Test Driving

Today Liz, Brian and myself motored up to Uxbridge to test drive a couple of vehicles at the Williamson GM dealership (plus they wanted to go to the open house of this small engines place to look at 4-wheelers, they are thinking of buying one).

So, I took out the Pontiac G5 and then the G6 afterwards. I have to say between those two vehicles, I much preferred the G5 (for those who do not speak Car, its the replacement of the old Sunfire, similar in size to the car I presently drive). I really liked the way it felt compared to the G6, when I was in the G6 I felt as if I was sitting on the wheel (we think its because the console is higher up then the one in the G5).
The price I got on one includes a fully loaded one, sunroof, remote starter, power locks, sterring wheel controls. Plus I can get a GM employee discount (Brian's parents are former GM workers and I can use their #) and another discount (which I was very surprised about) is my old clunker I am driving I can get $1,000 for it. Its part of this Car Heaven program, as long as the car is drivable and I have had it for at least 6 months, its good for the discount.

I gotta tell ya, it felt sooooooo nice driving a car that doesn't sound like its about to die and the AC actually works! It's going to be pretty tough getting into olde bessy there on Monday morning.
Now I am just trying to figure out whether or not to buy new or try and find the same car slightly used (like a 2006). Liz has a friend who owns a used car dealership in Oshawa, and he can probably find one (you just have to be patient) with low kms and a lower price, but the interest rate will be higher and I won't be able to use any of those discounts. So, I have some thinking to do, plus of course, this doesn't mean I won't test drive other vehicles.

Test driving is half the fun!