CARS, CARS, AND MORE CARS

Yesterday Joe and I went to the dealership to test drive the car and have my car appraised.  We got there and had to wait for the salesman to show up.  As we looked at the car we were going to get Joe pointed out that it had a limited warranty.  He wasn't real happy with that.  I started walking around and saw another Ford Focus in powder blue.  It was a 2009 instead of a 2008 and had 35,400 miles on it instead of 31,200.  It also was $500 less than the green one.  And the blue one had the remainder of the factory warranty.  Besides Joe liked the color better.  So when Len, the salesman, showed up we asked to see the blue one instead of the green one.  We took it for a test drive (both of us drove it) and liked the way it handled.  It's a little bigger than my Escort, but not enormous and I could drive it just fine.  So we changed all the paperwork and made arrangements to buy the blue one.

These pictures are of the actual car taken off of the website.

We had the car taken to our mechanic, Mayfair Tire, later that morning to have them look at it.  Early in the afternoon Charlie from the shop called me at work and told me that it was a good car, worked well and would pass inspection.  The only problem was that the rear tires were wearing unevenly.  In six months or less the car would need two new tires, a four wheel alignment (since it is 4 wheel drive) and the transmission would need servicing.  

I called Joe and he called the dealership.  Obviously the mechanic had called them also.  Joe told Len that we were still willing to buy the car as long as those three things were fixed and then have Mayfair Tire inspect it again.  He said he had to speak with his sales manager.  Len called Joe back and said they would leave the car at Mayfair to have them fix it then we would know it was done correctly.

Len called Joe today and told him the car was back and it would be ready for us to pick up tomorrow.  I called Mayfair and spoke with Ron (the guy I usually deal with) and he said they had fixed everything and it was a "nice little car."

So tomorrow morning we are leaving my little red car behind and getting a new blue car.