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When my parents were looking at cars for me during the summer last year, they drove home a silver Aveo after I turned down a '98 Monte Carlo. They made me go with them so I could choose between that silver one and the blue one that I ended up with. I just loved the way the blue one looked, and I chose it.
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congrats on the new car..blues not my color but to each their own
you turned down a w body and got an aveo, you are my hero, the fourm will hoist you in the air and chant your name!
Congrats on the new car! How do you like the Aveo so far?
Automatic? Your choice or a case of "beggars can't be choosers"?
Welcome to the forum.
I have the same car, but in "Tahiti Green" (which actually looks much more blue than green). I hate cars with metallic paint (read: silver). Blue is easy and it looks sharp.
My wife drives it 95% of the time and she loves it. If she's happy, I'm happy. :toothy10:
Sorry it took me so long to reply back to everyone! I just kinda forgot about this thread. I'll make it quick.
@ MetroMPG, I was just starting to learn to drive, and everyone thought it'd be easiest for me to start with automatic. I definately know that I need to learn stick shift at some point though. And honestly, the end choice of car wasn't down to me. I just had the blue Aveo, silver Aveo, and my dad kinda ruled out the Monte Carlo cuz the seat was too harsh on his back. But when I saw that blue one, I just said, let's take the blue one! Didn't even stop to think it over. But I'm sure my parents knew ahead of time, before I made my choice, which cars were auto & which were manual.
@tidus10, when it comes down to color, it's just your taste. I personally believe that a car can only look good in 1 color, in most cases at least.
@thehunteroo, That made my day. But it's pretty much the same thing that I told MetroMPG. Plus, the Aveo had a few features that the Monte Carlo didn't have, well, just one that I can think of: onstar. And the dealership that we got it from gives free oil changes on a car that is at least 2 years old that you buy from them. So, there's one thing that I won't have to worry about ever.
@Daox, I think the car is great! Had a few small problems, but they never majorly affected my car! Runs great, looks great, all due to being around my dad too damn much! I just wish that I actually drove more often to fully enjoy my car...
@Thymeclock, Yeah, blue is definately easy to care for! Usually just use a cleaner wax on it every 4 months or so. Hell, when my parents had the silver one at our house, one of my friends asked me if the car was for me, and I told him yeah, but we're going back to look at the blue one. He told me to get the blue one. I was already pretty sure that I'd choose the blue anyways. What gets me though is that my dad thought that I'd like the silver one, while my mom knew that I'd like the blue one!
Monte seats too harsh? My dad has a bad back too and he never once complained about my Monte's seats. He complained about how much lower to the ground my car is then his, (making it somewhat difficult to get into) but the seats were always described as comfy and supportive. As for features, at the time, the Monte's feature put it ahead of it's class with it's standard features. Onstar wasn't added to the Monte's though until 2000 I believe.
Again, I thank you very much for not buying a W body, you are still my hero!!!
He's only saying this because I own one and love it. ignore hunter at all costs.Quote:
Originally Posted by thehunterooo
Oh dear, I forgot about you, you own a W body? It like knocking out two birds with one stone then!
If the choice were completely mine, IDK what I would've went with. A brand new car in excellent shape, excellent for my lack of driving experience (I learned the hard way that I can't be trusted with a high perf car yet). Or a car that was used, and looked horrid in some areas, but would've made a fun senior project for high school if I had the money. Maybe I would've went with the Monte Carlo if I had the money to throw around for it. But as I said, I loved how the Aveo I picked out looked, and I have yet to run into any major problems with the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Z34guy
But the seat thing was extremely irritating for my dad. When you think of it being a '98, consider possibly how many people have driven that car, and their car care habits. Also, a quote from Jeff Foxworthy: "Buying a used rental car is kind of like going to a house of ill repute looking for a wife. Anything that's been driven that hard by that many people, you really don't want to put your key in it." Not that this Monte Carlo was a rental as far as I knew, but it could have been somewhere down the line.
Yea Blue 2nd gen Hatch! that makes....2 of us? Welcome to the forum.
Thanks. I've had some great times with that car. Even gave me an opportunity to see how much one of my friends truely knows about cars & working on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ratchet104
3! Assuming you count my midnight blue metallic :)
Good enough for me! Welcome to the club!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sidewinder
There are a few things that I have considered doing with that car. I do wanna tint my windows at some point. And I wanna blackout my interior a little. I mean, alot. Someone on this forum used this carbon fiber vinyl on the silver parts throughout his Aveo, and it looked great. I wanna go with that. I also wanna order replacement parts for the pillars, as well as the headliner and the components that are there (all in black, of course). I'm just not a fan of 50/50 colored interiors for some odd reason...
the headliner etc are not available in black, but you can do it with interior dye, and plastic interior paint.
I found a site where I could order the headliner & pillars, but it would be a whole hell lot cheaper just to paint everything myself. The headliner alone would cost $145.93. The pillars as a left side kit for the upper & a right side kit for the upper would be $52.52 altogether. Then the handles by the doors would be like $10 or so. But I guess a couple cans of interior paint could get the same results for a cheaper price.Quote:
Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit
Here's the site that I checked out btw: http://www.partswebsite.com/simongmparts/
They don't show a picture of the product, just a diagram of the area that the part would go at. That's my only complaint about the site.
if that is the site you are ordering from, its only available in tan and light grey from the factory, so they would not be able to sell you a black anything you are after.
remove it all, get it painted to match the rest of the interior (dupont makes a great interior vinyl available at most body shops using dupont) the headliner would need fabric dyed or wrapped, and the visors would need wrapped most likely..
when its all done, clean it up and then reinstall.. done.
I looked it up, and they actually say black on the site, unless they put down the wrong thing...Quote:
Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit
But yeah, I'll go the spary paint & dye route anyways. Cheaper that way by hundreds. I'll just wait till it's nicer over here to do such a thing. It's sad when you have a 3 car garge, and one whole section is taken up by useless crap. And another section is taken up by my brother's Diamonte that he pay regular insurance on that just sits there for more often than not, and won't be moved unless my dad wants to do something with his car or if my brother doesn't want to drive his Trail Blazer. But, I love doing things outside, so I could get the stuff now, and just wait till spring or summer to tackle that.
EDIT: Yeah, then again, I might just not touch it at all. I wanna save up my money so I can get out of my parents' house sooner rather than later. I guess I'll wait & see where I'm at in a few months before I even decide to do anything.