Car Shopping, Day 2

We visited Dan Perkins in Milford, CT last night for continued car shopping. I had been hoping to check out a couple of Pontiac Vibes, but it turned out that they were still in White Plains, NY at their Saturn dealership. Won't be available in Milford until Monday. So we looked at the other cars that had been on my list. By the way, our favorite salesman (and manager) of all time - Paul Dempsey - is back at Dan Perkins. If you are looking for an honest, low-pressure kind of guy, ask for Paul by name.

We arrived at 5 PM and they closed at 6 PM, so there was no time for a test drive. But there were a few results. First, the Chevy Cobalt is out for me. It is a nice car, but it is too cramped for the driver and there is very little room in the back seat (if I do ever have kids or need to transport my tall friends). The flipside is that the Chevy Aveo is now a possibility. It is smaller on the outside than the Cobalt, but feels much larger on the inside. And it gets 34 MPG on the highway. Great deal. Mom noticed the Chevy HHR, which is Chevrolet's attempt to clone the PT Cruise. I personally HATE the PT Cruiser - it is ugly and not fuel efficient - but he HHR fixes many of the things that the PT did wrong. It is more fuel efficient (30 MPG highway), looks less retro (and by retro, I mean ugly), and the price is much better. The Impala was great, too - as always - but a bit larger and less fuel efficient than I was hoping for.

We go back to D'Addario today, and possible back to Dan Perkins again to actually do some test driving. Also considering going up to some other dealers elsewhere in the state.