Greetings from Detroit!

[dmcnelly]

Howdy, my name's Derek, and I just got myself a 2009 Aveo.

Prior to my Aveo, I had an '02 Saturn SC2 that blew three flywheels (on an automatic of all things) in 16 months and decided "I'm tired of putting money into this thing", and looked into something else good on gas and inexpensive.

Found mine at an Infiniti dealership with a 5 Speed and 37,000 miles on it for under $8k. Previous owner was a little old asian lady who barely ever drove the thing. A few little scuffs here and there, but it still smells like a new car.

Planning on upgrading the sound system, because the stock one is pretty f-ing terrible. Otherwise my Aveo as barebones as a car can get and I love it. Manual locks, manual windows, no AC, less stuff to break, basically.

Enjoying it thus far, hopefully I will continue to enjoy it!

[2010REDROCKET]

Welcome to the forum! Also, welcome from Sterling heights, whereabouts are you in Michigan? Plan on doing any customization to your aveo?

[dmcnelly]

Welcome to the forum! Also, welcome from Sterling heights, whereabouts are you in Michigan? Plan on doing any customization to your aveo?

Nothing too crazy. Mostly appearance related, getting rid of those little GM badges, putting in LED taillights.

I did upgrade the stereo from the stock AM/FM/AUX unit (Which was too quiet and sounded like crap) to an Alpine, which made a huge difference in sound. Speakers are next.

Side-note: I spent about six hours trying to find information on running switched power because according to the guy at ABC Warehouse, I needed to run switched power from the fusebox otherwise the radio would be on all the time. Ends up he was wrong and the harness had it built in from the factory. Nice try on the installation upsell though!