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Monday, July 07, 2008

Hurry up and wait

Are you ready for more car drama? 'Cuz I got some for ya.

Friday morning the Cerritos dealer called to confirm that the exact car I want is coming in... on Thursday. Boooo!

Apparently there are 27 of the models coming in, eight with the navigation system that I want, with only ONE in the color combo I want. So he suggested that in order to guarantee that that ONE car would be MINE and that no one else could sell it, we should come in and fill out all the paperwork for it.

"I'll bring the car out to you on Thursday to save you another trip out here!" he offered. Hmmm...ok. That's intriguing.

Rightfully Brent didn't want to go into the dealership and leave our down payment without seeing the exact car we're getting, so they told him that we could give the down payment to the sales guy when he dropped the car off to us. Brent also talked to the sales guy's boss to make sure that if for some reason the car that arrived was NOT the one we wanted, that we wouldn't be contractually bound to that car. They assured him that we wouldn't.

We made the trip out there that afternoon, thankfully with no traffic on the freeway, an LA rarity. We arrived, met the sales guy we'd been dealing with and then took one more test drive in the make and model I want. We went back to his desk, filled out the preliminary paper work and then made our way to the finance guy.

We discussed our financing options, then he asked about our down payment. We were planning to put a pretty good chunk down -- when they delivered the car to us. He had no idea what we were talking about. He called one of our sales guy's bosses, not the one Brent had talked to previously. The boss had no idea what we were talking about. So Brent told the finance guy to get the other boss on the phone. He did, and the other boss acted dumb, saying she had no idea what Brent was referring to. "I didn't know there was talk of delivering the car to you." Ugh.

The finance guy explained that the dealer's policy does not allow them to deliver cars to owners because they wouldn't be held liable if something happened between the dealership and us. We called our sales guy back in, who was apologetic and didn't realize that that was the policy. I don't think he was trying to dupe us - I honestly think he didn't know. He's only been with that dealer for a month, and I get the feeling that his previous dealer didn't have that sort of policy.

Regardless, we were annoyed.

We went back and forth with the finance guy about our options because Brent still didn't want to put any money down on a car we hadn't seen. We figured out and confirmed that we could sign up for financing through the dealer at the same rate offered by our credit union with no money down on that day, ensure that the exact car I wanted was mine, then when we come back on Thursday we'd redo the contract with our down payment included.

Are ya still with me?

So that's what we're doing.

While sitting in the finance office, Brent said to me, exhausted, "Ok, maybe this wasn't worth the $500 we're saving by coming out here."

But he later took that back.

And he keeps joking that he'll figure out a way to spend the $500 on me that we're saving on the car. I joked that I'm going to make him buy me a REALLY nice handbag.

In all honesty, I've waited nearly 31 years for a brand new car. One more week won't kill me. My poor co-workers (and my dear readers) have had to endure my car saga. I'm sure they'll be happy when it's all done with and I can FINALLY stop using the "I can't drive us to lunch because my car only fits two people" excuse.

I don't know if we'll pick up my car on Thursday evening or the weekend, assuming that it arrives on schedule. Thursday is my actual birthday, so I'm not sure if I want to spend that evening sitting in traffic to get my new car. And Friday I'd like to celebrate with a delicious dinner, so the car pick-up may not happen until Saturday. We'll see how it all unravels. At this point I wouldn't be surprised to endure more drama. "Nanette, the good news is that your car is here! The bad news is that it had an accident with a truck full of manure so we'll knock off $50 'cuz it no longer has the new car smell...."

"After school, walking home, fresh dirt under my fingernails. And I can smell hot asphalt. Cars screech to a halt to let me pass. And I cannot remember what life was like through photographs. Trying to recreate images life gives us from our past." - The Sun, Maroon 5

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Comments on "Hurry up and wait"

 

Blogger dapotato said ... (10:34 PM) : 

yeesh to that dealership! i really can't wait to see this hot new ride now. i am sure it will be all worth it in the end for the new car smell!

 

Blogger WeezerMonkey said ... (10:41 PM) : 

I think the car saga is a good read.

 

Blogger The Daily Randi said ... (11:25 PM) : 

I can't wait to Find Out what kind of car you bought!

But, wait? This is Your First New Car Ever? That is Exciting!

xoxo,
TDR

 

Blogger the wifey said ... (3:32 AM) : 

here's to hoping that it is all totally worth it once you get the exact car that you want... and here's to hoping that nothing happens to the car on the way to the dealership =)

 

Blogger amber said ... (7:43 AM) : 

don't they know that messing with a pregnant woman and her protective husband is a bad, bad idea?!

 

Blogger Sarah said ... (8:13 AM) : 

Sorry for the drama. What is this oh so special color combo? Why must it be so hard? ;)

 

Blogger Nic said ... (10:04 AM) : 

Oh that just sounds crazy making. Fingers crossed that it is resolved SOON.

 

Blogger Katelin said ... (10:40 AM) : 

oh man that is so annoying, it would drive me insane. hope it all works out though, sheesh.

 

Blogger Winnie said ... (12:24 PM) : 

Geez, what a pain. Hope it all works out in the end.

 

Blogger R said ... (12:29 PM) : 

I used to work in auto finance so none of this surprises me. ;) I am happy that you will finally get your car this weekend. And my vote is to wait until the weekend to pick it up. Enjoy yourself and give the dealership time to wash it for you. But don't let anyone else test drive it!

 

Blogger Keely said ... (1:09 PM) : 

Gah! Our last experience with getting a new car was a fiasco so I read this saga with empathy. This has all been very suspenseful though! :)

 

Blogger MrsTwink said ... (3:51 PM) : 

I never want to deal with buying a new car again (but I know I'll have to).

You should start playing up the pregnancy card!

 

Blogger willikat said ... (8:36 PM) : 

ha! i was going to say--the new car smell will be worth the wait!
very much empathetic over here with the whole process!

 

Blogger mrsmogul said ... (3:54 AM) : 

Car dealers are slimey to me. Opps my BIL is one! Anyway, enough about cars let's talk about you! HAPPY EARLY BDAY!! Have a virgin Pina Colada!

 

Blogger Claire said ... (7:10 AM) : 

Oh, car sagas. So much empathy.

Cxx

 

Blogger wan-nabe said ... (10:27 AM) : 

i cannot believe how much crap you've had to endure for this car! :(

 

Blogger Sugar&Ice said ... (10:58 AM) : 

Good grief...this BETTER be some kind of wonderful vehicle!

 

Blogger Trisha said ... (8:06 PM) : 

YES! Definitely use the $500 on a present for you. Make up some kind of stupid stuff they talk about on TLC (a "push" present or something like that). Guaranteed sympathy for a new purse :)

 

Blogger Kay said ... (12:32 PM) : 

how do you like? i think its a pretty fun car to drive and roomy enough for a carseat and grandma =)

 

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