I'm in the market for a new car and have been looking at the SS in addition to the G8 GXP. I wasn't even aware of the SS until a short time ago and I consider myself pretty savvy when it comes to GM performance vehicles. Some recent repair costs for my wife's current and former vehicles have me really scratching my head when it comes to engineers and their idea of "scheduled maintenance". Our former 2006 Audi A4 would need the entire front end removed for a timing belt and our current '12 Highlander calls for removing the entire engine for a water pump (a water pump!).
So that being said, are there any surprises with the SS that I should know about? I'm hoping the wildly popular LS platform is more straight forward than most cars on the road. Like I said, I've also been looking at the GXP which obviously is very similar as well as the Infiniti Q50 (only because I saw a comparison between it and the SS on YouTube and it held its own). Being the Q has a twin turbo V6 and is all wheel drive which makes it more practical for an everyday all year round daily driver but I'm sure it has its own expensive maintenance quirks, more so than the SS/GXP.
So that being said, are there any surprises with the SS that I should know about? I'm hoping the wildly popular LS platform is more straight forward than most cars on the road. Like I said, I've also been looking at the GXP which obviously is very similar as well as the Infiniti Q50 (only because I saw a comparison between it and the SS on YouTube and it held its own). Being the Q has a twin turbo V6 and is all wheel drive which makes it more practical for an everyday all year round daily driver but I'm sure it has its own expensive maintenance quirks, more so than the SS/GXP.
