Buying a car isn’t an easy thing. Between deciding what we
want, finding what we want, realizing maybe our expectations are too high and
still not finding something I’m over this whole car shopping thing.
We have 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo. It’s only been owned by 2
people, the original owner and me. It’s causing a lot of problems and I cant
get it to pass emissions. So Brandon and I were at a stand still fork in the
road to make the decision, do we put more money into this car is it time to get
a new one. We have thought about it and prayed and we felt good about going
down the get a new car road.
So we started down the road. We said well these are cars we
like. I really want a mid size SUV which I feel is a good road to head down
because it’d be bigger than a car, give us the space and room we would like,
and it could last us a while especially since we are heading down the road of
starting a family soon. Brandon did different research and we found a car we
REALLY like. But of course money is what holds us back. Oh and this thing
called credit. It’s aggravating that everything needs to have credit and when
you apply for things there like sorry you don’t have credit or whatever and I just
want to shake them. We just got married
5 months ago. If you want us to get credit then provide us with a way so
we can get credit. Ok? cool thanks.
We went to our first dealership on Wednesday night and got
out rude awakening that what we wanted was out of our range especially since we
didn’t want to pay 500 a month. So we wasted our Wednesday night at the
dealership. Don’t get me wrong the people are SUPER nice there and so helpful. But
come on. We have to live, save, and survive.
All day Thursday we spent the day trying to find other
things that maybe in our price range and apply for a loan outside of the
dealerships so our interest rates are a lot lower. We find a car. We were so
excited because we are like hey this could be it. We apply for a loan. Approved.
So we are feeling good about it. We go to the dealership that night and guess
who we get to help us out. Mister Jorge. Yes he was Hispanic. Yes he didn’t speak
very good English. Brandon’s like even if I focus on what he’s saying I have a
VERY hard time understanding him. So tell him what we are interested in and
test drive the car. Better than we imagined. The pictures didn’t do justice. Jorge
was like ok lets go talk price and everything. Jorge comes back and says with
our credit we could only afford a new car. Jorge has us going around in circles
for 2 and a half hours and finally I was fed up. He couldn’t answer our
questions. He would say well that’s just what they said and not explain why
that’s how it was. I’m so frustrated at our experience that I was ready to
leave and not look back. Brandon asks to talk with a manager. We speak with a
manager and the 5 minutes we spoke to him we understood what the problem was
and why they were saying we should have gotten a brand new car. Through the
dealership, they have programs for the new cars where the interest rate would
be lower. But in all this mess they didn’t even bother to ask if we had a loan
outside of them. It was irritating because they didn’t cover all grounds. And they
were just shoving us to one car instead of exploring other avenues. IRRITATING.
So we are here today, without a car. Not sure which
direction to go now. But praying that something works out.
