FFC
08-12-2008, 11:33 AM
As some of you know, my car broke down last week. Matt and I have been driving his huge diesel truck to and from work, and everywhere else we need to go. This means I couldn't go visit my mom because she lives too far away. We even had to hitch a ride in a friend's trailer to get back from our camping trip (that was fun though!).
So Matt and I got pre-approved for an auto loan through some Toyota dealership in Roseville (bout 25 miles away). Last night we took his mom's car (gas saver) and went to the dealership to see what they had. The guy at first said he couldn't help us, cuz our terms were almost unreasonable. I told him I wanted a $150/mo payment.
So he says "let me see here....."
Anyway, after about 90 minutes of talking and going over financing and stuff, he said he found us financing for 11% (which is better than the original 18% that he found before), and he told us he had a 2002 Mustang 6 cyl that was within our terms.... Auto trans - I said no thanks, what else you got.
So he says "2001 Nissan Pathfinder".
Now let's go back to 2005, when I almost purchased a 1999 Pathfinder with 90k miles on it for $17k. I didn't cuz I couldn't get financed, but I've always been VERY fond of Nissan cuz they're so darn comfortable!
So back to the dealership: Matt and I asked him a few questions about it, and Matt asked the guy to go get it (it was at one of his other lots).
He had told me it was an automatic - yuck. So when he pulled in in a beautiful white pathfinder with a manual transmission and says "I'm sorry, I was wrong, it's a manual trans" I said NO PROBLEM!
So last night at 10pm, we drove out in my very first new car ever! (yeah, 2001 is totally NEW to me!)
2001 Nissan Pathfinder SE 4WD, manual trans, sunroof, brush guard bumper, tow hitch, power everything but seats... TOTALLY if I had bought this thing new, I wouldn't change one thing on it!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!! I'm soooo happy with it (so far anyway!!)
The car is in immaculate condition - not one blemish on the outside, and the only blemish on the inside is chocolate (or we're hoping it's chocolate) on the back seat - I'm thinkin it's from a test drive, cuz it's not a stain, just kinda fresh that will wash right out this afternoon when I go to clean it hehehee!!
(dealership pics)
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a176/Ford4x4Chik27/Me%20and%20Matt/2a03c72e.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a176/Ford4x4Chik27/Me%20and%20Matt/8e6e749c.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a176/Ford4x4Chik27/Me%20and%20Matt/b48ca194.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a176/Ford4x4Chik27/Me%20and%20Matt/98ec0740.jpg
So Matt and I got pre-approved for an auto loan through some Toyota dealership in Roseville (bout 25 miles away). Last night we took his mom's car (gas saver) and went to the dealership to see what they had. The guy at first said he couldn't help us, cuz our terms were almost unreasonable. I told him I wanted a $150/mo payment.
So he says "let me see here....."
Anyway, after about 90 minutes of talking and going over financing and stuff, he said he found us financing for 11% (which is better than the original 18% that he found before), and he told us he had a 2002 Mustang 6 cyl that was within our terms.... Auto trans - I said no thanks, what else you got.
So he says "2001 Nissan Pathfinder".
Now let's go back to 2005, when I almost purchased a 1999 Pathfinder with 90k miles on it for $17k. I didn't cuz I couldn't get financed, but I've always been VERY fond of Nissan cuz they're so darn comfortable!
So back to the dealership: Matt and I asked him a few questions about it, and Matt asked the guy to go get it (it was at one of his other lots).
He had told me it was an automatic - yuck. So when he pulled in in a beautiful white pathfinder with a manual transmission and says "I'm sorry, I was wrong, it's a manual trans" I said NO PROBLEM!
So last night at 10pm, we drove out in my very first new car ever! (yeah, 2001 is totally NEW to me!)
2001 Nissan Pathfinder SE 4WD, manual trans, sunroof, brush guard bumper, tow hitch, power everything but seats... TOTALLY if I had bought this thing new, I wouldn't change one thing on it!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!! I'm soooo happy with it (so far anyway!!)
The car is in immaculate condition - not one blemish on the outside, and the only blemish on the inside is chocolate (or we're hoping it's chocolate) on the back seat - I'm thinkin it's from a test drive, cuz it's not a stain, just kinda fresh that will wash right out this afternoon when I go to clean it hehehee!!
(dealership pics)
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a176/Ford4x4Chik27/Me%20and%20Matt/2a03c72e.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a176/Ford4x4Chik27/Me%20and%20Matt/8e6e749c.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a176/Ford4x4Chik27/Me%20and%20Matt/b48ca194.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a176/Ford4x4Chik27/Me%20and%20Matt/98ec0740.jpg