I'm considering trading in my shiny silver Steve for something that can handle cargo a little better. Anyone out there had any experience with a Chevy Aveo? I can get a base model '09 hatchback for $30 more a month than I'm paying now, with only a year extra on the loan--and that's only if I don't haggle on the price they're telling me.
I'm wibbling. Steve's check engine light is on, its fan doesn't work, it needs new tires, and its RPMs peridically drop really, really low when I hit the clutch. It's three years old and is about to crack 60k miles--and the way I drive it, it'll hit 200k miles just as I pay it off. But a new car is yet another big commitment, and this particular new car seems to get hated on by car reviewers--even if it looks like that hate's directed at newer models solely because they're not Honda or Toyota.
. . . But a new car bought for business reasons might qualify as yet another business expense. And it's even in the color I want.
. . . But it's more loans to pay, and a bitty baby engine, and no AC.
. . . But I don't use AC, could really use the mp3 jack so I'm not fucking with CDs on my way down the turnpike in the dark, and could fit all my wheelies and displays in there with no problem/less destruction of car, like when I wrangle the 80lb muddy wheelie into Steve's back seat (via the passenger door--it's funny to watch, I tell you) and belt it in.
. . . Bah. :P
I'm wibbling. Steve's check engine light is on, its fan doesn't work, it needs new tires, and its RPMs peridically drop really, really low when I hit the clutch. It's three years old and is about to crack 60k miles--and the way I drive it, it'll hit 200k miles just as I pay it off. But a new car is yet another big commitment, and this particular new car seems to get hated on by car reviewers--even if it looks like that hate's directed at newer models solely because they're not Honda or Toyota.
. . . But a new car bought for business reasons might qualify as yet another business expense. And it's even in the color I want.
. . . But it's more loans to pay, and a bitty baby engine, and no AC.
. . . But I don't use AC, could really use the mp3 jack so I'm not fucking with CDs on my way down the turnpike in the dark, and could fit all my wheelies and displays in there with no problem/less destruction of car, like when I wrangle the 80lb muddy wheelie into Steve's back seat (via the passenger door--it's funny to watch, I tell you) and belt it in.
. . . Bah. :P