Ooo That Smell...

Pardon the Lynyrd Skynyrd reference, but it fits well in the context of a new car. As I mentioned in a previous post, the time had come to find something a little more gas friendly than the Altima. The Honda Civic was winner of the bake-off that we did last month, and we went in last Saturday to pull the trigger on purchasing. The experience at Huggins Honda was so good that we went back there in search of a 4-door EX model in Royal Blue Pearl. While they didn't have one in stock, they did have one coming in between July 3 and July 6 so of course we said, "We'll take it."

Now in these times of $4 gas, the Civic has become a quite popular car. It's in such high demand that they can't keep them on the lot. That doesn't bode well for negotiating the price, and without a lot of discussion we settled on full sticker price. While this isn't what anyone would hope for, it's a simple matter of supply and demand. At the end of the day, 35+ mpg made it worth it. After I get past the break-in period, I'll give an update on how it does with hypermiling compared to the Altima.

I have to say that the Huggins experience was unlike any other car buying experience I've had. The salesman never gave us the hard sell, and he actually never contacted us after our first visit. Between the three visits, we spent about 3 hours total at the dealership from initial test drive to driving off the lot yesterday.

I could probably go at great length about the features of the car, but most of it is available on the Honda web site. If anyone has specific questions, please leave them in a comment.

Until next time...
PH