I am the proud new owner.....

of a 2005 Buick Rainier (see below post).

We went to the dealership one final time yesterday afternoon. Our salesman called me and said that he had some "good news" for us and wanted us to come in. Never did he elaborate on that good news and I would NOT recommend this salesman to ANYONE....but the finance department and rest of the business is fantastic. Third car we buy from there. anyway....

I went to www.edmunds.com and got all the pricing information on the newused car we were buying, as well as my trade in. I was determined that I was going to walk in prepared and show them that we're not some stupid kids trying to buy a car. Turns out, I didn't need that folder after all. They came down $2K on the asking price (which wasn't enough initially), but ended up giving me $5500 for my car. Are you kidding me? No, that's not a typo. Turns out, they made the trade in value higher instead of the price lower so that it "looked good" to the credit people. Whatever. According to edmunds, the value of my trade was $900. And that was WITHOUT disclosing the busted head gasket. The way I see it, I shoul d have paid them to take it off my hands. So, I was well prepared to go in and demand that I wasn't paying a penny more than $16K, when they offered me $14395.00 after you do all the math. I was happy and we signed the papers.

I pick up my car on Friday.....AFTER they put me 4 new tires and a new windshield :) They may have blown me away with the price, but I still wanted (needed) to get SOMETHING out of them! hahahahaha. Oh and I have 36 hours from the time I take delivery to have it inspected by my mechanic--hopefully all is well in the hood!