New Car

I finally reached a decision, and leased a car. I gota 2009 VW Passat.

It had all the features that I was looking for, including having a sunroof, while still having adequate headroom. It also has plenty of leg room, which is something, that was really annoying me about the Mazda6.
The engine really appeals to me. It is a 2.0T which has amazing gas milage for a regular gas engine. (Approximately 24/30 MPG). But what impresses me the most is it's acceleration. It hits 0-60 in 7.4 seconds. Not bad for a 4 Cyclinder Engine!


I'm still finishing up things with my apartment, and I'll be posting pictures soon.

Settling in

Today I ran a bunch of errands, most importantly I signed a lease on an apartment and a found myself a car I like. I'll be settling things within the next couple of days and hopefully I will have some pictures.

I'll be very happy to stop driving the Mazda 6. Although it is a bigger car by Mazda's standards, it's not for me. I'll be glad to end the month long search for a car.

Tomorrow I should have more to post.
Alex

More Car Browsing (Day2)

Although my plan was to spend most of the day taking care of the little things, I went by the Ford and Acura dealerships. I test drove the Mustang Convertible GT, Escape Hybrid, and the Acura TL.

The mustang was a lot of fun to drive, but terribly inefficient and impractical. There's really no room for surf boards, hockey equipment and people friends who have legs thicker than 2 inches (in the back seat)

Which brings me to why I looked at the escape hybrid. This is an amazing vehicle for gas mileage, but it isn't something that is fun to drive like the cars I have already driven. I found it like a lot of SUVs they are there to move stuff (period).

The Acura TL was fun to drive, and had a dashboard like a small plane - lots of small buttons everywhere. I actually liked all the features it had. It's definitely a car I'm keeping in mind.

Off a one year lease the Escape Hybrid is amazing on gas.

TL is the largest Acura car, but actually has the leg room necessary to fit a giant like me.

Car Shopping Day 1

I went out looking at cars on Tuesday. There is a long strip of Stevens Creek Blvd that has every type of dealership that exists in the US. I mainly looked at Volkswagen and BMW because they usually are much better on leg room then North American and Japanese car companies. I'm most excited about the Passat and the 328i (which I didn't get a photo of). I'm still looking though. Here are some pictures of the cars I looked at.

I didn't get a chance to check out all of the dealerships I wanted to, so I'll probably have to make this a multi-day event.

VW Passat

Porsche - Dreaming big

M35