WOOOOT! GM is actually listening guys! I wrote them a letter telling them how I was not happy about their efforts to sell me a vehicle, even though the dealer experience was good so far, and they (they being GM corporate) call me back and made a very nice offer. I drove home my new Traverse today!!! :blob: :blob: :blob:
I got an AWD LT2 with Nav, DVD, Leather and trailering in white with gray interior. I'll post more about it later...
EDIT: OK, it's later...
What I love about the Trav:
- Ride, WOW what a ride. I did get the LT2, and not the LTZ specifically for 18" wheels. The 20" wheel just ride too rough for me.
- The auto-start feature is much improved over my wife's HHR. The seat heat and defrost was a shock when I tried remote start for the first time. It was about 40 degrees here, so that was low enough for the computer to have a little extra touch waiting for me when I opened the door. I haven't read enough in the owners manual yet to see if the air turns on when it's hot outside yet. Guess I need to wait for summer.
- Did I mention the ride?
- The backup cam is increadable. I love how it actually marks onscreen items that might be of concern as you back up.
- I haven't driven it enough to give the transmittion a good rating, but it does seem to shift effortlessly. I read some reviews stating the downshift was slow, but I didn't notice and like how it shifted. I think the shift might be programmable too, need to research that.
- Seats are very nice. They are a tad smaller than the seats that my Silverado had, but still quite good and supportive where needed. I was concerned about moving "down" in size on the Trav, but now I'm not sure it was a needed concern. I'm very pleased.
- I love the fish eye mirrors.
- Let me tell you about the ride...
Small things so far...
- The stearing wheel seem "thin". Consider that I did hand sew a leather wrap on my Silverado, so I'm used to a thick stearing wheel. And my wife's HHR was thick from the factory (I guess they were trying be "sporty" on the HHR). I know the stearing wheel is already leather wrapped, but I may add another to give it some bulk so it's easier to hold on to while driving. At least that's fixable.
- Visual ability is obviously going to be less than my silverado. The fish eye's help, and so does the back up cam. It'll just take getting used to.
- I had problems programming voice commands on the nav radio. Gave up after a dozen tries. Will need to ask the dealer shop about that one...
Not bad, not good, but worth noting.
- Wow there are a lot of buttons. Nice to have control, but will take a while to learn all of them.
- I'm used to AWD vehicles that have wheel drive selection. The Traverse doesn't, it's AWD all the time. Might have gained back the 1 MPG difference if it did have the ability.
- Back 2 rows of seats seem "light weight" Then again, I'm sure that helps save fuel. My kiddo will be the 99% user of these seats anyway, and she loves them so far.
- Back end styling is not bad, but not that great either. I'll agree with a lot of folks that complain about the back end. But what do I care, I'm looking foward most of the time
I'll post more after I put a few miles on it...