I hiss at my 96 Cherokee every time I see it. It was nothing but trouble for me. Glad you had a good one!
Laborsmith- like you I was looking at everything and nothing had really tripped my trigger. I wasn't totally convinced on the Sonic until I came to this forum and saw the way people love theirs, and the mod-ability of it. I was just starting to get my feet wet with modding my Vibe, so seeing that I could feed my newfound addiction pushed me.
I actually fell in love with a pretty black Focus, it was very much like my Vibe, had pretty black rims, leather and the LED interior package. It dis not have a sunroof and it was an auto though, which put a knot in my gut. I didn't want to settle again.
In a hot and heavy 5-mile test drive I completely forgot about the Focus. I was able to test my RS and now I see how lucky I was that the exact car I would have ordered was on a somewhat local lot. She was built just for me
and it was fate that I found her.
I put down a deposit and she was mine a month later!