For over a year, Chris has been talking about trading in his vehicle for a new vehicle since his current vehicle is a stick-shift. However, based on his choice of vehicle and the fact that his car was free and clear, I was not motivated to discuss it further. Over the last couple weeks, Chris has had some leg/hip pain and needed to trade me vehicles. That was all it took to convince me he needed a new vehicle! I drove his car to Montessori and work and I swear I hit every light and I got stuck in Riverside's traffic jam. Not the best situation in a stick-shift. I told Chris he now had my permission to get his new vehicle.
On Saturday, I arranged for Mimi and Papa to watch the boys so that we could go look at vehicles. He still knew what he wanted and when compared to some of his alternatives, it was one of the least expensive of his choices. We went straight to the dealership, asked for my hairdresser's husband (to avoid the aggressive salesmen), and test drove the vehicle. Chris liked it even more after that. We had a deal very quickly - then 3 hours later, we actually got to drive the vehicle home. (If dealerships ever want to make the process more attractive, they need to work on the checkout time. I think we signed more paperwork than when we bought our home. We were even video-taped during the finance discussion!)
Congratulations Chris (and Connor) on your new Toyota Scion XB! We told Connor he was loaning it to daddy for 12 years and then it would be his!
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Nice wheels, Chris - I mean Connor!
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