Car Update
We went to Suburban Honda in Farmington Hills last night to test drive a car Jake found online. This car. Let's just say it was awesome.
Before I knew it, we were in the dealership negotiating price with the seller. Jake had found the same car (same VIN and everything) listed online for $13K so we first got the dealer to honor that price. Then we went with trying to get them down another $1000 and ended up with around $500 in lower price. We negotiated a price for the Focus (sight unseen) that matched the 'Fair' value given by Kelly Blue book. We met quickly with the financing specialist that night and put down a $500 refundable deposit.
Today, I have to drive the Focus down there (by myself, in a snow squall), sign over the title and take this new car. We decided to try to put the financing in Jake's name so he will have to go down Wednesday after work to finish all the paperwork. He couldn't go at all today because he has 1st year teacher orientation class until 8 and the dealership is only open until 6 on Tues-Thurs.
Right now it all hinges on them accepting Jake's trade-in at the price we agreed upon last night. And them not trying to tack on extra fees/charges while I'm there trying to pick up the new car. I have a game plan in mind-- if they try to pull any shit on me I can just tell them I can't make any decisions without consulting my husband, this is not the price we agreed upon last night and walking. The deposit is refundable and if it falls through then obviously this isn't the car for us.
I'm worried about getting the Focus down there in one piece. I know we just fixed the wheel bearing but I'm pretty sure the other one could go at any time and it could go today while I'm on the highway. That would suck. I also worry that I'm going to drive up and they'll take one look at the car and tell me 'Who do you think you're kidding? We're not giving you that much for this POS car!'
I'm worried about, if it all goes through, driving the new car to work and back today, by myself, in non-ideal conditions. I'm sure I can do it and I'll just drive slowly and carefully but it takes a while for me to be comfortable in a new situation and a new car. **deep breath**
I'm fully expecting to get down there and have something fall through and be really disappointed and have wasted half a day when I could have been getting experiments done. Right now I'm waiting on our salesperson to call us back so I can go over exactly what I need to do and bring today. Then I'm off to drive to Farmington and get the car washed immediately before taking it to the dealership.
Jake was magnificent last night. He did all the negotiating and haggling and I basically sat there and shut the f up. I really had no idea what to do or how to help in that sort of situation. It made me really uncomfortable, they were flinging around all sorts of things and pressuring each other and ... I didn't like it. I hope that I won't be put in another similar situation today and that we won't have to do that again for a long time.
I am so nervous and uneasy and I'm making my stomach upset a little bit. I haven't ever done something like this before and it's a bit nerve-wracking.
Before I knew it, we were in the dealership negotiating price with the seller. Jake had found the same car (same VIN and everything) listed online for $13K so we first got the dealer to honor that price. Then we went with trying to get them down another $1000 and ended up with around $500 in lower price. We negotiated a price for the Focus (sight unseen) that matched the 'Fair' value given by Kelly Blue book. We met quickly with the financing specialist that night and put down a $500 refundable deposit.
Today, I have to drive the Focus down there (by myself, in a snow squall), sign over the title and take this new car. We decided to try to put the financing in Jake's name so he will have to go down Wednesday after work to finish all the paperwork. He couldn't go at all today because he has 1st year teacher orientation class until 8 and the dealership is only open until 6 on Tues-Thurs.
Right now it all hinges on them accepting Jake's trade-in at the price we agreed upon last night. And them not trying to tack on extra fees/charges while I'm there trying to pick up the new car. I have a game plan in mind-- if they try to pull any shit on me I can just tell them I can't make any decisions without consulting my husband, this is not the price we agreed upon last night and walking. The deposit is refundable and if it falls through then obviously this isn't the car for us.
I'm worried about getting the Focus down there in one piece. I know we just fixed the wheel bearing but I'm pretty sure the other one could go at any time and it could go today while I'm on the highway. That would suck. I also worry that I'm going to drive up and they'll take one look at the car and tell me 'Who do you think you're kidding? We're not giving you that much for this POS car!'
I'm worried about, if it all goes through, driving the new car to work and back today, by myself, in non-ideal conditions. I'm sure I can do it and I'll just drive slowly and carefully but it takes a while for me to be comfortable in a new situation and a new car. **deep breath**
I'm fully expecting to get down there and have something fall through and be really disappointed and have wasted half a day when I could have been getting experiments done. Right now I'm waiting on our salesperson to call us back so I can go over exactly what I need to do and bring today. Then I'm off to drive to Farmington and get the car washed immediately before taking it to the dealership.
Jake was magnificent last night. He did all the negotiating and haggling and I basically sat there and shut the f up. I really had no idea what to do or how to help in that sort of situation. It made me really uncomfortable, they were flinging around all sorts of things and pressuring each other and ... I didn't like it. I hope that I won't be put in another similar situation today and that we won't have to do that again for a long time.
I am so nervous and uneasy and I'm making my stomach upset a little bit. I haven't ever done something like this before and it's a bit nerve-wracking.