So, yeah, I bought a car
Aug. 24th, 2011 01:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisMy connection to the internet was impossible this morning. The first time I called Comcast they said they were too busy to take calls. The second time I called they said that my address told them I was in an area that had a big outage and they expected it to be fixed in a couple of hours.
So I went and bought a car.
I drove to the dealership (about 20 minutes from here) and walked in. Two people were at the first desk. They turned out to be Bud and Linda. This was Linda's 3rd day on the job. Bud was the salesman. I said "I need you to sell me a smart car, please"
So he did.
I sat in one and looked at them and then test drove. They even had one fully loaded (like I wanted) that was last year's model with 10,000 miles on it ('the lady got transferred to Europe') - that's the one I drove. I stopped and turned and parked and got out and locked it and went into 7/11 for water and then came back and drove it some more.
Then I went back and told Bud that I wanted to buy it.
Oh, I should mention, that the used car was gray but he said he could make it any color I wanted. Ya gotta love that. 'It was blue but when she bought it, she wanted gray.'
I told him I wanted it green. And he said 'fine, we actually have two brand new - just off the truck - green ones right here with everything the used one has. (Price diff, by the way was $3,000.)
But, he was wrong - it was different in a very key (to me) - the used one had a CD player (what decade are we in anyway??)... the new one has, instead, a fabulous little tray that pops out to put my phone and spare change in!!!
And... how smart is my smart car??? It's so smart, it has a USB port!!!! The used car had only the aux jack which is good but the new one has the aux jack and the USB port. Way way better.
So Bud started on the paperwork and I started clearing my crap out of the filthy ford. I got my CD's out of the CD player (in the trunk - what a POS that was), I said goodbye to the broken radio (no AM and the FM was getting spotty)... I got everything out except the garage door opener - of course.
Then I called Geiko and got the nicest people who set me up - swapping the cars on my policy and adding collision.
Then I signed 478,297 pieces of paper. Wrote a check for $17,500. And came home.
On the way home I kept going 70 on the highway (where the speed limit is 60)... But on non-highways, it so easy to drive. It drives differently than any other car I've ever driven and I can see how people might not like it but I really do. I feel like I have so much control.
It's way easier to get in and out of than my ford. And it's cleaner. And it doesn't need an oil change like the ford did. Oh, I traded it in. (Bud was very clear that I could likely get more for it if I sold it myself and I thanked him and gave him the keys.)
I had a spare garage door opener here so I parked in front and ran up here to get it opener and then back down to park in my spot. What a DREAM to park. Oh yeah baby. And it's so cute.
I have to go back to the dealer this weekend and take my other keys and the car title and pick up the garage door opener but it will be a nice road trip.
Now the internet is back and I have work that really needs to be done.
So I went and bought a car.
I drove to the dealership (about 20 minutes from here) and walked in. Two people were at the first desk. They turned out to be Bud and Linda. This was Linda's 3rd day on the job. Bud was the salesman. I said "I need you to sell me a smart car, please"
So he did.
I sat in one and looked at them and then test drove. They even had one fully loaded (like I wanted) that was last year's model with 10,000 miles on it ('the lady got transferred to Europe') - that's the one I drove. I stopped and turned and parked and got out and locked it and went into 7/11 for water and then came back and drove it some more.
Then I went back and told Bud that I wanted to buy it.
Oh, I should mention, that the used car was gray but he said he could make it any color I wanted. Ya gotta love that. 'It was blue but when she bought it, she wanted gray.'
I told him I wanted it green. And he said 'fine, we actually have two brand new - just off the truck - green ones right here with everything the used one has. (Price diff, by the way was $3,000.)
But, he was wrong - it was different in a very key (to me) - the used one had a CD player (what decade are we in anyway??)... the new one has, instead, a fabulous little tray that pops out to put my phone and spare change in!!!
And... how smart is my smart car??? It's so smart, it has a USB port!!!! The used car had only the aux jack which is good but the new one has the aux jack and the USB port. Way way better.
So Bud started on the paperwork and I started clearing my crap out of the filthy ford. I got my CD's out of the CD player (in the trunk - what a POS that was), I said goodbye to the broken radio (no AM and the FM was getting spotty)... I got everything out except the garage door opener - of course.
Then I called Geiko and got the nicest people who set me up - swapping the cars on my policy and adding collision.
Then I signed 478,297 pieces of paper. Wrote a check for $17,500. And came home.
On the way home I kept going 70 on the highway (where the speed limit is 60)... But on non-highways, it so easy to drive. It drives differently than any other car I've ever driven and I can see how people might not like it but I really do. I feel like I have so much control.
It's way easier to get in and out of than my ford. And it's cleaner. And it doesn't need an oil change like the ford did. Oh, I traded it in. (Bud was very clear that I could likely get more for it if I sold it myself and I thanked him and gave him the keys.)
I had a spare garage door opener here so I parked in front and ran up here to get it opener and then back down to park in my spot. What a DREAM to park. Oh yeah baby. And it's so cute.
I have to go back to the dealer this weekend and take my other keys and the car title and pick up the garage door opener but it will be a nice road trip.
Now the internet is back and I have work that really needs to be done.
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Date: 2011-08-24 09:08 pm (UTC)Plus a semi picked a fight with her last Thanksgiving, and she didn't lose.
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Date: 2011-08-24 09:58 pm (UTC)And yes, Smart's are safe. They rethought the safety issue due to size, and decided the way to go was not to make crumple zones, but to put the humans in a very sturdy bouncy egg that bounces off collissions. Turns out to work well.
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Date: 2011-08-24 11:42 pm (UTC)Well, that's one way to handle an internet outage. :)
It is very cute - and I'm guessing parking is a breeze!
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