Originally Posted by 2008 GXP

If your late on house payments, get a Schwinn. There is a real-world perspective for you

FWD cars will handle different, perhaps you were to used to your "2002 Firehawk" and since you already owned 2 Firebirds I'm suprised that you know very little about them. Why would the suspension be the same in cars that have different size motors? What design team did you say you were on?

A .85 on the skidpad is not bad and the GP GXP outperforms all cars in its class. It weighs less than the GTO (and the LS-4 is lighter than the 3.8 sc mill) and will do 5.7 sec 0-60 while getting 17/28 mpg. Im sorry you didnt like it but you are in the minority there. It is the last V-8 Pontiac made on this continent so Im keeping mine

Originally Posted by Nicholas_Bostaph

1) The car drives like an SUV.

2) my head just barely doesn't rub against the ceiling.

3) However, some genius decided to make the emergency brake on the GXP a foot pedal, so now I have to add in a step of using my foot to relieve the brake, which requires enough force to lift my body (I'm light),

4) There's no rear hatch. Instead there's a relatively small rear window with limited visibility.

5) Comfort. The seats don't hug and hold you like my TA's did. The seats aren't nearly as comfortable as my TA's were. The center console is so far back I can't rest my elbow there and still reach the wheel while driving, so I have no way to stabilize myself; I tend to drive with my right hand outstretched and pressing against the passenger seat now (or drive really slow). The air vents direct air too harshly so I need to run my AC/heat stronger and longer than normal since I have them all blowing away from me. Because I have my seat so far up to deal with item 2 it's nearly impossible to get in and out of the car without being extremely careful, and even then likely bumping something. The climate control is slooooow; once you redirect air it takes 5-10 seconds for the air to actually start going the new route. The sunroof lets in way less light than the T-tops and is ill-positioned; my car feels dark and dungeon-like. I feel like I’m riding 30 feet up in the air instead of close to the road, and my seat doesn’t go down anymore.

6) User friendliness. The dual climate control doesn't have a ****, so I often find myself spending 30 seconds pressing an up or down button 30 times (only 2/3 are registered) to change from AC to heat. The head unit displays too few characters, so reading what you're listening to takes a huge amount of time directing your attention away from the road. There is no button to scroll through the radio tag information faster (the 'info' button just brings up an error) and the text often skips part of the title/artist. The 'random' function on the head unit jumps from CD to CD, and I could find no way to turn it on just for the current disc. There's no Aux input jack for my iPhone. There're less speakers than my TA, so I can't design as good of an aftermarket system, and the ugly speaker in the center of the dash makes music sound screechy and painful at even moderate volumes. The DIC can show only one piece of information at a time, while there are several important readings in there that really should have their own gauge on the dash. There's no third cup holder like my TA had, so when I get a drink I have to move either my wallet or my phone to free one up. The back seats aren't really bucket seats, so whereas my two CD binders would sit comfortably in one back seat never moving in my TA, they fly all over the place in the GXP and usually end up on the floor and out of reach.