Hi there!
I'm Silvia and I'm 20 years old and will soon be purchasing a Vibe.
My current car - a '93 Ford Escort hatchback - will be mine and my husbands second car.
His '96 Toyota Tacoma (NUMMI REPRESENT! woo! lol) died on us after 200,000 and I'm just no comfortable totally relying on an older car as our only transportation.
I decided on a Vibe after I thought about what was important to us in a vehicle - hatchback (I call my Escort my Truckscort, we've put large bookshelves, 5 foot tall deep freezers, etc in it), good gas mileage, and "American made" (family pressure, I'd prefer to buy American when I can but for my price point it's hard to find an American car with my MPG/storage capacity standards). If my UAW family gets their panties in a bunch over it being a GM-Toyota joint venture then tough tooties.
Anything I need to know when buying? Things to look out for? Is there benefit in getting an '09 over an '06 because of the different engine, aside from a 1mpg improvement? Anyway about it I'd be looking for a base model because of the improved MPG.
Thanks, and I'm glad to be here!
'zilla.