Any advice?
So here's what I decided last night: I want to get rid of my car. I know, I just bought it--I wish I'd realized this before! Before I was caught up in thinking that I needed to replace my car--the idea of not having a car never entered my mind. In my mind, adults have cars. But an aquiantace of mine from work moved into the next building over at my apartment, and I saw how she doesn't have a car and still gets around fine.
And the more I thought about getting another job just so I could pay my car payment and insurance, I realized that I was becoming this tired American stereotype--working several jobs to have expensive things I can't afford. Seriously, though, the car payment and insurance together cost $450. And I live a 15-20 min walk from the MAX line and my work is only one stop up, for heaven's sake. I don't want to have to get another job just because I'm too lazy to walk to the MAX station.
So I called my Dad this morning and asked him for advice about how/if I could get the dealership to buy back my car. He gave me a huge guilt trip about how irrisponsible it was for me to want to do this and how much money it's going to end up costing me, I might not be able to do it, etc etc. I think the real problem is that the dealership--if they decide to buy it at all--will not give me the full value of the car, and I'd have to pay several thousand dollar's difference in cash to the finance company--which I don't have.
Otherwise, maybe I can try and sell it myself through Craigslist or something... any advice??
Now that I've figured out what I want to do, it's frustrating for me not to be able to just get up and get it done.
And the more I thought about getting another job just so I could pay my car payment and insurance, I realized that I was becoming this tired American stereotype--working several jobs to have expensive things I can't afford. Seriously, though, the car payment and insurance together cost $450. And I live a 15-20 min walk from the MAX line and my work is only one stop up, for heaven's sake. I don't want to have to get another job just because I'm too lazy to walk to the MAX station.
So I called my Dad this morning and asked him for advice about how/if I could get the dealership to buy back my car. He gave me a huge guilt trip about how irrisponsible it was for me to want to do this and how much money it's going to end up costing me, I might not be able to do it, etc etc. I think the real problem is that the dealership--if they decide to buy it at all--will not give me the full value of the car, and I'd have to pay several thousand dollar's difference in cash to the finance company--which I don't have.
Otherwise, maybe I can try and sell it myself through Craigslist or something... any advice??
Now that I've figured out what I want to do, it's frustrating for me not to be able to just get up and get it done.