Downsizing, kind of, car-wise

I have no idea who they're made by. I just know there's less leg room than in one of those kids electric cars.

 

The resale value of the Toyotas are amazing. Was in an accident last year where my '02 Corolla with about 70k miles on it was totalled. Got $10k for it from the insurance company.

 

Had to have a tire replaced at less than 60 miles. Inadvertently running over some kind of nail/tack that makes the tire go flat will do that. Then having it made worse by the dealer tell you that its in a spot on the sidewall where they can't repair it and because new car tires don't come with roadside hazard protection you have to pay $100 for a new tire.

 

Suzuki's version of the Geo (and later Chevy) Metro was the Swift. Friend of mine from high school had one and it wasn't a bad little car, except when he hit a dog. The dog walked limped away, the car limped to school.

I had a 99 Chevy Metro at one time. It was the 1.0 L 3-cyl. (glorified lawn mower). It was a good car, reliable, but it was a death trap. I totaled it. Pulled out of a drive way and a full size van, going probably 25 mph, nailed the front of it. Made me wonder how bad it would have been if I had been doing even 20, let alone 40-45.

 

No, the Aveo pretty much replaced the Suzuki Swift-based Chevy/Geo Metro in Chevy's lineup. It used to be a Daewoo (specifically, the underwhelming Daewoo Kalos and before that, the even-more-underwhelming Daewoo Lanos) before Daewoo's automotive division tanked.

 

Such as, moving to a city. Someday I'll live where the nearest hospital/movie theater/fast-food restaurant isn't a 40-mile round trip into the next county...

 

As I said, I had GM cash from my credit card rebates that I had to use or lose, and the employee pricing frenzy was at its peak. Including an extended warranty, it barely broke $10k. My POS was about to keel over.