Took a couple months to nail down exactly what we were looking for but when we did, we found one and jumped on it. Actually found two, one at a dealer an hour away (posted price dealership) and one at a dealer in town. The local dealer was willing to match the far away store so we went to check it lout.
It was a new delivery, and when we sat down in it for our test drive we saw it had one mile on the clock - doesn't get much newer than that. Test drive went fine, so we went in to do the deal. Price-wise there were no surprises, and the finance department went to work and came up with an interest rate half a percent better than what we already had lined up. We also got more for our trade-in (07 Santa Fe) than we expected so this ranks way up there as far as easy drama-free car purchases we've had in a long time, maybe ever.
It's a magnetic grey SR5 with Premium Pkg and moonroof. Lacking automagic climate control which I might miss but certainly can live without.
Kinda surprised that this tank (already nicknamed "Canyonero") lacks some features that our economy car ('10 Mazda3) has, like memory seats and automatic headlights. They're filed under 'nice to have but not required to live'.
Not many plans for fiddling with this wagon; we put our fun car money into Miatas. We'll start looking for a decent car trailer and start our summer adventure in the coming weeks.
It was a new delivery, and when we sat down in it for our test drive we saw it had one mile on the clock - doesn't get much newer than that. Test drive went fine, so we went in to do the deal. Price-wise there were no surprises, and the finance department went to work and came up with an interest rate half a percent better than what we already had lined up. We also got more for our trade-in (07 Santa Fe) than we expected so this ranks way up there as far as easy drama-free car purchases we've had in a long time, maybe ever.
It's a magnetic grey SR5 with Premium Pkg and moonroof. Lacking automagic climate control which I might miss but certainly can live without.
Kinda surprised that this tank (already nicknamed "Canyonero") lacks some features that our economy car ('10 Mazda3) has, like memory seats and automatic headlights. They're filed under 'nice to have but not required to live'.
Not many plans for fiddling with this wagon; we put our fun car money into Miatas. We'll start looking for a decent car trailer and start our summer adventure in the coming weeks.
