My other suggestion? Unless you're experienced with doing the repairs and checks, pay a mechanic to do a thorough check on the car. Expect to have to pay for belts, hoses, fluid changes, rotors, pads, drums, and shoes, and always keep that in your mental 'cost' calculations. Maybe windshield. Yeah ...

The Matrix is running 1-2k more for what amounts to the same car, I'm fairly tall and the Fit is too cramped for me to commute in.

Thanks for the input, I am looking for the newest one I can find for a reasonable price, some of these listings are just bananas though, 6-10k for a Vibe? Not happening.

Hello all, glad to have found a forum dedicated to the criminally underrated Vibe. I am going to be buying one here in the next few months for a commuter car, what is everyone's general consensus as the best year/model to get? I am shooting for non-AWD and under 180k miles, still up in the air betwe...