Hello from Connecticut

Hi,

I was surfing around and came across this nice community you have here and figured I would pop in and say HI!

Last month my old Hyundai Elantra gave up the ghost, so I had to go out and search for a new vehicle. I was going to buy a new 08' Elantra becuase my old one was very good to me. But, when I went to the dealer and saw the new body style, I was not having it.... so I decided to start looking around for a different car to buy.

I went to several dealerships and test drove a Mazda 3, Toyota Camary, and a Honda Civic... they were nice cars and I was leaning towards the Mazda 3, but the 36 month/ 3 year warrenty made me check myself. The Elantra I had blew its transmission at 97,687 miles and they replaced it no questions asked... so I decided only to look at new cars with 100,000 mile / 10 year warrentees.

I did a search online and I saw the 08' Lancer and thought that it was a very sharp looking car. I never even considered a Lancer becuase I never seen one up close. I went the next day to the dealership and took a look at them and was impressed with the features and looks of the car.

I test drove a white M/T ES model that had the GTS body kit on it, and I also test drove a grey GTS with the CVT. I realy liked the way the GTS hadled and I fell in love with the grey....but I liked the M/T in the ES.. it just seamed more sporty. I asked the dealer to do a search for a grey M/T GTS, but the only one he could find was across the country and that dealer refused to give it up for a dealer trade.

Since I needed a new car quickly (I commute to work 45 miles each way) , I asked if there was any M/T GTS's in the state. He found an Electric Blue M/T GTS and I went to look at it. I know some will call me crazy.. but I just did'nt like the blue at all... I think if I was 20 again I would have gone for it, but the blue was to "in your face" for me and I decided the Graphite Grey was more "age specific" for myself.

To make a long story short (I know its already long, lol ) after two nights of "sleeping on it" I decided to go for the graphit grey GTS with the CVT. I can honestly say that after owning it for a month that I dont regret the decission. The initial "weirdness" of having no percivible shift on the CVT wore off and I am now used to it.

I dont know if I will mod it... I would like to, but I will limit myself to mods that wont void the warrenty.

Anyway, heres a pic I took today of my car.. shes about 1 month old and has aproxx 1,350 miles on it.






Wasper

 

Thanks for the warm welcome.

I have been reading the posts on this forum for a couple of days before I actually registed to say hi.

It seams alot of you guys (and gals?) are from the west coast and I get sad when I read about all of your meets... it sounds real fun.. but not "drive 3,500 miles to get there fun" lol.

Anyone here from my neck of the woods?