Hey everyone ... re-introduction heh.

[Gimpster]

Long ago I was on this forum with a '12 1.4T M6 hatch. I drove it for a while, and eventually it was gone. The car always left a good impression on me though.

I just picked up a '13 sedan 1.4T M6 as my new DD/winter beater. So hello again one owner car, 59k miles. These things are DIRT cheap now, holy cow.

I wanted another hatch, but the price premium around here on a HB is insane.

 

[SuperSonic15]

Long ago I was on this forum with a '12 1.4T M6 hatch. I drove it for a while, and eventually it was gone. The car always left a good impression on me though.

I just picked up a '13 sedan 1.4T M6 as my new DD/winter beater. So hello again one owner car, 59k miles. These things are DIRT cheap now, holy cow.

Congrats and welcome back!

I wish i new more about these sonics before I purchased mine new early last year. Love my sonic just gonna be paying awhile. Any plans for her?

Thanks for the pics opcorn:

 

[Gimpster]

I think I'll buy some credits on my HPTuners and play around a bit, but I'm unsure about anything mechanical. On my '12 I had a ZZP intake and a couple other things, but ... it pretty much just made noise as you know. The noises are fun for a while, but this is my DD/go-to-work car. Not sure I really want to hear that day-in-day-out.

Beyond that, ... I've not made any plans yet.

RS Looks nice, so at least you can take comfort in that as you make the note

 

[Papasonic]

Good to have you back. It's not easy to find a pre-owned sedan with a m6 and 1.4. There are a lot of 1.8 and 1.4 auto's.

I still have my 2012 Orange 1.4 LTZ m6 Hatch; will be 6 years old next month, now has 41,000 miles. It's still a nice car!

 

[Gimpster]

I do remember your handle for sure. I think mostly because, at that time, I also had a '04 GTO M6. Glad to hear your Sonic is holding up well! This '13 seems to be holding up really well. I mean, compared to the Cobalt's I had as DD's its night and day. No rattles, drives nice. I realize most people don't want economy cars anymore, but at 6.5-7k ... Not sure how you can beat these.

I felt very lucky to find this configuration for sure. The person selling it said a lot of people had come to view it, saw the gear selector and said "NOPE!!!". I would believe it, everything else around here was automatic.

My wife and I relocated all over the country for a while for work. We lived in San Francisco for 2-3 years, and just didn't even need cars anymore. So I pretty much cleared out my 'garage'.

The GTO was interesting. I was washing it one day, and a guy walked up to me and asked if it was stock. It was 100% bone stock. He immediately offered me 16k for it, and I said its all yours. The next day he showed up with a cashiers check. I hadn't even really driven it in 8-9 months and storage was like $200/mo.

Good to have you back. It's not easy to find a pre-owned sedan with a m6 and 1.4. There are a lot of 1.8 and 1.4 auto's.

I still have my 2012 Orange 1.4 LTZ m6 Hatch; will be 6 years old next month, now has 41,000 miles. It's still a nice car!

 

[Papasonic]

The GTO was interesting. I was washing it one day, and a guy walked up to me and asked if it was stock. It was 100% bone stock. He immediately offered me 16k for it, and I said its all yours. The next day he showed up with a cashiers check. I hadn't even really driven it in 8-9 months and storage was like $200/mo.

I still have my 2004 GTO, but seldom get it out. It has just over 12,000 miles on it now; I probably will sell it at some point, as I store it most of the time. I took it to a local car show this August and many had no idea Pontiac made a new gen GTO. It probably wouldn't be hard to sell as it too is stock, is in pristine condition, and never abused.
I just read that the Holden facility where our GTO's were born, ceased production on October 20, 2017. Sad!

 

[Papasonic]

I felt very lucky to find this configuration for sure. The person selling it said a lot of people had come to view it, saw the gear selector and said "NOPE!!!". I would believe it, everything else around here was automatic.

Yes, the manual trans also serves as an effective anti-theft device.

 

[MORTIS]

Welcome back to SOF!
I agree that these cars are a really nice drive, especially considering their size and class (sub-compact). I looked at a lot of small cars in the same class when I bought mine new, and nothing came close.
But yeah, the 6sp manual are somewhat rare to find.

I felt very lucky to find this configuration for sure. The person selling it said a lot of people had come to view it, saw the gear selector and said "NOPE!!!". I would believe it, everything else around here was automatic.

It seems absurd that someone advertising a vehicle would not list the transmission type. And if not listed, also absurd that a prospective buyer would not ask before making the trip.

 

[SouthFLSonic]

I liked my 2012 so much I traded it in on a 2016. Great car and options for what it is.


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[Gimpster]

No argument there, I guess the dealer (it was a normal GM dealer) used the low price of an "undesirable" manual car to lure people in maybe? They had 8-9 other Sonic's on the lot in various configurations.

It seems absurd that someone advertising a vehicle would not list the transmission type. And if not listed, also absurd that a prospective buyer would not ask before making the trip.