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Model Citizen 0 Disipline
So earlier in the spring I found a killer deal on a Dodge Durango. My idea was it would be my winter snow truck and my wife could use it for running into town when I didn't need it. Well that kind of backfired. My wife started driving it and loved it. I think I've driven it three times since we got it. So I kind of started looking at used 4x4s. I've been finding some good used deals but nothing like the deal I got on the Durango.
Yesterday I found a used Ford Explorer while searching the web. It was as the dealership where I bought my Kia. I've had nothing but good experiences at that dealership and the price seemed very low for that vehicle so I decided to run up there on my lunch break. To my surprise I found it was realitivly low mileage and was so clean it looked like it just came off the showroom floor. To top it off it had new tires and was just serviced. They did an oil change and checked all fluids along with a full detail. They had it priced $1000 under anything else I had found on the net. When I pulled the CarFax and KBB value I found it was $1100 under book and had about the cleanest CarFax you can find. So I quick went out and checked out two other simmilar vehicles which didn't even come close to being as nice. They weren't even in the same league. I couldn't even find a blemish on this SUV.
So I called the sales guy and told him I wanted to buy it and I would be right back. He told me that he had just found out that another sales guy wrote a deal on the truck the day before and it was waiting on financing. So I figured I lost out. About an hour later he called me again and told me that the other buyers financing was a mess and they couldn't come up with the cash so if I wanted it I could come pick it up.
So I totally didn't need another vehicle but I couldn't pass up this deal. I offered them a few hundred less than sticker price on a cash deal and the only came down a couple hundred but it was enough to cover license and transfer fees. Now I have my little Kia for a daily driver and the Explorer for the winter. My wife is happy because she now has exclusive use of the Durango. I drove it quite a bit last night and I think I may be driving this as my daily driver and using the Kia for long road trips when mileage is an issue. I'll have to get a new stereo. I need my Sirius radio and Bluetooth. If the stores aren't to much of a mess tomorrow I may buy a new stereo system or maybe wait until next weekend.
'03 Explorer XLT. Photos from the dealers web site.
Yesterday I found a used Ford Explorer while searching the web. It was as the dealership where I bought my Kia. I've had nothing but good experiences at that dealership and the price seemed very low for that vehicle so I decided to run up there on my lunch break. To my surprise I found it was realitivly low mileage and was so clean it looked like it just came off the showroom floor. To top it off it had new tires and was just serviced. They did an oil change and checked all fluids along with a full detail. They had it priced $1000 under anything else I had found on the net. When I pulled the CarFax and KBB value I found it was $1100 under book and had about the cleanest CarFax you can find. So I quick went out and checked out two other simmilar vehicles which didn't even come close to being as nice. They weren't even in the same league. I couldn't even find a blemish on this SUV.
So I called the sales guy and told him I wanted to buy it and I would be right back. He told me that he had just found out that another sales guy wrote a deal on the truck the day before and it was waiting on financing. So I figured I lost out. About an hour later he called me again and told me that the other buyers financing was a mess and they couldn't come up with the cash so if I wanted it I could come pick it up.
So I totally didn't need another vehicle but I couldn't pass up this deal. I offered them a few hundred less than sticker price on a cash deal and the only came down a couple hundred but it was enough to cover license and transfer fees. Now I have my little Kia for a daily driver and the Explorer for the winter. My wife is happy because she now has exclusive use of the Durango. I drove it quite a bit last night and I think I may be driving this as my daily driver and using the Kia for long road trips when mileage is an issue. I'll have to get a new stereo. I need my Sirius radio and Bluetooth. If the stores aren't to much of a mess tomorrow I may buy a new stereo system or maybe wait until next weekend.
'03 Explorer XLT. Photos from the dealers web site.
