Hey Folks:
I haven't posted much here as being a new owner, I just didn't have too much to say. I have "lurked" here a bit, and read some of the stuff you guys/gals have posted tho.
My car is the 1.4 turbo hatch. All-in-all, I pleased with the car. It's fiesty, turns on a dime, and handles high speeds very very well. No front end lift at 80mph, and the front seating is very sporty, almost Ricarro-like.
It has taken me a while to get used to the MYLINK service. I wish that my music for-pay service "SPOTIFY" was an established icon I could use thru MYLINK without burning data service on my iPhone.. ..
The speaker placement is a bit odd in this car, however once I realiced that the best bass response was in the front of the car, not the usual location in the rear, I'm OK with all that. I still think I'm going to add 2 MBQuart speakers on the rear lift gate, tho. Once I figured out the speaker adjustments, I'm pretty happy with the sound. Since I play the bass, that tonality is important to me, so having really good bass reproduction needs to be there.
Wonder why there is no arm-rest on tjhe passenger seat? would be noce to have that. I got the color-cordinated seating with the dash [In my case, it's black and rust color]. Perhaps the leather seating does... which I don't have.
I am coming off an Audi A-6, and an Audi 4000 --to this car. I must say that the handling and shifting and road feel is very very comparable to my old guy, the 4000. For a frame of referance, that car handles the road extremely "sure-footed," and I've driven it in all kinds of weather and never gotten stuck.
After road testing several cars, I came back to purchase the Sonic because of this road feel. I'm very very happy with this! I think this will be a feature that I will continue to appreciate!
My sonic came with black wheels, and not real impressed with that... they are growing on me, tho. They get real dirty quick. I'd of rather had chrome.
My big german shepard has trouble with that shelf that raises up when you open the hatch. He turns around in the back and "adjusts" the shelf location in doing the turning. It's not real stable, is it? You guys have any ideas about stabilizing it?
While i do miss some things about my A6 in this car, I am glad to have bought n American made car that gets great mileage. I am avgering 39 - 42 MPG in my driving. This is a savings of 42% at the pump over the A-6. Yeah!
I haven't posted much here as being a new owner, I just didn't have too much to say. I have "lurked" here a bit, and read some of the stuff you guys/gals have posted tho.
My car is the 1.4 turbo hatch. All-in-all, I pleased with the car. It's fiesty, turns on a dime, and handles high speeds very very well. No front end lift at 80mph, and the front seating is very sporty, almost Ricarro-like.
It has taken me a while to get used to the MYLINK service. I wish that my music for-pay service "SPOTIFY" was an established icon I could use thru MYLINK without burning data service on my iPhone.. ..
The speaker placement is a bit odd in this car, however once I realiced that the best bass response was in the front of the car, not the usual location in the rear, I'm OK with all that. I still think I'm going to add 2 MBQuart speakers on the rear lift gate, tho. Once I figured out the speaker adjustments, I'm pretty happy with the sound. Since I play the bass, that tonality is important to me, so having really good bass reproduction needs to be there.
Wonder why there is no arm-rest on tjhe passenger seat? would be noce to have that. I got the color-cordinated seating with the dash [In my case, it's black and rust color]. Perhaps the leather seating does... which I don't have.
I am coming off an Audi A-6, and an Audi 4000 --to this car. I must say that the handling and shifting and road feel is very very comparable to my old guy, the 4000. For a frame of referance, that car handles the road extremely "sure-footed," and I've driven it in all kinds of weather and never gotten stuck.
After road testing several cars, I came back to purchase the Sonic because of this road feel. I'm very very happy with this! I think this will be a feature that I will continue to appreciate!
My sonic came with black wheels, and not real impressed with that... they are growing on me, tho. They get real dirty quick. I'd of rather had chrome.
My big german shepard has trouble with that shelf that raises up when you open the hatch. He turns around in the back and "adjusts" the shelf location in doing the turning. It's not real stable, is it? You guys have any ideas about stabilizing it?
While i do miss some things about my A6 in this car, I am glad to have bought n American made car that gets great mileage. I am avgering 39 - 42 MPG in my driving. This is a savings of 42% at the pump over the A-6. Yeah!
