little cowl shake is a necessary evil.
As for the "Window Rattles" and "Top Squeaks and Rattles" . . . thankfully, my SSR must be special because it does neither.
Bottom line . . . I'M TAKING MY SSR WITH ME!
Curt
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Doophus, I agree with you on all counts. Maybe its just the yellow ones that don't shake, eh?
My SSR: 2006 Blue over Primer'd Bondo 6spd #23424 slapped together 2/22/06
On that list, what's a 2002 35th Anniversary Pontiac Firebird? Hmmm...they never made that! A 35th Anniversary Trans Am would have been a 2004 model. The last Anniverary Trans Am was the 1999 30th Anniversary, like mine! Don't you hate it when journalism is filled with so much trite incompetence nowadays?
My SSR: Black, '03, 1sb, #1256, License Plate was WOW FCTR
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Originally Posted by ggoat!!!
On that list, what's a 2002 35th Anniversary Pontiac Firebird? Hmmm...they never made that! A 35th Anniversary Trans Am would have been a 2004 model. The last Anniverary Trans Am was the 1999 30th Anniversary, like mine! Don't you hate it when journalism is filled with so much trite incompetence nowadays?
Jeff
Jeff...it seems that they did make it.....do a google search....
http://www.edmunds.com/pontiac/firebird/history.html
First Generation (1967-1969)
The last Firebirds came along for 2002 with, yet again, minimal changes — the only notable exception to that being the 35th Anniversary version for the Firebird, celebrated with a Trans Am, which featured yellow paint, black wheels and special graphics.
Thats Great For The Ssr!!!
SSR Permigrin 4 Years and still going!
Kay
Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that leave us breathless.....
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