MacintoshGuy

Ray,
I have had a lot of good luck with most of items on Amazon and eBay but the one elusive part is the upper grill with the round carrier.  Any idea where I can even get info on that?  I hate to say it this way but GM is way too cheap to be making two different upper grills, one for the bow tie and one for the circle badge, I'm thinking that there is some type of carrier that will adapt for the other badge.  I actually scored the Holden Steering Wheel with the Airbag on eBay for $200 including delivery, and I think it looks a whole lot nicer than the American Spark wheel with the fake chrome inserts.
 
As for Gearhead, I won't split hairs with him, we all know in reality it's a Daewoo Matiz.

The first thing is I don't go to the dealer unless I have to.  I have a mechanic I have gone to for about 15 years now, he keeps an eye on everything and lets me know what's going on.  The only thing not right with the car is the drivers side lower seat cushion is flat, I had to put a cushion on the seat to make it feel better again.  Factory brakes front and rear are still good, Jay (my mechanic) said I will probably need to replace the fronts in 15-20k mi more......The stock tires were even good to me, I got 64,000 miles out of them.

So it's official, I'm over 100,000 miles and no major mechanical issue.  Just normal wear and tear stuff.  

I'm over 82,000 miles now.  Then again I have been in 42 states and 3 countries in my Spark.......My wife and I love to take road trips when I have vacations, so we REALLY rack up the mileage, I won't be surprised if my 2017 is over 100,000 by the beginning of 2019.

Isn't insane mileage one of the reasons for getting a car like this.  My 2017, took delivery May 2017 already has 77,932 miles as of earlier today.

So it's official, I'm over 100,000 miles and no major mechanical issue.  Just normal wear and tear stuff.  

The first thing is I don't go to the dealer unless I have to.  I have a mechanic I have gone to for about 15 years now, he keeps an eye on everything and lets me know what's going on.  The only thing not right with the car is the drivers side lower seat cushion is flat, I had to put a cushion on the seat to make it feel better again.  Factory brakes front and rear are still good, Jay (my mechanic) said I will probably need to replace the fronts in 15-20k mi more......The stock tires were even good to me, I got 64,000 miles out of them.

Just came back from another road trip from Massachusetts to LA to Phoenix to Branson, MO to Buffalo, NY and back home.  Averaged more than the posted speed limits but with heavy cruise control use, after the latest update for the tcm, I was averaging 37.2 MPG.

Unofficially since it was a public road, foot to the floor in the Nevada Desert I was able to get to just under the 110 mark on the speedo and the car was surprisingly stable.  However sustained driving, if I use cruise about 70-75 I can usually still average about 36 MPG, if I cut it down to 65-70 I can get it up to 38 MPG easily.

2017, that pic was about 3 month ago.....it'll turn over 106,000 miles while my wife is on the way to work with it today.

2017, that pic was about 3 month ago.....it'll turn over 106,000 miles while my wife is on the way to work with it today.

A couple of months back I took my Spark from Central MA, to Birmingham, then Houston, Phoenix, Las Vegas and back to MA without a single issue.

I'm doing a one off  customization and replacing all the badging to that of the right hand drive cousin, the Holden Spark.

I'm doing a one off  customization and replacing all the badging to that of the right hand drive cousin, the Holden Spark.