My Partner's New Car

[Cory Wolfe]

While I'm at it, I should update you guys on what Josh drives. Having done the switch between his Civic, Tiburon, and Outlook, he decided he didn't really need the extra space of a massive Lambda. Back in March, he traded it in for his first new car, one that is decidedly smaller.

As you can see, he bought a 2013 Chevrolet Sonic LT. He decided to buy one with the 1.8L and 5spd manual. Options include the 16" wheels and fog light package, as well as the Mylink premium audio system.

After 10k miles, he's pretty happy with it, though not as happy as he could be. He's had to have it in to the dealership 3 times for warranty work thus far. First two times for a faulty clutch pedal that was at first just greased (Dealership didn't really try to fix it) and the second time it was replaced like it should have been the first time. The third trip to the dealership was due to a Stabilitrak sensor that failed. Other than that and random interior rattles, it's been a good car for him. He averages 35 MPG even without the turbo engine and I've personally attained as high as 44 MPG on highway trips (with the A/C on I might add).

[Drew Dowdell]

that's a big shift in size from the Outlook!

[Cory Wolfe]

The Outlook never really fit him, he was crazy to buy it. He mostly just bought it for the fact that it was AWD.

[daves87rs]

looks good! A bit small for me (and small for the fam), but otherwise I like Sonic a bunch....

[regfootball]

Sonic's a nice rig.

[G. David Felt]

Sweet Looking Ride, thanks for the update, glad to hear over all it is doing well.

[Cory Wolfe]

Yeah, I wasn't sure what to expect with the 1.8l, but it's doing rather well. I wanted him to get the 1.4l Turbo, but I'm not sure if it would have really been worth the $800 upgrade. It's plenty peppy as is and I was able to manage nearly 10 MPG over its highway rating. I'd say it was a good choice for him.

[Intrepidation]

Not a bad little car. Ride's well, looks better than the other sedans in its class, decent performance and handling and pleasant looking interior. Plus it doesn't have the dim-witted automatic so that probably makes it much more enjoyable to drive.

[A Horse With No Name]

looks like a neat little car....

[caddycruiser]

Nice Sonic. Is that Brookville Chevy? Looks very familiar, on the hill & corner.

[Cory Wolfe]

Yep, that's it.