I bought a car yesterday...or really I should say 'financed' a car yesterday.
It is a KIA Amanti. I wanted to get something a little more sporty...but I wasn't having much luck with the whole MPG/ price/ meeting my expectations thing.
Then, we saw this one. Very nice, clean, two years old, under 25K miles, moon roof, basically loaded. No dings or scratches..Very comfortable, roomy and still gets good gas mileage. The dealer traded in DD2s monster rig...and still met my budget...actually, I was able to get into the car and include the monster rig deficit ($5K) and still came out under high blue book.
DD2 will be paying 1/3 of the payments to pay back the loss...and so my payment came in well within the $225 budget that I wanted to stay under!!!
and I will get better gas mileage...so I will save about $250 per month over what I was paying (between payments and gas)!! 
and, it is nicer than any car I've ever owned...leather interior, dual cooling, 8 airbags!, cruise control, 6 disc cd player...and it drives like a dream!! 
Happy Ray.
The 'new' car
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Wow, was it comfy riding home tonight. For years I drove a Ford Escort...very loud and not too comfy...this new car is definately more relaxing to ride in!
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