Any opinions

With only having one income for the last year, plus an upcoming wedding and cross country move, spare funds for weekend entertainment are lacking. We decided to take a cue from my parents and have a little free fun and went to test drive a few cars. Either here or at the other end we're selling the Forester and buying a smaller, more gas friendly compact car. Since we had a nice sunny day here, we thought we'd go check out our favorites.

#1 Nissan Versa

This car is the only one that we both drove. It was roomy, and drove nicely. The seats were super comfy. The steering wheel had a bit too much vibration for me, but I'm thinking the better CVT engine might fix that issue. The car salesman was very nice and took us on a 10 mile test drive on the freeway (no bitchy needed...see previous post). Nissan is offering some great incentives - $1,000 off or 1.9% financing, plus $500 off for BK being a new grad. This one is a front runner, but we'd need to go back and drive the one with the CVT engine. They have some nice upgrades, including a sunroof ($600) and an upgraded speaker system ($300). BK was especially excited about the latter. These seemed like a good deal, until I read the fine print which is the speaker system requires upgrade package A, which is stupid stuff like a leather wrapped steering wheel, bluetooth capable, upgraded keyless entry which doesn't require a key to start the car, etc. Package A is $700! If you just want the sunroof, it requires the stereo package, which requires package A. Now please tell me what a sunroof has to do with a subwoofer addition??? I was very annoyed.

#2 Honda Fit

I've driven the Fit before in Oregon, and liked it a lot. This car has a HUGE trunk/cargo area. I sat in the back, which had great leg room. I should have sat in the front so I could compare the seats to the Versa. It's a zippy little car. The bummer is that Honda has no incentives or good financing, so the price is quite a bit more. Honda's hold their value better though, so this one is still in the running. The salesperson (a very non-salesperson young leggy blonde) was super nice, so no bitchy needed here either. It was a very pleasant experience.

#3 Scion xD

We went to one dealership, wandered around the lot and in the showroom and couldn't get anyone to help us, so we walked out. We went to the other dealership closer to our house. Salesperson walked us all around the lot...."oh, I guess we don't have any others, I thought we did." So we waited for the one that was out on a test drive. It was only a couple of minutes, but enough time for him to also tell us they were "out of brochures." He lets us look at the car, and hands us his card saying "I won't bug you, you can look on your own" and starts to walk away. I say "Is it possible to test drive it" and he says "You know we close in 10 minutes, right?"

I've been to TONS of dealerships, and they have always stayed after, no questions asked. No, we didn't know they closed at 5, but come on! We could have had a short test drive and been out of there by 5. This guy was such a jerk that we just walked away. Looks like no Scion xD in our future.

So have any of you owned any of these cars, or know anyone who does? Any thoughts or opinions? Both the Fit and the Versa are recommended best picks by Consumer Reports, and both get fairly equal gas mileage.