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glatt · 06-23-2015, 08:44 AM

We bought the car last night!

Well, sort of. We test drove it and liked it and agreed on a price and they signed the title over to us and gave us the title.

The car is still in their driveway until tomorrow, and they still have the keys, and we haven't given them a check yet. But my wife is heading over to the DMV today to get new tags and a new title and to get it registered. We'll finalize everything tomorrow after the one sister uses it to drop the other off at the airport. Hope they don't get in an accident on this one limbo day.

They gave us the "good neighbor discount" and we agreed on a $10k price. I'm really pleased with that. I think a normal private party sale between strangers would have been closer to $14k.

It smells new inside! And not like a masking cleanser sort of smell. It really smells new. Super clean inside, and they didn't even clean it for us. It's never been dirty. A few scuffs on the outside, and it needs new tires, but is otherwise great. At that price and with that mileage, I didn't take it to a mechanic. It drove well.

We finished off the night visiting with them and talking about their mom and our memories of her. It was nice. Hugged each other when we left. The best car buying experience I've ever had.

It's got a stiffer ride than the Camry and a slightly larger turning radius, which I didn't think was possible. So it will take a little adjusting to the new driving feel, but it really feels like a brand new car!

So once it's in our driveway and all legal, we'll take our 2001 Camry over to Carmax and unload it on them. Probably won't get too much, but we don't need 3 cars and it's just too unreliable. I just hope the intermittent problem doesn't show up when they test drive it.

06-23-2015, 08:44 AM	#114
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	We bought the car last night! Well, sort of. We test drove it and liked it and agreed on a price and they signed the title over to us and gave us the title. The car is still in their driveway until tomorrow, and they still have the keys, and we haven't given them a check yet. But my wife is heading over to the DMV today to get new tags and a new title and to get it registered. We'll finalize everything tomorrow after the one sister uses it to drop the other off at the airport. Hope they don't get in an accident on this one limbo day. They gave us the "good neighbor discount" and we agreed on a $10k price. I'm really pleased with that. I think a normal private party sale between strangers would have been closer to $14k. It smells new inside! And not like a masking cleanser sort of smell. It really smells new. Super clean inside, and they didn't even clean it for us. It's never been dirty. A few scuffs on the outside, and it needs new tires, but is otherwise great. At that price and with that mileage, I didn't take it to a mechanic. It drove well. We finished off the night visiting with them and talking about their mom and our memories of her. It was nice. Hugged each other when we left. The best car buying experience I've ever had. It's got a stiffer ride than the Camry and a slightly larger turning radius, which I didn't think was possible. So it will take a little adjusting to the new driving feel, but it really feels like a brand new car! So once it's in our driveway and all legal, we'll take our 2001 Camry over to Carmax and unload it on them. Probably won't get too much, but we don't need 3 cars and it's just too unreliable. I just hope the intermittent problem doesn't show up when they test drive it.