Soooooo, I have complained about my car for a while - but let me just explain again what I have been going through!
#1 My car had 107,000 miles on it.
#2 The passenger side window does not roll up.
#3 The drivers side window automatically rolls down when you start the ignition, then you have to wait several minutes to get it up, only once its up - you can not roll it down with out stopping the car and starting the process over again.
#4 Every light on my dash is on. Low Tire, Service engine soon, low coolant, ABS, check engine, and so on.
#5 My coolant resevoir has a leak, so I have to buy a $10 bottle of coolant twice a week and fill it up every 3-4 days, depending on how much I drive it. Technically it isn't how much I drive it...its how long the drive is. For example, if I drive down to the corner store (1.6 miles) my car will leak for a little over 5 minutes...If I drive to HEB (about 6 miles) my car will leak for about 10 minutes.
#6 My shifter stick thingy started getting stuck. When I try to put the car in reverse, it takes FOREVER and lots of strength to get it to shift. Grrrr!
So, with all the things wrong on my car and the fact that the expense of fixing it is more than what the car is worth....JR and I got a new car today!!!!!!!!
We got a 2009 Chevy HHR. JR loves it, it is a little too bubbly for me. But I had to realize that I wanted an SUV and we weren't finding anything in our price range...except for 2005's or 2006's with like 70 and 80,000 miles...ummmm - no! So the car we got has about 38,000 miles and as I said is a 2009. It is cherry red (my favorite color) it is an SUV, which is what I wanted. It has god use of space, AND it doesn't have all the problems that my other car had....big plus! I will get a picture up asap...I posted it on facebook if you want to see it.
JR and I obviously have different (types) he thinks this car is AMAZING - its what he picked out online when we were just browsing...I wasn't super sold on it, as I said - I think its a little bubbly.....but hey, Its growing on me, and as I said....it sure beats the hell out of my previous car.
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Very fun! I'm glad you guys were able to get a new car finally!!
Yeah, we were pretty shocked that we were able to get approved for anything....JR said, "Yay, my credit is finally just bad and nt terrible" LOL We have a SUPER high interest rate, but they said we could refinance at any time. I told JR we should do it after we have made 12 months worth of payments...we will see! We are both very excited!
I think the car is the Chevy equivalent to a PT Cruiser.
Any way, the best part about it is that I am not scared of being stuck on the side of the road with my kids in the heat - everytime I leave the house!
That IS great. The idea of being stranded is horrible when you have your child(ren) with you.
This will really help JR's credit too!! Once you show you can make your payments in full, on time, it will be a lot easier to get a better interest rate when you refinance. Keep it up!
Yes, well that is the HOPE! LOL JR actually has been paying a lawyer for the last 8 months to help with his credit...the lawyer sends in disputes to try to remove a lot of the older stuff from the credit report, and then negotiate the other stuff that still has a balance on it...Like we owe $218 to something so they negotiate that we will pay $150 immediately if they will remove it from the credit report. SO that has helped...I think its WHY we got approved. His credit score has jumped a little over 100 points! Anyway....I will be very excited to refinance the car after a year!
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