I am always one to buy a used car with some miles on it. I got my 2004 in August for $18,000 out the door and it had 14k miles. No real discernable difference between that and a new car, and I saved at least $4000. I've already doubled the miileage now and it still feels brand new. Buying this way gets you way more bang for your buck. With the savings I can buy 150 tanks of gas which is enough for 80k miles. I wouldn't do it any other way.

Plus, in this case, I like the HCHI much better than the 2006. Of course that's mostly subjective considerations, but the decision is a no brainer for me because I really don't like the 2006.

I was a manual-only guy until I bought the HCH CVT. I really like it. Sure a little less FE, but it doesn't have the annoying things about regular automatics.

Good luck and have fun shopping.