Quote Originally Posted by cnet reviewer
Getting this small engine up to speed from a stop took some anticipation, so much so that I actually stalled it a time or two. And dealing with San Francisco's steep hills, it was occasionally necessary to downshift all the way to first gear, as second gear couldn't cut it. Because the engine isn't that suitable for driving on hills, Chevy equipped the car with a hill-hold feature, a necessary bit of safety tech to keep from either stalling while pointing up at the sky or rolling backward into a looming SUV.

This is the paragraph that caught my attention. The throttle response is so slow on my Aveo I still haven't completely adjusted to it with nearly 40K on the clock. There is no way I'd pay more than 12k for a car with such an awful throttle response. When I first read about the "hill hold" feature being standard, my first thought was: is the throttle response THAT bad? It sounds like maybe it is...really a shame if that's the case. The speed at which ABS sensors respond tells me there is no excuse for throttle response time to be more than 100 milliseconds...my car feels more like 600+ milliseconds. No problem for an automatic but very annoying with a manual.

Before I get bashed for hating on the Aveo...I'm quite happy with it relative to what I paid for it.