Buying a Car
Aug. 5th, 2008 09:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosOn Tuesday after work I'm going to do something I've never done before: go car shopping by myself.
I've done some browsing online and have found some promising models in the "pre-owned" inventory of some local dealers -- so I'm going to do some test drives.
The goal is a modest but reliable vehicle with very good gas mileage, at a low enough price that I'll be able to pay cash (after liquidating some of my investments from the buy-out of the house).
I wish I didn't have to do this right now, but since it's clear the current vehicle isn't going to last much longer, I feel it's necessary. Now that I'm committed, I've decided to enjoy it as an adventure -- and something of a rite of passage.
I've done some browsing online and have found some promising models in the "pre-owned" inventory of some local dealers -- so I'm going to do some test drives.
The goal is a modest but reliable vehicle with very good gas mileage, at a low enough price that I'll be able to pay cash (after liquidating some of my investments from the buy-out of the house).
I wish I didn't have to do this right now, but since it's clear the current vehicle isn't going to last much longer, I feel it's necessary. Now that I'm committed, I've decided to enjoy it as an adventure -- and something of a rite of passage.
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Date: 2008-08-06 04:28 am (UTC)Our estimate came back today, and it's over 1k to fix my car. So ... yeah. We may be buying a new-to-us car as well.
Le sigh.