Saturday, August 08, 2009

Bite The Bullet

Is the anticipation killing you?

I know my family is MORE then
done hearing all of the "car talk"
we've been sending their way!!

So if you happen to live in
4-knee
and want to see what is sitting
in my garage right now....

you'd see this beauty!

Did you know that for the price
of a '97 Buick with 127k miles
you can get this?

A 2000 Chrysler Town & Country
with 7 leather seats, and 150k miles!

We found this "white knight" on a mega
street filled with used car dealerships in
Arlington. We've watched it drop in price
over the week and then pounced when it struck
close to our price range. But with a few minutes of
smoodging Larry got us a FAB-U-LOUS car
(tax, title, license, fees included)
for measly $2500.

Talk about squeezing every cent out of our cash!!

It took time, a lot of effort, but we found it.
Our new family car.

I'm really surprised at how many people and dealerships
were annoyed that we weren't willing to fork over
more $dough$ by taking out a loan.

It's like just paying things with the cash we had
was "blasphemous".

But we stuck to our guns,
and with the help & support
of many friends and family,
we came out on TOP!!

So now that we've had a month long crash course on how to sell and purchase a car we're thinking about writing a book or at least teaching a night class at the local community college.

Quick Tips on Car Transactions 101

11 comments:

Camille said...

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Seriously, I'm freaking out. I'm soooo excited for you Rachel. honestly, this is the best news of the day!! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I can't wait to see it and borrow it for my next family trip.


xoxo

Michelle said...

YAY!! That is so awesome! I cannot believe you guys got it for that cheap! Sheesh! Whenever we go to buy a new car (and I am hoping it is sooner rather later. Getting kinda tired of Ghetto Sally), send Larry my way to help with the smoodging. I would appreciate it.

Liz said...

fabulous!

Widdison Warbler said...

Yeah for you! And congrats on paying cash. You are a role model! ha ha

Jess said...

It's so pretty! Larry's such a smooth talker. :)

Anonymous said...

We are so very proud of you both! What a great example you are to our family! We know that you were blessed to find that car! Keep it up...Saving up and finding good deals is additive! MOM & DAD

Stefani said...

So glad that the minivan hunt is over... for you and me!

Camille said...

Awesome deal!!!! So glad your hunt is over!!! HOORAY!!! I know what you mean about people trying to get you to take out a loan. 2 years ago, we got brand-new windows on our home. We had a couple of different companies come and give us estimates. One of them started talking about us taking out a loan for the said windows. I looked at the guy and said "Excuse me...um, but did you just mention a loan for windows?!?!" He said "Oh yes!" I looked at him and said "Umm...well will be paying cash for the windows." Then I proceeded to ask in my innocent little mind (silly me)"Do people really take out loans...for windows?!?!" And he says "Oh yes!! Ofcourse!! Think of all the money they will save on their electric bills?" What the heck?!?! Was he for real?!?! I just sweetly said to him "Well, if we didn't have the money, we wouldn't be getting new windows." That was the end of the loan conversation. Sheesh...people!!

The Jensen Family said...

Now it's time for a road trip!!! Tucson's a good destination. :)

Jenn S. said...

congrats!!

Andrea said...

Yeah, so glad your hunt is finally over. Great deal, I can't stand anything about the whole car buying process. Good thing Dave's a salesman and can see through everything they say!!