drawbones
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Hi all,
Been lurking and this is my first post. We just ordered our Sonic!
About me: I'm a freelance medical illustrator who has draws pictures of skeletons and other anatomy. Currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Husband and I share one car, a 2005 MINI Cooper S. Super fun car but it has its issues. We only need one car since we can ride the train anywhere from San Francisco to all over the Bay. We decided that the Mini is getting to be an expensive toy that keeps getting random problems and we're tired of dealing with it. It is just a little too small and it would be nice to have more doors.
We started looking at new cars over the summer. Husband likes the Ford Focus and we both test drove one. Something about that center stack with the radio that was just too much. Felt like a huge car compared to the Mini. A Fiesta was tried too but that felt cramped. Hyundai's were test driven as well but eh, no. Several friends have a Honda Fit they like but they are so dull.
Did some more research and found the Sonic. Then we drove past a dealer with a nice red Sonic out front and stopped to poke around. Looked good felt nice to sit in but didn't have time to test drive that day. Stopped by a different dealer another day and they had tons of Sonics but no turbos. They did have a bunch of Inferno Orange ones and we really liked that color. Went on a quick test drive in a 1.8L but the salesperson was so unmotivated in the Sonic that he just kept complaining about how little commission he gets on selling a Sonic that it's not worth his time. Totally off putting. We even gave up even considering getting a car for a few months after that. Wanted to wait til the 2013s came out.
Now several months later we've had some more issues with the Mini and really wanted to get serious with finding a new car. We tried the Focus one last time and then the next day tried a Sonic turbo. Sonic won. Little hesitant on the color but then we figured orange is good and even if we get tired of it at least it's unique. Blue was the runner up color.
So I set about to locate one that fit our specifications. 2013 Hatch, LTZ, turbo, with a sunroof, in orange. Of course no dealer had one in the area. Did the online search thing and getting dozens of emails later, several dealers said they could do a dealer trade for one. We went in to the closest dealer on Saturday to see what they could do and of course the distant dealer didn't want to swap. So we went ahead and just did a factory order. Dealer said he'd get us the same price as the one they had located so we put down a deposit. Today, the order got put in and we now have our order number. We were told 6-8 weeks which I guess is OK.
Hard to wait but it will be hard to give up the Mini so I guess that will give us a few more fun drives with it before we have to get rid of it. My new goal is to beat Diablo III on Inferno before our Inferno Orange arrives.
Been lurking and this is my first post. We just ordered our Sonic!
About me: I'm a freelance medical illustrator who has draws pictures of skeletons and other anatomy. Currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Husband and I share one car, a 2005 MINI Cooper S. Super fun car but it has its issues. We only need one car since we can ride the train anywhere from San Francisco to all over the Bay. We decided that the Mini is getting to be an expensive toy that keeps getting random problems and we're tired of dealing with it. It is just a little too small and it would be nice to have more doors.
We started looking at new cars over the summer. Husband likes the Ford Focus and we both test drove one. Something about that center stack with the radio that was just too much. Felt like a huge car compared to the Mini. A Fiesta was tried too but that felt cramped. Hyundai's were test driven as well but eh, no. Several friends have a Honda Fit they like but they are so dull.
Did some more research and found the Sonic. Then we drove past a dealer with a nice red Sonic out front and stopped to poke around. Looked good felt nice to sit in but didn't have time to test drive that day. Stopped by a different dealer another day and they had tons of Sonics but no turbos. They did have a bunch of Inferno Orange ones and we really liked that color. Went on a quick test drive in a 1.8L but the salesperson was so unmotivated in the Sonic that he just kept complaining about how little commission he gets on selling a Sonic that it's not worth his time. Totally off putting. We even gave up even considering getting a car for a few months after that. Wanted to wait til the 2013s came out.
Now several months later we've had some more issues with the Mini and really wanted to get serious with finding a new car. We tried the Focus one last time and then the next day tried a Sonic turbo. Sonic won. Little hesitant on the color but then we figured orange is good and even if we get tired of it at least it's unique. Blue was the runner up color.
So I set about to locate one that fit our specifications. 2013 Hatch, LTZ, turbo, with a sunroof, in orange. Of course no dealer had one in the area. Did the online search thing and getting dozens of emails later, several dealers said they could do a dealer trade for one. We went in to the closest dealer on Saturday to see what they could do and of course the distant dealer didn't want to swap. So we went ahead and just did a factory order. Dealer said he'd get us the same price as the one they had located so we put down a deposit. Today, the order got put in and we now have our order number. We were told 6-8 weeks which I guess is OK.
Hard to wait but it will be hard to give up the Mini so I guess that will give us a few more fun drives with it before we have to get rid of it. My new goal is to beat Diablo III on Inferno before our Inferno Orange arrives.
I hear MyLink is pretty cool as well, make sure you post some pictures once it arrives.
