... why must it be such a production to get a new car?
In other news, the list that starts with an 83 Ford Escort, and continues down through an 87 Ford Escort station wagon to a Chevy Cavalier of an unknown year to a 98 Kia Sportage had ever so briefly to a 98 Ford Contour to an 03 Ford Focus to an 08 Dodge Caliber to a 13 Hyundai Elantra now ends with automobile number nine in my life ... this 14 Chevy Cruze.
It was just too much of a good pre-financed deal on which to pass, so now a "blue ray metallic" car *with Florida plates* graces the driveway at the old homestead. In of itself, driving a car off a lot with a mileage of 2 is a great thing ... but here's what's not:
Multiple trips back and forth to haggle on a price (I took along a master negotiator who had done homework, and so I got to be good cop to the bad cop); fees that weren't necessarily disclosed up front and had to be challenged time after time; up to three hours from walk in to drive off the lot (luckily I packed lots to read, as it wasn't my first time at this rodeo); a general sense of ickiness that people in some room with calculators were running various numbers-scenarios to squeeze out every penny in one form or fashion.
Although, come to think of it, I did get free popcorn. Well, "free" is a misnomer, as the dealer had an unexplained $799 dealer fee that covered the cost of that snack for sure ...
Bottom line ... the fact that I'm a Floridian is now that much more substantiated driving a car with plates from this state. I just wish it wasn't such a painful process ...
OH LOU ... CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS?:
http://www.loubachrodtchevy.com/
A NEW CAR ... NO, SERIOUSLY, WITH MILEAGE OF 2!:
http://www.chevrolet.com/cruze-compact-car/exterior-pictures.html
RESPONSES TO THE QUESTION, "WHY DOES BUYING A CAR SUCK?":
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/01/why-is-buying-a-car-in-the-usa-such-an-ordeal/
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