After enjoying a free breakfast (ok, $2 but only we only had to pay for the hash browns) at Chick Fil-A of spicy chicken biscuits, hash browns, and Simply Orange orange juice (plus we got four more coupons for free chicken biscuits), we headed out to car shop again. We went to the Infiniti dealership first to look at a 5 year old, low mile, Volvo S60T. It was incredibly cramped in there so much so that I had to move my seat forward so Brady had room in her car seat and Casey had to slide his seat forward (into what looked to be a super cramped and uncomfortable position) so the sales person could sit behind him. (The Nissan dealership called to remind us about the “great” deal they were offering right before we started the test drive.) Great looking car, nice features, but much too tight. Especially since we hope to expand our family again soon.
Luckily, our next destination wasn’t far away and we headed to the Honda dealership. Brady started having a meltdown at the Infiniti dealership (it was close to nap time then and well into it by the time we got to Honda) so she and I stayed in the truck watching Yo Gabba Gabba while Casey started looking at cars. The car we originally went there to test drive already had paperwork being completed on it but we were able to find another car to test drive that my husband really liked.
We decided based on the price (no haggle dealership) and the free (!) oil and filter changes for the life of the car (I’ll have to read more on this but I think it might be limited to the time left on the power train warranty) that we’d put in an offer on the car. The dealership was really a no haggle dealership and try as he might, Casey was not able to get them to budge on the price. Brady and I waited around for 30 minutes or so while the paperwork got underway (and another person tried to put in an offer on the car) and then we made our way back home (two hours late for nap time but even after falling asleep in the car, she went back down without any problems). Poor Casey was another two hours (during which time another two buyers tried to purchase our car) behind us but did end up getting us financing at 1.9% (versus the 2.49% we had secured through our credit union). Not a bad deal, but now I’m just eager to pay it off!
We are now the proud owners of a 2008 Honda Accord LXP! I am so done with car shopping for awhile. Hopefully next time we’ll be on Baby Step 7 and my parents will be here to babysit Cakes!