I've owned about 5-6 cars in my life now, and this is the latest! Its become habit for me to stalk the forums of a car before I purchase it, then become an active member once I pull the trigger, so here I am!
I've had my eye on Vibes for a while now, I always thought they looked pretty nice, once I was in the market for a new(used) car, I decided to give one a drive. I found that it fit me really well, and I liked it, but wasn't really interested in a Pontiac with them having a questionable reputation, and being out of business. Once I found out it was basically a cheaper, cooler looking Toyota Matrix, it hopped to the top of my list, and I started looking seriously for one.
I do a lot of mountain driving and road trips, so I really wanted the AWD version if I could find one... After lurking and looking for about a month, one showed up at a dealership about 4 hours away from me. They were asking 7k for it, so I got them talked down to 5k before I even considered driving up there.
So I made the trip, found the car to be en fairly excellent shape, and made the purchase at 4800.00$ out the door, cash.
Its got about 125000 miles, clean carfax with 3 owners and respectable service records, It apparently has just about all the bells and whistles, power everything, moons and tunes, ABS, fog lights, etc...
It drives smooth, shifts well, and has no obvious problems except for a burned out headlight, and someone put on aftermarket wind screen things on all the windows, and the front two fell off.
I've had it for a few days now, and I love it! My biggest complaint so far is that the cupholders don't fit an Arizona tea can, so I ended up spilling once so far.
Anyway, hopefully ill be here more just to chat than asking for help with issues, but nonetheless... hi!
Edit: a picture!