So my lease on my beloved (though way outta my price range) Charger is up a couple months. So the car shopping has begun. Kel has been out all day looking around, and calling me. Car shopping by phone is just as tricky as it sounds.
"Do you like this? What about this? This one doesn't have a sunroof, are you ok with that? You sure you want a dark color?" Argh, it's exasperating. But apparently Friday is the day that I will get a new car.
Kel seems to think it'll be relatively easy. That's the optimist in him. The realist in me is saying No F'in way will it be simple. My credit is pretty much in the toilet. BUT...Any payment pretty much at this point will be less than what I'm paying for the Charger....and I mean that. The guy at the Chevy dealer told Kel "Holy shit, I could get you in a top of the line Corvette for that payment!" Right, thanks for the reminder that we got screwed when we bought the Charger. Right...the guy that sold us the car? Yeah, he got fired for scamming customers and the dealership. Unfortunately, there was nothing they could do about it and we've been stuck with a payment we can't nearly afford for 5 years...ouch. That has a lot to do with the uneviable credit situation as well.
So the players that will get a test drive on Friday are the Mazda6, Chevy Malibu, Nissan Altima, and Dodge Calibur. The Mazda and the Altima are sporty little numbers that I would love to have if the numbers work right. The Malibu Kelly seems to prefer, and the Calibur, I'm not sure how it got in the mix but it's there now. No matter which car I get, it will be a downgrade from what I'm drivng now. But I'm willing to give up quite a bit in my car to get a payment that will allow me to pay allll my other bills as well.
And the bonus? I'll have a new car to take on the vacation to Hilton Head. That's all my wonderful hubby's idea. I guess I'll keep him!
**update...kel said no to the Nissan when the no one came to help him outside and when he went Inside, he had to wait for the salesman to finish Harvesting his crop on FARMVILLE before he was helped...ugh.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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OMG that Farmville stuff is sooo funny. Jeff has family members addicted to it. I feel your pain with the car payment. Our lease is up in February and we are worried about our credit for that too. We need to upgrade a little bit to a mini-van but are worried about our credit. At least he got a raise though.
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