Car buying Lessons

We've spent the past 2 weeks looking around for a new car. We finally found one and here's what we've learned.

1. Car salesmen are really desperate right now. In fact, we're on first name basis with many of them because they keep calling with new deals: especially Billy, the tattooed salesman with cool glasses. He almost had Matt convinced to become a car salesman so he could be just as cool.
   
2. It takes much more time to look at cars than we realized. It took around 20-30 minutes per car that we looked at.
   
3. Everyone has opinions about buying cars ranging from don't buy anything and keep the Jeep running...to buy something but don't go into debt over it...to buy something and who cares how much it costs. We went with the middle option.
   
4. It's a lot harder deciding on a car when there are two of you involved and you're a one car family. I didn't get my mini and Matt didn't get his hummer.
5. If you keep looking, have people praying for you, and stick to your list of things your looking for rather than your emotions...you'll eventually find something that meets almost everything you are looking for.

So what'd we get? A fun red 2004 Pontiac Vibe. So far so good...but we'll reserve our final judgment for a year or so after driving it.