OMG I Have a Car!

I can’t stop saying that. I, as of yesterday morning, have my first car. hubby got home Saturday, and as planned we went to start looking on Sunday. What we didn’t plan on was finding a vehicle that day that we couldn’t pass up. Nor was I sure we could even get financed, since I’d only cleared our credit card debt (again) a couple months ago. But we found one, and we did.

We were looking for an SUV. Either a Yukon, Expedition, or Tahoe. The salesman came out, and gave us the info on the Suburban we were checking out, and asked about what we needed. I was leary, but he wanted to show us this van. I didn’t WANT a van, I WANT an SUV I thought. But…this little number changed my tune. A 2007 Chevy Uplander. Chevy’s discontinued attempt at a Van SUV crossover. It sat there, all shiny, like it had barely been driven at all. With only 37,000 miles on it. It’s dvd player, Airconditioning (front AND rear, and it has that sectional AC control thing) power everything, remote keyless entry, rear bumper backup warnings, cd player, traction control, ABS brakes, power seats (well drive’s seat at least) all saying “you know you want me”. Then came the price. 17.8k. That was just in our budget. So we test drive it, and I fall in love with it. We try the financing, but being Sunday had to wait til Monday to hear. Or so we thought.

We got our answer Sunday night. it was ours. Monday morning we went to pick it up, and they had lowered that 17.8k to 14.6k. We got a nice 10% interest rate, and the loan went through a credit union. Hubby drove her home, I drove the truck home…I DROVE INTERSTATE 5!!!! That was a first!

My amazing husband, who’s idea it was to put off his motorcycle until GA in favor of a second, comes home, and gets me, my very first car. I am a lucky, lucky, LUCKY woman.

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