New Car

So, the Altima finally bit the dust.  It was such a great car, and I'm  emotional about losing it for lots of reasons.  Mainly, my dad and I went and bought that car together.   Such awesome memories of that weekend filled with so much advice from my dad. 

He always told me not to get emotional about "things".  You could always find another car, and things are all replaceable.   He also taught me that weekend that even though I was a young woman, I had a voice and shouldn't let any salesman make me feel otherwise.   I was doing them a favor by buying a car, not the other way around!

The last few weeks I've put that advice to good use.  Every time we pulled up at the car dealership,  the salesman immediately approached Clint.   My opinion was only asked in matters like the color, and interior options.

We finally decided on an used Accord that we found.  It had 19,000 miles and was right under our cap of $20,000.  We agreed early on that it's possible to send a ton of money on a car, but we could easily be happy with a less expensive option.   I'm all about simplifying these days!

Tuesday night we got the girls to practice,  went to Honda and asked for their best deal on the car.  The salesman came back with a price only $400 under sticker.  I laughed, said no thanks and we walked out.  They followed us, asking if we came down a little more, blah blah.  I told him he was wasting our time.

As we were opening our car, the sales manager ran out asking if we could do a brand new Accord for $19k.  That's $5,000 under the sticker price and less than the used one!!  We agreed and an hour later I pulled off the lot in our new car!  I will drive the Accord since I drive so much.  In the first 5 days I've put 200 miles in it!!  We put new tires on the Expedition and had other (expensive ) work done on it last week so that will be Clint's car.

Anway, here are a few pics!!