A New CAR

Now that's my favorite title for a post!  This time it is ME that got a new car.  My old van had 220,000 miles on it.  I had spent lots of money the past year on fixing it...tie rods, oil leak, brakes, broken something else, tires...on and on.  Plus it just made me nervous all the time cuz it was soo old and seemed to have soo many problems...so I'm driving up to Abi's friends house. Up in Eagle wood and it was up this STEEP hill.  All of a sudden, the car won't shift, and it is like 5 RPMs and I'm going 20 miles an hour.  THEN the engine light starts flashing.  That means stop immediately!  so we did.  We turned around and made it back to my moms house and traded cars.  That was soo scary.  So Marti is buying a new car at Larry Miller Jeep and asks the guy what he has in Vans for me.  Of course he has one.  2010 Dodge Grand Caravan with 48,000 miles on it.  Wow.  Not sure I can afford a new car, but I know my car is on its last leg. . .His name was Darin.

He called and texted me to come in.  It was Christmas Eve...so I put him off and the day after christmas he was calling and asking if he should bring the car to me.  No way that would make me nervous.  So Brooke and I went over and looked at the car.  We took it for a test drive.  Of course I love it.  It was a car with 170,000 LESS miles than the car I was driving.  I felt safe and wanted it so I could drive a car and not be nervous that it would leave me stranded, especially at night.  When we returned from the test drive, he says "pull it up here in the Sold area.

He was right, it did end up being the SOLD area.  I bought it.  They gave me a deal I couldn't refuse.  He was even gong to give me $1,000 trade for my old van.  He said it was going to salvage.  He probably tells everyone that... we didn't bring the van, we brought the KIA because I didn't want to buy a car that day.  The best part was while we were waiting for the paperwork, Darren brings out a bunch of roses for Brooke and for me.  Everyone that buys a car gets them he says.  Really...they must have had them left over from their Christmas party decorations.  But it was nice.  After we signed and were ready to leave he asked me if I wanted a hug.  No...but funny.

So, returned the next day with the van.  The whole time I'm driving out there I'm praying that the engine light doesn't come back on (it had been on since the flashing episode and had gone off on our way out there..) and we make it to the Car lot to get my trade in!  I was soo afraid when he saw it I wouldn't get the 1000 bucks.  But Got the trade in, an extra key, and Marti is getting a 100.00 gift card for gas for the referral!  So, that also made my Christmas great.  A new car.  I LOVE it.  It is a great feeling to have a newer car that will probably start and get me where I need to be.

 

Brooke and Darren the salesman in the back



Maureen with the "Every buyer gets roses" bouquet.

 

trying to make the deal...


this is a pic of a car that is just like mine.