My opinion of FORD dealerships have changed....or maybe not.
Well, my car hunting may have come to an end.... or maybe not. I'm not too sure at this moment. In the midst of trying to buy a vehicle of my own, I ran across a flyer for Crown Ford for people who have bad credit or bankruptcies on their record. I decided to to with Erica in tow with me as moral support so that I wouldn't try to whimp out of it or something. We got there and spent probably a good six or seven hours looking at cars, test driving and finally sitting down with some paper work to see what they can do. By the way, the vehicle that I finally decided on was a 05 Ford Focus SE SX4, which is very nice indeed :-D Any way. Well basically people at the dealership told me that I was able to actually get the car but they had to work some things out with their loan department and told me to come back the next day. In the process of this, I was able to take the vehicle with me to test drive for 24 hours. Much joy even though I've had several friends trying to drive it and I had to refuse outright about it. Oh well. Well I brought it back the next day and they tell me that I would most likely need a cosigner for the loan. So against what probably really aggravated me in the upmost way, I called my family and asked my mom to cosign for me. She actually told me that she would do it. Let's just say, it was possibly the most shocked I have ever seen Erica when it comes to my mother. My mom actually tells me to go ahead and trade in the contour also (even though I doubt they would take it. I supposedly have a friend who wants it for $800 or $900. Who knows. Maybe I could turn a better profit that way since it could go towards the down payment. :-D I would have to look into it.
But after telling me this, the people at the dealership told me to continue driving the vehicle until Saturday and to see if anything comes up with the loan. Well Saturday comes and we both go to the dealership once again. They tell us that they are having trouble trying to get it approved and there might be a possiblity of it not going through despite the assurances that they gave me the first two days of talking with them. It makes no sense for it to take this long to get this thing done. But they were at least able to appraise the contour and told me that it would be less than 1500. So basically they will TRY to fit it into the deal, maybe. And again, I get to drive the car some more on Sunday and Monday. Yes I do love driving this new car but I'm getting tired of putting gas into a car that I'm not even sure that I'm getting, by the way these people at Crown Ford are talking the deal. I just feel alittle uncomfortable about it. But it's like what the guy said at the dealership, "The worst that could happen is that I got a free rental car" even though this is sort of really wasting alot of time. But this is an investment. I must keep this in mind.
Lately I have been sick due to my friend Erin and now Erica has it too. I'm so sorry that I gave it to her but I guess it's one of those things that you can't control. But I feel bad mainly because she has to study for her midterms and well....she really needs to study for it and I just want her to do really well about it. All that I hope for her that it's just a cold and that's it. I don't want sickness preventing her from doing well on the exams.
Lastly I would like to close this with a few thoughts or ponderings. It feels good going through the car buying process because it really makes me feel like something is going on. Something is really getting done and everything. I mean I have been at Carmax and Chevy looking for a vehicle but at Ford , I have felt like something is being accomplished. Even if I don't get this car, I will walk away with some experience of what is going on with the car buying thing. I feel more accomplished and it makes me feel happy. I would like to thank Erica for enduring all of the time that I used of hers in trying to get this car. She had to sit through my endless ranting and stupid jokes. Even though she 's not my girlfriend, I still love her like one. She makes me happy inside and out. She makes me feel like that I can actually tackle alot of things in this world. I don't want to think about it but I have to just in case but I cannot guarantee that she would take me back. But I know at least she showed me the door that I have to past through to get ahead in life. I just have to get the gumption to actually walk through it. Yes I miss Erica and everything, but I'm starting to function without her at times. I have spend the past several days enjoying each other's company even though I was probably trying her patience on Saturday. I enjoyed every minute that we talked about things and stuff. When I left her house last night after eating some Buffalo Wild wings food, I felt like there was a vaccuum that had sucked out the part of me that was happy. I mean I was still happy due to the car process and I was actually getting something done but it just felt like something was missing. I know Erica wants time for me to 'develop' but I still miss her and well ..... the feeling is still there. ::small smile:: Well I better get going then. And Erica, sorry again for the cold.
But after telling me this, the people at the dealership told me to continue driving the vehicle until Saturday and to see if anything comes up with the loan. Well Saturday comes and we both go to the dealership once again. They tell us that they are having trouble trying to get it approved and there might be a possiblity of it not going through despite the assurances that they gave me the first two days of talking with them. It makes no sense for it to take this long to get this thing done. But they were at least able to appraise the contour and told me that it would be less than 1500. So basically they will TRY to fit it into the deal, maybe. And again, I get to drive the car some more on Sunday and Monday. Yes I do love driving this new car but I'm getting tired of putting gas into a car that I'm not even sure that I'm getting, by the way these people at Crown Ford are talking the deal. I just feel alittle uncomfortable about it. But it's like what the guy said at the dealership, "The worst that could happen is that I got a free rental car" even though this is sort of really wasting alot of time. But this is an investment. I must keep this in mind.
Lately I have been sick due to my friend Erin and now Erica has it too. I'm so sorry that I gave it to her but I guess it's one of those things that you can't control. But I feel bad mainly because she has to study for her midterms and well....she really needs to study for it and I just want her to do really well about it. All that I hope for her that it's just a cold and that's it. I don't want sickness preventing her from doing well on the exams.
Lastly I would like to close this with a few thoughts or ponderings. It feels good going through the car buying process because it really makes me feel like something is going on. Something is really getting done and everything. I mean I have been at Carmax and Chevy looking for a vehicle but at Ford , I have felt like something is being accomplished. Even if I don't get this car, I will walk away with some experience of what is going on with the car buying thing. I feel more accomplished and it makes me feel happy. I would like to thank Erica for enduring all of the time that I used of hers in trying to get this car. She had to sit through my endless ranting and stupid jokes. Even though she 's not my girlfriend, I still love her like one. She makes me happy inside and out. She makes me feel like that I can actually tackle alot of things in this world. I don't want to think about it but I have to just in case but I cannot guarantee that she would take me back. But I know at least she showed me the door that I have to past through to get ahead in life. I just have to get the gumption to actually walk through it. Yes I miss Erica and everything, but I'm starting to function without her at times. I have spend the past several days enjoying each other's company even though I was probably trying her patience on Saturday. I enjoyed every minute that we talked about things and stuff. When I left her house last night after eating some Buffalo Wild wings food, I felt like there was a vaccuum that had sucked out the part of me that was happy. I mean I was still happy due to the car process and I was actually getting something done but it just felt like something was missing. I know Erica wants time for me to 'develop' but I still miss her and well ..... the feeling is still there. ::small smile:: Well I better get going then. And Erica, sorry again for the cold.