I am the Wonder Woman of Used Cars! (finally, Nick!!!)
The long hunt for his car is over. Meet No Name, my son's new car! (he does not name things). As is so typical, all the cars I've been researching had one thing or another wrong, were overpriced, too many miles, or the dealer was so shady as to have F ratings with the BBB. Finally I randomly plunked 'used ford focus fort worth' and voila, a listing for Bankston Ford came up--a dealer? So far, I'd only seen overpriced cars at dealers. This one happened to be right near the house and on the way home, so I took a look at it--and it said "2002 Ford Focus Sedan" - but the picture was a two-door hatchback.
So, I called and a salesman named Walter came on and said he hadn't seen the car, it'd come in that night but he would check re: the discrepancy. He called me back and said it was actually a bright blue, and was still available...and had some really nice sporty features. I said we'd be there by 6:15.
Ran home, got the son, grabbed checkbook, and we headed back. As we walked in we thought we saw it--a really clean blue Focus with nicely-tinted windows (love that look), spiffy alloy wheels, and I already knew that it had a super-nice audio system with a six-cd changer in it. Kelly's eyes lit up...and the price was right too, 3999.
Finally, a 'too good to be true' car was NOT too good to be true. We did all the paperwork, his name will be on the title, I wrote my check and they happily cleaned out my checking account lol, and it'll be ready sometime tomorrow. YAY!! They hadn't had a chance to detail it, do an oil change etc. Oh nice things--NEW tires, and really nice ones too, and inspection and registration not due until next year.
Check out the wheels...
Perfect for an 18-year-old boy, I think. Yes? :)
So, I called and a salesman named Walter came on and said he hadn't seen the car, it'd come in that night but he would check re: the discrepancy. He called me back and said it was actually a bright blue, and was still available...and had some really nice sporty features. I said we'd be there by 6:15.
Ran home, got the son, grabbed checkbook, and we headed back. As we walked in we thought we saw it--a really clean blue Focus with nicely-tinted windows (love that look), spiffy alloy wheels, and I already knew that it had a super-nice audio system with a six-cd changer in it. Kelly's eyes lit up...and the price was right too, 3999.
Finally, a 'too good to be true' car was NOT too good to be true. We did all the paperwork, his name will be on the title, I wrote my check and they happily cleaned out my checking account lol, and it'll be ready sometime tomorrow. YAY!! They hadn't had a chance to detail it, do an oil change etc. Oh nice things--NEW tires, and really nice ones too, and inspection and registration not due until next year.
Check out the wheels...
Perfect for an 18-year-old boy, I think. Yes? :)