Yesterday Scott and I bought a new car! Oh wait...I haven't even told you the story of how his car died yet...
Ahem. About 4 weeks ago we drove to Colorado to see my grandma. We didn't trust either of our cars to take us that far (plus the fact that if we took my car I'd have to drive the whole 700+ miles both ways because it's a manual...and I didn't want to do that!). So Scott's mom graciously agreed to trade us vehicles, giving us her Nissan Pathfinder for the weekend roadtrip in exchange for Scott's Chrysler Concorde. They swapped at Scott's work, and not five minutes down the road his mom calls him and says the battery light had come on...so she was taking it to the mechanic. Half an hour later...she called again and this time the car had caught on fire!! Thank God it was in the mechanic's parking lot when that happened.
So yeah...good thing we didn't take it to Colorado...we wouldn't have gotten very far!! And we're thankful it all happened under the circumstances it did. And what better place than the mechanic's parking lot?? They put the fire out very quickly...that wouldn't have happened had the car been at home or somewhere else! It seems as though the battery is what caught on fire. However that happens...
BUT this whole thing is also a blessing in disguise...at least that's how I'm choosing to see it. We were planning to sell or trade his car this summer anyway, but we definitely got more from the insurance settlement (the car was totaled) than we would have for a trade in...we even got more than Kelley Blue Book predicted we would. And with the insurance check we will be able to pay off two credit cards (woohoo, we'll own all our appliances after almost 12 months!!) and pay our taxes...unfortunately we still owed money for 2009 even with buying a house. Ugh! Anyway, we're also getting tires for my car (desperately needed!) and put a good down payment on Scott's new car yesterday.
This is the first car we've bought together, just the two of us...and we plan to keep it until it wears out...and it only has 34K miles, so hopefully that won't be for a loooooong time!! The only downside to the whole thing is now we have 2 car payments every month instead of just one...but without those two credit cards plus cancelling our LA Fitness memberships (we've used them once since last July...so yeah...) our monthly expenses will actually go down. So I guess I can't complain too much about a 2nd car payment. :-) The best part other than that we love it: we got it for almost 3K less than Kelley Blue Book values it at. I say we win. :-) :-)
Car shopping makes me want to get a new vehicle for me too. Hehe. :-) Maybe in 2 years once my Saturn is payed off. :-)
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