I was going to wait to make the official announcement when the papers were signed and she was delivered but I might as well let the cat out of the bag..... I GOT A CAR!!! Yes, "Mommy, wow!, I'm a big kid now". I purchased my very first (self bought and owned) car on saturday. Unlike in the last post where I stated it would be a Corolla S, I changed my mind. After test driving the S I realized that I needed more head/leg room for myself and my passengers so I went with the LE model. It's a 2010 RED Corolla Le with, get this, a moon roof! I'm telling you, this car is a GOD-SEND and its only because of His sovereign hand that I am able to get it.
First off, I knew exactly what my budget was going to allow and what price and I was going to negotiate the car down to. I had originally done all of the homework and had all the figures for the S but sitting in the LE just felt much better so I quickly realligned the numbers in my head and was prepared to bargain, but little did I know I wouldnt need to do much! I've been praying for the last few weeks that the Lord would just give me wisdom and discernment in handling the car situation and that He would provide the right deal and give me favor with whomever I would deal with. He did all of that and more! Once I had decided to go with the LE I had remembered that I had seen a new LE @ Lou Fusz that had a moon roof, which is something that I really wanted but knew I could live without if the price wasnt right. So I decided to let my salesman know that I had one other car to consider but that if it didnt work out I'd be back. He poked and prodded abit to get me to tell him where I was going and what car I was looking at. When I told it was the same car but with a moonroof that kicked him into high gear and the deals came rolling in. He informed me that they had guys who could do the moon roof for me, that he'd give me the moon roof for $1200 instead of $1500 and that he could get me the car for $16,500. Lou Fusz wanted $18,980 for this model with the moonroof. I agreed to sit down and start talks at this point. $16,500 was my bargain price and without even asking me for a desired price, the salesman automatically threw it at me. Awesome! I didnt even have to haggle him for it. Then came time to drop the bomb about my trade in. I wasnt sure what I would get, if anything, for my less than stellar cougar. I figured as long as I got $500 for it that I'd be good...God fulfills requests that are so much bigger than we ask for..After the guys looked it over and drove it I was informed that I would get $1200 for the trade. AWESOME! On top of this, I also qualified for their $1000 college grad rebate, so this brought my final financing cost down to $14,300. Even better than I had planned. So long story short, as of wednesday I will have a brand new 2010 Toyota Corolla LE (with moon roof)...so new it's right off the truck and has less than 10 miles. God is sooooooo good!
Dream big, we serve a God who is big enough to grant them and so much more.
Pics to come!
No comments:
Post a Comment