We got a deal. According to the internet, we got a pretty good deal. If we had gotten the kind of deal I was hoping for, the salesman would've had to go into hiding. (No such luck.) We bought a nearly new car today to replace Don's Honda Civic (which hasn't been new in a decade). We finally decided that we would take on the dreaded car payment we have so carefully avoided for the past six years. We borrowed a Ford Escape from our local dealership over the weekend to decide if we liked it enough to buy it. Don prefers the "tighter" feel of a small Japanese car, but we have a few too many kids and dogs for one of those to accommodate everyone. I love my giant, gas-hog Expedition, and it has plenty of room for us, our critters, and whatever stuff or guests we feel the desire to haul around; however, we need to have one vehicle that is not quite so thirsty at the fuel pump. There was just something I really liked about the look of this vehicle...
Monday, March 10, 2008
Almost New
We got a deal. According to the internet, we got a pretty good deal. If we had gotten the kind of deal I was hoping for, the salesman would've had to go into hiding. (No such luck.) We bought a nearly new car today to replace Don's Honda Civic (which hasn't been new in a decade). We finally decided that we would take on the dreaded car payment we have so carefully avoided for the past six years. We borrowed a Ford Escape from our local dealership over the weekend to decide if we liked it enough to buy it. Don prefers the "tighter" feel of a small Japanese car, but we have a few too many kids and dogs for one of those to accommodate everyone. I love my giant, gas-hog Expedition, and it has plenty of room for us, our critters, and whatever stuff or guests we feel the desire to haul around; however, we need to have one vehicle that is not quite so thirsty at the fuel pump. There was just something I really liked about the look of this vehicle...
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Now our cars match our dogs...
For the uninitiated, I have a giant, blonde lab named Buster. Don has a little blonde lab named Maggie. People frequntly ask us if the dogs are from the same litter because their coloring is very similar even though their features are totally different.
We're oddly well-known in our neighborhood because of the dogs. The car sales manager lives down the street, and he recognized us in the dealership because of our dogs. Same thing with a pastor from our church... we're "the dog people".
oooooohhh, I like it. We are praying for a windfall for a new-ish car before the Explorer dies - she has over 216K on her right now. I hate car payments, too. Let us know how you like the Escape.
I love it!!
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