So it's only 4 months later than promised but Christopher does have a new car. Well, not a new car exactly but it is new to us, and sooo much better. The Taurus was a good car while it lasted (10 years, 169,700 miles), but it has been dying a slow painful death for some time now. A crack in the windshield that covered half the window, gas gauge broken so you had to use the number of miles to know when it was time to fill up, a smashed door and drivers-side window that doesn't roll down, car cancer (rust), no a/c, paint oxidation, etc, etc, etc. Yesterday 
was the end of an era.Since the car was worth nothing as a trade-in we applied for the Clean Air Texas voucher ($3000) and were approved. After much searching and huge headaches and walking out of several dealers who couldn't understand that we were there to buy a car not a payment, we finally managed to locate the perfect car and the perfect dealer. If you ever need to buy a car in DFW, we suggest you head over to Texas Motors Ford on the west side of Fort Worth and speak with the Snell
Sales Team (father and son). They were wonderful, not one spec of pressure or haggling. We told them we saw the car online, $$ was the amount we were willing to pay, on x terms, and no extended warranty. Done deal.The only question that remains is metallic orange or tropical red?
I was really surprised when we bought out car about the number of dealerships that didn't want us if we wanted to pay in cash (we didn't even end up paying for it all in cash, but they weren't interested in dealing with us after we suggested that). Lots of places told us "let's see what kind of loan you can be approved for first, and we'll get you a car that fits" and I thought "I don't want the most expensive thing I can afford!"
ReplyDeleteI wish we were there, we have been looking for a Van and we get the same! Dealers, gerrr! It is a cute car! Congratulations!
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