the need for speed

Well, a couple months ago now, Ryan's car was "totaled" in a hail storm at work.  Of course all the damage is cosmetic but it would cost more than the value of the car to repair it.  This was a doozy of a storm and people with cars values up to $12,000 were totaled.  So, we hemmed and hawed and debated and decided to take the larger check, relinquish and car, and search for an all wheel drive sedan for Ryan that would include a LOW monthly payment for no more than 4 years.

The search was exhausting and after trying a couple times to check out cars with Ben in tow, we recruited Nana to watch him on Saturday and set out to buy a car.  Apparently dealerships make BIG deals on the last day of the month (the day before in this case,) so many cars we set out to see had sold the night before.  After seeing a couple and on our way for me to see some Ryan had already driven, we stopped by a dealer to drive an older Subaru (than others we were scoping,) that had a turbo.  Turbo is extra handy with our oxygen deprived altitude and makes getting up in the mountains all the more enjoyable.  Sadly the Subaru had been some young man's toy and the turbo was shot, as well as the speakers.  They had had one other car that fit all our parameters so we decided a little test drive couldn't hurt........

 I was "SOLD" before we even hit the highway and this was absolutely the most comfortable car I'd ever been in.  The V6 twin turbo and 300 HP didn't hurt either.  Of course I was skeptical of the coupe factor but it actually had the most front and back legroom of any car we'd driven that day.  Well on our drive it was revealed this car wasn't actually in our price range as we'd thought.  When we got back to the dealer we saw on the website that it was in fact the price we had thought although the dealers price sheet said differently.  Long story short, we took the car for the rest of the weekend and to have it checked out Monday.  Sadly, some quick searches revealed some big problems with this particular year(s) of this engine and there were some big recalls outstanding for this car.  We had also been looking to add an extended warranty with our financing and this warranty for this car was $$$.  So, sadly, this beauty sat in our driveway for all of Sunday and we took it back Monday morning.  Ryan was sad initially as the issues became clear, and I was devastated when we handed over the keys as I was SO excited for my hard-working husband to have something so fun and delightful for a daily driver.  

The whole search and experience was exhausting and not much fun.  So, for now, we opted to take the smaller check and keep Ryan's car until we can afford a newer CPO car with peace of mind included.  Luxury is not luxury when it comes with heaps of worry but, boy oh boy, she was fun while she lasted!!