We will be looking forward to your new car pics and story! 
I'll have to wait for light to get any photos but I guess I can give the background that led to the Lancer being bought.
When I bought the Corolla I had a small budget and didn't want to travel more then 50 km from home to get to a dealer. A little background, In the last 20 years I've had two employers go bankrupt and so I only buy vehicles I can afford outright just so I never get caught out again. Because of this mind set I am not looking into higher end vehicles. Also I have Never had any luck with a used car and so I accept the depreciation of buying new.
This time I wanted to get a more entertaining car, I'm willing to drive farther and I had a bigger budget but I am still driving a couple of hours every day so I still want economy. Its added a Hyundai dealer, some Mazda dealers and 2 Mitsubishi dealers to the possible's over the last time I looked.
The Pursuit (G5) being available in a coupe was the only difference in the cars I looked at last time. I had a less then fun time with a Honda dealer last time and wasn't treated with a great deal more respect by a different dealer this time so they're off the list . Stopped to look at the Hyundai's, and while they appear to look like they have improved an incredible amount from 10 years ago I didn't appreciate the styling so much.
I have always had a yen for the MX5 but occasionally need more then 2 seats. a Mazda 3 would be what I should be looking at but my wanter is always willing to ignore practicality so I only made a brief stop at the Mazda dealer and got out before I put money down on a PRHT MX5 that wasn't going to do what I need but that I want
Went to the Mitsubishi dealer. Test drove a Lancer DE 5 speed and it was a pretty nice car to drive but the fit and finish wasn't any thing to write home about. The Salesguy then shows me a GTS they had in the back. It was about as good a put together an interior as I've seen and I really am a sucker for electronic doo dad's and the GTS has them. To be honest the fast key, the heated seats and the heated mirrors pretty much sold me on the car at the end, when combined with the fact that it actually seems like it wants to go for a drive and I was ready to buy. They were able to get me a car in just under two weeks.
Despite a traffic jam on the 401, I made it to the dealers today and am now except far a small but annoying issue with the dealer am the happy owner of a red Lancer GTS with the sun and sound package. The only thing I noticed on the drive home I never noticed on the test drive is that the radio display is washed out in the right sunlight. I'm sure I'll pick up more things good and bad as I drive it but so far It's a vast improvement in the fun to drive area.
Will try for pictures tomorrow
