How I came to own my Sonic

Elissar

Elissar

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Hey everyone,

Here's my story- Was coming home from work on Monday a couple weeks ago a little after 5pm, and had been raining all day. Was getting on the freeway in my 2001 Isuzu Rodeo LS, checking blind spot and as soon as I looked back I hydroplaned into 2.5 to 3 spins and proceeded down the 30ft revene and flipped at least 3 or 4 times (I lost count). Landed upright and walked away without a scratch and covered in glass. I believe I spent most of my karma points that evening.
Had to drive my back up 99 Silverado 4wd and it was killing me on gas. So I started searching for 'something' else. Found a 2013 Chevy sonic LT sedan online and went to at least look at it. Charcoal grey with grey/blk interior (my favorite). Didn't want a manual until after I test drove it- Hooked! It had 61k+ miles and wound up getting it for under $7300. Boom
 
MORTIS

MORTIS

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Welcome to SOF!

You were very fortunate to come out of that without a scratch. I have bad memories relating to the Izuzu Rodeo. My stepson was killed in 2004 when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel of a Rodeo.

Post some pics of your LT when you get a chance.
 
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Newman73

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Elissar said:
Hey everyone,

Here's my story- Was coming home from work on Monday a couple weeks ago a little after 5pm, and had been raining all day. Was getting on the freeway in my 2001 Isuzu Rodeo LS, checking blind spot and as soon as I looked back I hydroplaned into 2.5 to 3 spins and proceeded down the 30ft revene and flipped at least 3 or 4 times (I lost count). Landed upright and walked away without a scratch and covered in glass. I believe I spent most of my karma points that evening.
Had to drive my back up 99 Silverado 4wd and it was killing me on gas. So I started searching for 'something' else. Found a 2013 Chevy sonic LT sedan online and went to at least look at it. Charcoal grey with grey/blk interior (my favorite). Didn't want a manual until after I test drove it- Hooked! It had 61k+ miles and wound up getting it for under $7300. Boom
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Wow. Great story...and glad you were OK in that accident. That's some crazy stuff there.

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tdiller

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How I came about my sonic. I was out in Colorado (I'm from Chicago) camping using my sons truck to pull the popup. He was using my blazer. Got a phone call form him that the ball joints failed on him and the blazer was stuck on the side of the road. I gave him my AAA info and told him to call a tow. Tow truck driver offered 500 cash on the spot for the blazer. I called local Chevy dealer and asked them to work up a new small commuter car something with good gas mileage. We got home and Sunday went up to the dealers lot to look around even if they were closed. We knew they were working on a brown sonic sedan but right next to it was my favorite color blue. Yes it had less options but I wanted blue. So Monday I took the motorcycle to work and my wife went to the dealer to work out the details. I looked at the dealer website and found the car listed at 300 less than what they told my wife and I called her and told her to make sure she got the internet price. I also looked at truecar which I have access to here at work and they tried to tell my wife that once I got the truecar price that was it. The true car price was 3,000 more than what they had on their website. I held out for the website rice and picked up my 2015 sedan that night.
 
mja

mja

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tdiller said:
How I came about my sonic. I was out in Colorado (I'm from Chicago) camping using my sons truck to pull the popup. He was using my blazer. Got a phone call form him that the ball joints failed on him and the blazer was stuck on the side of the road. I gave him my AAA info and told him to call a tow. Tow truck driver offered 500 cash on the spot for the blazer. I called local Chevy dealer and asked them to work up a new small commuter car something with good gas mileage. We got home and Sunday went up to the dealers lot to look around even if they were closed. We knew they were working on a brown sonic sedan but right next to it was my favorite color blue. Yes it had less options but I wanted blue. So Monday I took the motorcycle to work and my wife went to the dealer to work out the details. I looked at the dealer website and found the car listed at 300 less than what they told my wife and I called her and told her to make sure she got the internet price. I also looked at truecar which I have access to here at work and they tried to tell my wife that once I got the truecar price that was it. The true car price was 3,000 more than what they had on their website. I held out for the website rice and picked up my 2015 sedan that night.
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500$ on the spot, what year was the Blazer?
 
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