Look at me, look at me, I bought a car!
May. 15th, 2009 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
joiedecombatPreviously: my poor little Geo developed a terminal engine problem.
Wednesday my mother came into town and we went out in search of a replacement, having first done plenty of homework online and such, natch. First car we looked at was a nice 2008 Kia Rio with less than 10,000 miles on it which seemed to be within my price range. Unfortunately, after the dealership was done tacking on fees, the total they wanted for it was a good $2,600 more than the credit union was willing to finance, and the loan the dealership wanted to arrange had about three times the interest, so that didn't work out.
However, this was when the awesome happened. Linda, the loan agent at the credit union, proceeded to get on the phone to another dealership and get a list of three different cars that they would be able to finance, then gave us the particular guy's name and sent us over to look at those. The end result is that now I have a shiny silver 2006 Toyota Corolla with about 60,000 miles on it, which is not all that much on a Toyota. They let us take it home Wednesday night and yesterday we finalized things with the credit union and went back to the dealership with the check, and also took care of things like tag and insurance.
It's a nice car - unquestionably a big step up from my poor little Prizm.
There may be pictures later after Mom has gotten them uploaded.
Wednesday my mother came into town and we went out in search of a replacement, having first done plenty of homework online and such, natch. First car we looked at was a nice 2008 Kia Rio with less than 10,000 miles on it which seemed to be within my price range. Unfortunately, after the dealership was done tacking on fees, the total they wanted for it was a good $2,600 more than the credit union was willing to finance, and the loan the dealership wanted to arrange had about three times the interest, so that didn't work out.
However, this was when the awesome happened. Linda, the loan agent at the credit union, proceeded to get on the phone to another dealership and get a list of three different cars that they would be able to finance, then gave us the particular guy's name and sent us over to look at those. The end result is that now I have a shiny silver 2006 Toyota Corolla with about 60,000 miles on it, which is not all that much on a Toyota. They let us take it home Wednesday night and yesterday we finalized things with the credit union and went back to the dealership with the check, and also took care of things like tag and insurance.
It's a nice car - unquestionably a big step up from my poor little Prizm.
There may be pictures later after Mom has gotten them uploaded.
