Current mood:

hopeful

New car...hopefully.
So, after spending about a month trying to figure out why my car was leaking oil it turns out that it's a bigger issue than anticipated and that it would probably be about a $1000 repair.

Ouch.

Not worth it.

We were hoping to be able to wait at least until the end of this year so that Dan could get his raise but it seems like I need a new car now.

We took a trip to CarMax and test drive several vehicles and I settled on a Honda CR-V EX. We didn't want to buy from CarMax because Dan knew he could get a better deal from a normal dealership where you can haggle out the prices. The man is a GOOD negotiator. He's tenacious about it, too. We were at the VW dealership until 10:30 at night the day he bought his car.

Anyway, we ended up going over to the Honda Carland here in Roswell and found a lovely, dark blue, Honda CR-V EX, 2004, 24,000 miles. Dan didn't want to commit that day simply because we had JUST made the decision to get me a new car.

They weren't open today and Dan is going out of town tomorrow. He's going to try and do the negotiation over the phone from Wisconsin and get a written agreement on a price so that I can take my car in to trade on Monday evening. CarMax appraised my car at $2,000 so I have that paperwork to wave at them if Honda Carland tries for any less. I've got about $1,500 saved and Dan said he would contribute $2,000 since it's essentially going to be our "family vehicle" for traveling and driving the dogs around.

With any luck I will have a new car by tomorrow evening! A pretty nice car, too. My "grown-up car".

Since it's a Honda I can just keep it forever.

I need to call my house and see if my dad can come with me tomorrow to help hash out the details. I am just NOT good at dealing with people in these sorts of situations. I get very flustered and nervous an end up just agreeing to whatever just to get out of there. Not exactly good when you are trying to negotiate such a large purchase.

Dan needs the computer. Or, the printer, really. Either way I have to get off now!

:)