car help anyone?

Hello all! It’s been a busy week. Tuesday was ward temple night, Wednesday was book club at kasey’s (we read Gods and Generals, I still have about 100 pages left but I watched the movie so I would be able to participate in book club), Thursday was institute, and last night I went to the state fair with the friends for emily’s birthday. Fun stuff huh? So, I’ve decided to get a new car. Mine is making funny noises again and the casing is all coming out and I’m just ready to get a car that I don’t have to fix all of the time. I know some of you have done a lot of car research so I’m asking for opinions if you have any. I’ve been looking at either the Toyota matrix or the mazda 3—5 door hatchback. I really want to get a wagon, but those are really pricey. So I thought a hatchback would be good because you can put the seats down and still put skiis/bikes/lots of stuff in the back. And they are small enough that they get pretty decent gas mileage. I have a couple other friends that are also looking for new cars so we are going to go test driving today. I was planning on getting a used car, maybe a 2003 or so, but a guy at work said that now is the time of year that they are getting rid of all of the 2007 cars and bringing out the 2008 models. He said that sometimes you can get 0 % financing on a new car and that works out to be a better deal that getting a used one. Anyone have any words of wisdom for me? my registration expires in jan so I have until then to look around. Just thought I’d see if anyone would like to comment. merci and have a good weekend!