Melanie Bought a New Car!

Melanie was getting real tired of her little Ford Escort. It really has taken a beating and was finally dieing! She's been saving up for a little while now. She kept going back and forth as to whether she should fix the escort or spend the money and get another car.

She did some car shopping and thought she needed some more money than she had to get the "upgrade" she was hoping for. The salesman at Car Buyers tried to talk her into financing just a portion of a car. It would only cost about $50 a month to finance the last $1500 or so! I was so happy to hear that she was smart to ask (all on her own) For how long? He said only 48 months! She said, "WHAT???" I don't think so! She actually resigned herself to waiting and saving some more before taking the plunge.

Then out of the blue, Doug's boss was thinking of trading in his car and was willing to sell to her at only a couple hundred dollars above trade in cost to him! It only took one test drive, she was in love!! But she had to wait for him to find a new car for himself. It was a hard, long wait (about a week), but worth it, of course!

Wednesday she came home with a silver/gray 2003 Chrysler Sebring!

She spent yesterday after work getting it inspected, licensed and legal! The best part is that, it's all paid for!!

We looked into fixing her escort for Bethanie, but it's just not worth sinking the money into it. It would be cheaper to buy Beth a monthly bus pass every month to get her to the DATC in the fall than it would be to fix and maintain the car.