Travis and Michelle Fitzgerald's blog

Just a couple of things to add to what Travis wrote…

Honda

Salesman was a little weird, and didn’t mention anything about the available voice commands until after we were parked, coming back from the test drive. Also, unlike any of the other dealerships, he took us on a short little route with NO CHANCE of flooring the car. For those of you in the Clear Lake Area: Kobyashi -> Magnolia -> I-45 feeder -> the dealership. Maybe at 0400 you could open it up on the feeder, but not Saturday afternoon. Oh, and the dash display for the fan speed & temp controls was a long LCD. Yeah, looked like a cheap calculator. Weird.

Ford

Yeah, what he said. A mess.

Pontiac

This guy didn’t even want me to park the car. Werido. It wasn’t even that small a spot. And the cars look pretty and did handle well but that didn’t make up for the lack of pretty much everything else.

Nissan

I hadn’t even considered Nissan in our original ponderings, but the dealership is on the freeway between Pontiac and Toyota so we stopped in. Very pleasantly surprised. Both cars I drove were comfortable and handled well (through a construction zone no less). The choice here (Maxima vs. Altima) would be between the gadget lover and the thrifty spender.

Toyota

Gizmos and gadgets a plenty – I’ve got whosits and whatsits galore! Yeah, the Toyotas were fun and the choice between the Hybrid and the XLE is between the eco-geek and the joy rider. And I didn’t mind the teal as much as Travis did… We need to hit the Consumer Reports…

~Michelle