hubby and i made one of the biggest decisions of our lives. we bought a van.
the van hubby had been eyeing sold. there was another van, late model not used, that we were also interested in, except it was a few thousand more than the used one. after learning that the van we wanted sold, we thought we should look at the other van since we prolly couldn't find another van like it for a reasonable price. we CANNOT afford an '09 van. too much money.
so yesterday morning we drove to the car lot to check the van out and test drive it. we took my car (aka the mangemobile) along since i would be trading it in. poor boy was upset to learn we'd trade my car. he was full of questions: "can i take my car seat? (of course), what about the stuff in the car, does it get traded too? (everything that's not attached to the car is staying with us, meaning that my lutheran medallion, the blankets, the cassette adaptor, my visor angel and my teddy bear sticker stay, amongst other things.) he was so sad. he wasn't alone. despite the fact that my car is old and ugly, i could cry when i think about trading in my car. but we need a bigger vehicle, and it makes better sense to trade my 2-door in.
so we drove the car (nice, smooth, has good horsepower despite being a van), tons of room, tons of big cupholders, lots of little niches to put things. the rear seats are really low but if we travel with my folks it won't matter since the boy and the babies will go back there.) it only had 22 miles on it so we're getting a really new car!
we talked to the car salesman. couldn't really coax the price down, altho i told him we were expecting twins hoping for a little reduction. "it's one car, not 2!" that's not the point! if it hadn't been for being surprised with twins, WE WOULDN'T BE BUYING A VAN IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BEING A *CAR*, AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THEIR BRAND EITHER!! actually, we wouldn't be buying a car either. we just would have kept our cars and drove them till they died.
the salesman was surprised i had a 13 year old car and that it was my first. he looked at me like i was nuts! i'm sorry, but we never had the money to get new cars...my family drives cars until they die. i guess we're in the minority, cos mom said dad hates parting with his cars, and they keep their cars for a long time too.
so hopefully in a few days we'll be the proud owners of a new hundai van.
the van hubby had been eyeing sold. there was another van, late model not used, that we were also interested in, except it was a few thousand more than the used one. after learning that the van we wanted sold, we thought we should look at the other van since we prolly couldn't find another van like it for a reasonable price. we CANNOT afford an '09 van. too much money.
so yesterday morning we drove to the car lot to check the van out and test drive it. we took my car (aka the mangemobile) along since i would be trading it in. poor boy was upset to learn we'd trade my car. he was full of questions: "can i take my car seat? (of course), what about the stuff in the car, does it get traded too? (everything that's not attached to the car is staying with us, meaning that my lutheran medallion, the blankets, the cassette adaptor, my visor angel and my teddy bear sticker stay, amongst other things.) he was so sad. he wasn't alone. despite the fact that my car is old and ugly, i could cry when i think about trading in my car. but we need a bigger vehicle, and it makes better sense to trade my 2-door in.
so we drove the car (nice, smooth, has good horsepower despite being a van), tons of room, tons of big cupholders, lots of little niches to put things. the rear seats are really low but if we travel with my folks it won't matter since the boy and the babies will go back there.) it only had 22 miles on it so we're getting a really new car!
we talked to the car salesman. couldn't really coax the price down, altho i told him we were expecting twins hoping for a little reduction. "it's one car, not 2!" that's not the point! if it hadn't been for being surprised with twins, WE WOULDN'T BE BUYING A VAN IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BEING A *CAR*, AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THEIR BRAND EITHER!! actually, we wouldn't be buying a car either. we just would have kept our cars and drove them till they died.
the salesman was surprised i had a 13 year old car and that it was my first. he looked at me like i was nuts! i'm sorry, but we never had the money to get new cars...my family drives cars until they die. i guess we're in the minority, cos mom said dad hates parting with his cars, and they keep their cars for a long time too.
so hopefully in a few days we'll be the proud owners of a new hundai van.
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