I have the car now, I'm quite satisfied with it. I can't believe I only just now came upon the idea to use the cargo hooks to strap my real jack down so it doesn't make the devil's own noise rattling around as I drive through town, but here we are -- granted, I bought those straps specifically to hold down the trunk on my Corolla, so... likely it just didn't occur to me to buy straps for that purpose.
It's not in perfect shape. There are scuffs and scratches in the paint at points, the interior isn't completely mint, it was obviously actually used. Much like my Corolla -- good shape for the age of the vehicle, but not perfect, and honestly it may just be me trying to justify making a bad decision but I like it better that way. Minor flaws kind of make it match my own insecurities and let me know it's okay if I don't, yknow, take it to the car wash every two weeks or whatever. And a "lived-in" vehicle gets much more of my trust than something that was obviously barely driven because I start wondering just why that was.
It's a one-owner vehicle, though I'm not sure why that matters -- it's something people like to hear, at least.
I did find a trailer light cable in the spare bay, so I think I will be having a tow bar installed sometime. Capacity's only rated at 1500lbs, but that's a small u-haul and some furniture, so I'm satisfied.
I'm less than totally impressed with the dealer, as they tried to let me leave without a full tank of gas as they promised, and I had to uber out there and give them the receipt as their driver is off on Mondays and I didn't have anyone to take me to them, and also for some reason I don't have any floor mats? They're looking for them but honestly I'm not too broken up about them because I mean to have some WeatherTech-style floor liners installed eventually anyway -- I live near beaches, floor mats just attract sand.
Immediately I needed to replace both wiper blades -- they're new I'm sure, but they're awful stock wiper blades that just kinda push water all around the windshield instead of where they need to go. I bought a set of RainX Endura Silicone -- I was happy with the ones I put on my Corolla, and funnily enough this uses the same sizes. I don't see a rear wiper blade listed in the catalog at the auto parts store, but on Amazon apparently it's a 10-inch blade but it doesn't come all the way up so I don't see how I'm supposed to replace it. That one must have been the stock one, as it's not in good shape at all.
There is exactly one bugaboo about the base LE trim that I'm not too sure I'm happy about -- the LE is FWD only, the others add AWD at least as an option. Granted, I don't expect very many instances where AWD will save me down here in Florida, but it'd come in handy in a state that actually sees snow once in a while. Also, I'm pretty sure that's why the tow rating on the LE is only 1500lbs -- the offroad ones are rated for 3500 I believe.