toot toot Sonic warrior

[Soup DeVille]

Ok, but the second dealer has acted OK then; that should t destroy your faith in all dealers- just remind you there are shitty ones out there.

[2o6]

Got rid of the CF hood. Guy paid me $100 + his black hood

[CaminoRacer]

Lol nice

[Madman]

Got rid of the CF hood. Guy paid me $100 + his black hood

Good move.  That carbon shit looked like ass.

[Raza]

A downgrade that's an upgrade. Nice work, Kevin.

[Payman]

Got rid of the CF hood. Guy paid me $100 + his black hood

Like a boss. $100 plus you raised the value another $500. 

[Char]

Where is the CF hood?

[MrH]

...he got rid of it

[2o6]

To be fair, it was kind of hard to tell

[SJ_GTI]

On retrospect I actually like the CF hood better. 

[MX793]

I would have redone the rest of the car to match the CF hood.

[2o6]

On retrospect I actually like the CF hood better. 

God no. it barely stood out from the black paint.

[veeman]

How did the transaction happen?  Did a random dude with a black Sonic just ask you for a trade out on the street or did you propose a trade on a Sonic forum with some dude who owned a Black sonic who happened to live near you?  Or something else? 

[Madman]

To be fair, it was kind of hard to tell

Hard to tell?  The colour mis-match plus the huge gap between the hood and fender made it look like poorly repaired accident damage.

It looks about eighty bazillion times better now!

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

How did the transaction happen?  Did a random dude with a black Sonic just ask you for a trade out on the street or did you propose a trade on a Sonic forum with some dude who owned a Black sonic who happened to live near you?  Or something else? 

[2o6]

I put a "sale or trade" ad on the Chevy Sonic forum, then I met the guy halfway from his house.

[Soup DeVille]

It was actually a guy with an all carbon fiber Sonic, but a black steel hood.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

It was actually a guy with an all carbon fiber Sonic, but a black steel hood.

[veeman]

It was actually a guy with an all carbon fiber Sonic, but a black steel hood.

[thewizard16]

It was actually a guy with an all carbon fiber Sonic, but a black steel hood.

[2o6]

10K mile check in



I drive out of Lyft and Uber (primarily lyft) plus the fact that flipping cars takes me over the state, and I like driving this thing and I've driven it all over the midwest, and even Canada.


- Still does the random crank, no start. Super intermittently, so I'm more annoyed than angry

- I just replaced the front brakes. AC Delco rotors and some mid-grade ceramic pads to get rid of the vibration from shitty rotors and pads that were done.

- I replaced the tires with some Kumho Ecsta 4X - only $265 after rebate (before shipping). This is a really nice budget tire, I reccomend it. It's pretty grippy, fairly quiet, and does well in the rain.

- My Uber and Lyft passengers can't figure out that the car is NOT two door.

- My Lyft passengers remark that the car is really nice inside and 'suprisingly spacious'. They love the leather

- at least two people have remarked on how nice the exaust sounds

- a good 75% don't realize its a manual until they look down and exclaim ' that's a stick? WOW, you're really good at it! Most manual drivers ive ridden with make me nauscous with all the bucking and jerking'

- I really like driving this car, a lot.

- My average MPG is around 30MPG. Hitting that 40MPG requires slowing down to 65MPH. However, if I keep it at 70MPH, it'll do a still respectable 38MPG

[giant_mtb]

I like Sonics.  If I ever get a "courtesy car" for detailing, a CPO Sonic would definitely be on my list.

[AutobahnSHO]

10K mile check in

I've never liked Chevys but your review makes me consider this car.

[MrH]

Matt Farah posted this on Facebook. Apparently his Uber driver got tired of people being confused on how to open her Honda HRV . You could do the same to your car.

[AutobahnSHO]

Matt Farah posted this on Facebook. Apparently his Uber driver got tired of people being confused on how to open her Honda HRV . You could do the same to your car.

LOL totally should.

[CaminoRacer]

That also benefits from being silver instead of black, so you can see the door outline

[Vinsanity]

- a good 75% don't realize its a manual until they look down and exclaim ' that's a stick? WOW, you're really good at it! Most manual drivers ive ridden with make me nauscous with all the bucking and jerking'

Sometimes I wonder if manual transmission cars are somewhat more common among rideshare drivers than normal. I had a guy show up in a stickshift CTS and another guy show up in a stickshift Mazda 5, so those have got to count for something

[2o6]

End of summer check in


I've put on about 15K miles, partially Lyft has elevated my driving, but because this car is so much more drastically comfortable than the Yaris, I drive more and I'm usually the first to volunteer and show off my car on longer road trips.


I'm averaging a solid 31MPG (trip MPG hasn't changed from 31.4MPG for like three weeks now). I don't have the lightest foot, and the boost is addicting. The transmission is geared to you can say out of boost if you need to (I have three overdrive gears), but there is a penalty if you drive with your foot in it. 30MPG is about what the Yaris was getting, but I drove the Yaris slower. However, I also put 93+ octane in the Sonic, because I feel more comfortable with that, and the car is also more responsive with 93 octane. The car can run on 87 perfectly fine, but there is a notable drop in power and responsiveness.

- The car still randomly does the crank no start, but it's once in a blue moon so I've just learned to live with it.

- Man, the traction control is really invasive. If you even THINK about driving off with wheelspin at any point in time, Stabilitrak will crush all hopes and dreams

- This car is probably the most solid driving car in it's class. My friends like it.


- (Partially about my contempt for the iPhone 7), but my car has an old-style interface for the radio, and it doesn't work well with iPhones. If you try and do too many things with the iPhone or the steering wheel controls, the radio actually freezes and you have to disconnect the phone. Also the glovebox USB port doesn't really charge all that well. Some modern phones will still discharge while plugged in, instead of charge.

- The call bluetooth is great

- The streaming audio bluetooth is hot garbage, but that might be an iPhone thing?

- I don't have a spare tire. I don't know if the previous seller had it, or whether or not it was omitted on this trim



Either way, I'm still very happy with my purchase. I might tint the windows.

[68_427]

I had a 2014 Cruze rental a couple years ago and the Bluetooth off my android phone was great, or maybe it's slightly different from car to car?

[2o6]

I had a 2014 Cruze rental a couple years ago and the Bluetooth off my android phone was great, or maybe it's slightly different from car to car?

I havent tried other phones, but I think it's an iPhone thing.