We bought a truck! Ever since we bought our house, Andy and I have been talking about our need for a truck. Since our life lately seems to be filled with weekend home improvement projects, we have felt that need a little stronger. Andy was given a company car about a month ago and while we were very very thankful for it...it also complicated our plans to buy a truck. If we purchased one then it would have to be my vehicle because Andy has the Murano. I didnt really want to drive a truck...and andy really did want to.
So last weekend we were at Andy's boss's house for a bbq and he was asking me how I liked the Murano. I told him I really liked it and was a little jealous because it is similar to the Ford Edge that I had been dreaming about getting. Brad also knew that Andy had been wanting a truck...he mentioned something fairly casually about maybe we could work something out so I could drive it and Andy could get a truck. so after praying about it and lots of discussion about what we needed in a vehicle, Andy sat down with Brad to see if that would really be a possibility. We didn't dream he would really agree--we thought he was joking more than anything when he suggested it, but we figured it wouldnt hurt to ask. Brad quickly agreed to it though!! He said no problem--we just need to work out the insurance. CRAZY!!! I was so excited because that meant I got to drive a car that was nearly exactly what I had been wanting and we would be able to get a truck! Thank you Brad Jones!!!
So we have been doing lots of research on Toyotas, for several months now actually. Andy had a list of features he wanted and NADA and blue book pricing and more. We looked at a few used Tacomas that all had pretty high miles for a 1-2 year old model. Then last night we went to look at new Tacomas. We test drove a couple and then decided that we would just go in and talk to the salesman...see what kind of deal we could get. We started with a really low offer and after about 2 hours waiting for the stupid back and forth "let me talk to my manager" stuff....we ended up hardly having to come up from our original offer plus they are going to out leather seats in it!!! Seriously it was such a God thing...the negotiations were pretty easy, the financing worked out, and we got a truck with 24 miles on it instead of 45000 for nearly the same price.
Here is Andy with his new Toyota Tacoma. When we finally got home I asked him how happy he was with it 0-10....he said 10 :)
I was kinda dreading the whole negotiation part of buying a car before we started...but now I must say I thought it was really fun. It is just manipulation and mind games...and once you realize that and understand that you can go anywhere and buy a car...it makes it really fun! What deal can you get out of it and how many times do you have to get up and walk out before they give you the price you want. On occasion I had to keep myself from laughing--it was just all so silly.
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