I appreciate the info guys, thanks very much

With your experiences driving in snow, not being so great, is that with the hatchback, sedan, or both?

My troubles with the clutch slave cylinder on the sunfire is that the cylinder and throwout bearing are one unit, and inside the transmission, so it's a pain to get at if you have to change it. It being an issue so many times is likely just my fault, bleeding it too much or something trying to get all the air out and making it leak again. From what you've told me the Aveo is not such a design, so it would be nicer if I had to change that.

Where I live I don't get a lot of snow in winter, it is mainly when I go to a mountain for snowboarding, or the occasional day of snow here, maybe a couple weeks a year but not usually that much.

Again, I appreciate your help, and it sounds like the one I've got an eye on locally may be good, as it's got around 115K km's and just had it's timing belt changed, as well as been well maintained by the looks of it.