Monday, September 01, 2008

Old and New Car

We sold our car on August 2, 2008. We were very excited except that we now have to find a new car, which has been an extremely big head ache.

We really liked this one and even put an offer on it, but we were denied. This is a 2003 Toyota Camry with 59,690 miles and they were asking for 10,800. We offered out the door $10,500. it was a low blow, but like we said we were denied anyway.

They were having Car Wars Thursday-Monday. We went and have test-driving the cars since Friday. We test drove a 2000 Honda Accord with 97,000 miles on it. It has a V6 engine and runs so smooth. It is a great ride. The guy wanted to sell it and so we made him an offer. We drove over to my parent's house and they drove in the car with us. My father is a mechanic and he also has a really good friend who looked at it as well. He said we were getting a great deal. We are now the proud owners of this wonderful car. It was quite a bit less than $10,500 and so we can now buy a camera as well. We are pretty excited about that. The cool thing about buying the car was that we were able to pay with cash. We have been saving for a few years. We highly recommend doing this. We don't have to pay anyone. we are going to be getting the title instead of some lien holder. Sweet!!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am so excited for you guys. Congrats! You guys are lucky that you were able to cash for it, that is the way to go. Talk to you later.

Amanda Petersen said...

Well isn’t he/she so pretty!!  Good for you guys—we were talking about this yesterday and decided it’s the way we want to go when we buy a second car! I hope we can do it!! Thanks for your example!

Rachel said...

yea!!! good job guys can't wait to see your new ride!

Bec said...

Yeah, where's the picture of YOUR NEW CAR? (Nice words, eh?) I'm excited for you-- and admire that you could pay for it all up front. Very nice. I'll bet the seller didn't mind that, either. :) Congrats. And we miss you.

SMILES2ALL said...

Thats so cool!! I am so excited for you guys. we have been thinking about getting a new car/van. Any sugestions?

Brittney said...

Congrats you guys I am so jealous wish we could do that as well. Glad to know you got a car! hey thanks soooooo much for all your help with us moving! You guys are awesome. If you ever come down this way make sure to give us a call we miss you!!

Janell R. Cropper said...

That's so exciting! Hooray for new cars, and hooray for a new camera, so we can see the little man when he comes!! Double Hooray!! Ah, I miss you!