Option to get 1.4L turbo automatic?

[jwwpua]

I currently have the 1.8L automatic and want to know if it's possible to get the 1.4L turbo auto instead. I have about 500 miles on mine (bought it a couple weeks ago). Can the dealer upgrade the engine, or would I need to trade in my car for the other one? How do things like this work?

thanks

 

[Wolfhound]

Cheaper to trade in by far . . .

 

[laborsmith]

turbo engine about $4000
manual trans (6sp) $1600
labor $1500-$2000

Probable min cost $6500 and up

Yep, cheaper by far to trade up and much less likely to have something go wrong.

Laborsmith

 

[jwwpua]

Hmm, what kind of trade-in value do you think I could get? I have no idea how dealerships do this. It has about 500 miles, so what's the norm on that?

Hasn't the car already lost a couple grand by driving off the lot? I'm new to this...

 

[Sonny@bnr]

Yeah you've lost like 2-3GS just driving off the lot

 

[jwwpua]

Ah ok, thanks. Yeah definitely not worth it at this point. I wish they would have informed me of the Turbo automatic at the time, but owell.

 

[Sonic]

:face palm:

 

[laborsmith]

New car sales people are trained to sell what is on hand. It is further complicated because many new car sales persons have rarely (and some not at all) done a retail sales order.

For the last several years (not quite 20) I have alternated between just a few dealerships, whose front office quickly recognizes (as soon as they have looked me up in their data base) that I tend to order what I want instead of compromising by taking what they got.

You might do better by trading quickly then waiting a year or two. You won't do well, but I'd rather give up the two or three grand and be happy then not and never be satisfied.

But that is just me.

Laborsmith

 

[67sleeper]

Just go postal? I hear that's a quick way to drive off the lot in the car you want! Haha

 

[Eric Smit]

. You might do better by trading quickly then waiting a year or two. You won't do well, but I'd rather give up the two or three grand and be happy then not and never be satisfied.

Laborsmith

I agree with this.




-Eric Smit

 

[SSpeckerwood]

I wish the dealer would've told me the proper pricing on the connectivity package. I feel your remorse.

At the end of the day, its our own faults. After all we signed papers.

 

[doreo]

much like i was told i had the darkest interior offered, and i got the brightest, stupid me/us

 

[SSpeckerwood]

much like i was told i had the darkest interior offered, and i got the brightest, stupid me/us

Not to mention the 1.8L in a auto tranny... J/k

 

[doreo]

i like my 1.8 in auto tranny, would i mind the rs auto tranny? no but im fine with mine i just hate this god awful interior

 

[CoHPhasor]

much like i was told i had the darkest interior offered, and i got the brightest, stupid me/us

Which one did you get?
(Not to prod the sore)

 

[Steve Dallas]

I know that in my area, 1.4T Automatics were not really even around until the last month or two. I'm sure the supply is getting better now...but it they were still not very common when I traded in for mine.

I know that I got the first one from where I bought mine, and they had to get it from another dealer about 50 miles away.

 

[THKPIC]

I bought red and honestly, up until then it was my least favorite color on a car. But in CT they only had about two sonics with the 1.4 turbo M6. To further complicate things on autotrader and a lot of dealer sites they listed all of them as 1.8's until you clicked on "see invoice" and read the actual specs. It made it somewhat difficult to find the 1.4 on my own. The chevy website doesn't seem to allow you to pick that powertrain under "build my own" either. I don't get it. Maybe they are trying to sell more of the 1.8's for some odd reason. I jumped with incentives since there getting ready for the 2013's.

If your getting good gas mileage I'd say stick with it. But if you really want that 1.4...yeah...take the trade now before a major hosing in two years.

 

[Gman77]

I think I would trade right now and take the hit if one's coming. I went shopping for a Sonic 1.4 6spd in March and all the dealer had in stock was several 1.8 autos. They let me drive one for a few days while they tried to get what I wanted from another dealer. Well, they couldn't get one in so the Dealer called me and made an offer. He would sale me the Sonic I was driving and at the same time order one built to my specifications. When that car was delivered he would buy back the first one at final sale price. I jumped on the deal and put 3000 miles on the car and got back every penny minus the interest charge on the one payment I made. I ended up paying the difference in invoice between the 2 cars and driving the first one for 2 months nearly free.
So go see what you can do, no cost for trying...

 

[CoHPhasor]

I bought red and honestly, up until then it was my least favorite color on a car. But in CT they only had about two sonics with the 1.4 turbo M6. To further complicate things on autotrader and a lot of dealer sites they listed all of them as 1.8's until you clicked on "see invoice" and read the actual specs. It made it somewhat difficult to find the 1.4 on my own. The chevy website doesn't seem to allow you to pick that powertrain under "build my own" either. I don't get it. Maybe they are trying to sell more of the 1.8's for some odd reason. I jumped with incentives since there getting ready for the 2013's.

If your getting good gas mileage I'd say stick with it. But if you really want that 1.4...yeah...take the trade now before a major hosing in two years.

It was an option in the build your own section, it was just counter-intuitive.
It's just a blinkin checkbox in the options.
I saw it there at least since May when I looked.