Saturday was an exciting day for us. This type of event doesn't happen every day or even every decade for that matter. My DH is now the proud owner of a 2002 Honda Accord. It's got it all, comfy leather seats, power this and that and...drumroll please...a sunroof! That is a first for either of us. This ends his two-year search for just the right car. He went through several phases like I'd like a Corolla, no maybe a Civic. We looked at car after car in under the broiling summer sun until he concluded that he'd just keep his car for now. OK. It was always brimming just under the surface though, the notion that the time was winding down to replace it. Next there was the "I can just get another Saturn" phase. There were a few out there, but that model/body style is getting hard to come by, and that passed into "I'll just put new tires on it and keep driving."
When my car died back in November, I launched a search of my own. That renewed his interest as well. My search took us through the dead of winter and we endured bitter winds as we looked at car after car, and test drove them through snow and slush. In the process so began his Accord phase, and we drove 4 before finding the right one. We almost ended up with a silver one (no leather), but our offer was declined. Fine. Things usually work out the way they are supposed to if you don't force the issue.
On Thursday we found another gold one on-line. We looked at it Friday evening, and went back the next morning for a test drive. Once the decision was made that this was the car, and we had our "number" in mind, Tim, our long-suffering salesman came out to give us their "number". Can you guess? They weren't exactly in the same neighborhood. Again I said, "I'm sorry, I was hoping you'd be getting a new car today". Tim said he would take our offer to the manager to see what he'd say. Tim had been gone for a while, so thinking we were just out of luck again, we were about to leave. But wait... here comes Tim, and he's walking with purpose. Apparently the fact that we were there with our checkbook ready to buy and drive carried some weight, and our offer was accepted.
So here it is!
I am happy and excited that he has a "new" car. Now, it's my turn!
Congrats.. Accords are usually pretty reliable from what I understand. Hopefully yours won't take as long. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks. It's pretty exciting since we keep our cars a really long time. I'm looking for a small SUV - a CR-V if I'm lucky.
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