Yaris liftback vs. Hyundai Accent hatchback

[ChinoCharles]

I know its taboo to seem indifferent when it comes to money in this day and age, but my opinion is there is no use giving yourself a headache over the $200 you may or may not be able to haggle on this car. You're talking a microscopic change in your payment. Just buy it and start enjoying that gas mileage ASAP.

As far as which I'd buy, I looked at the Accent and a couple other cars, but only one was a Toyota. It feels good to be number one. After having it a year I can say its versatile, it is every bit as efficient as they claim it to be and then some, and it still turns heads. All for just over $10k? Can't beat it.

[adamschneider]

Originally Posted by ChinoCharles

I know its taboo to seem indifferent when it comes to money in this day and age, but my opinion is there is no use giving yourself a headache over the $200 you may or may not be able to haggle on this car. You're talking a microscopic change in your payment.

I'm not stressing about it too much, but $200 is $200 -- and I'm probably going to pay cash, so it wouldn't be spread out over a lot of payments, it'd come right out of my pocket.

I do think I'm leaning toward the Yaris, mostly because of the MPG issue. But now I'm torn between manual and automatic transmission; from what I've read here, it looks like the difference in mileage between MT and AT on the Yaris is negligible. And on the one hand, I live in the city -- which suggests I should get auto -- but on the other hand, I'm probably not even going to be driving all that much -- which means I should just save my money and get a stick!