Sunday, March 22, 2009

Upgrade!

This weekend in the middle of all the SXSW craziness Madelyn and I bought a new car...

Some of you may say, "Didn't you just BUY a car"?

Yes, we did... but a quick story:

When our beloved Subaru got totaled we only had one week to find a new car before we lost the rental car that the insurance company gave us. At the time Madelyn worked until 7 every night, so that left one hour every night to try and find a car. We ended up with the Saturn VUE, which we loved, but we both agreed when we bought it that it wasn't a long term car. Well, for a number of reasons we have upped our search for a new car the past few months. Madelyn has her dream car she wants, a charcoal Volvo XC-90. Obviously, that's a little out of a our price range, so we continued the search anyway. We looked at Honda CRVs, newer Saturn VUEs, Mazda CX-7s, etc. (while all the time searching the Internet for a great price on an XC-90)... basically, at this point, we can tell you every make and model of any car on the road. Well, all of our dedication paid off... we actually found a great deal on an XC-90.... and to top it off... it's charcoal. Not only that, but it has leather interior, a sunroof, three rows of seats (the third folds down), and a DVD player! We went in Saturday, traded in the VUE and drove away in an XC-90!

Some of you might be saying, "Did Cody and Madelyn win the lottery?" No, we didn't, it's a 2005 (older), so it's got a few miles... so, it's not brand new or anything. But a Volvo should last forever (we're hoping). The best part? Our monthly car payments remain the same! That's right, we traded in the VUE for an XC-90 and we get to pay the same amount each month. I'm so glad we never gave up! We just searched and searched for MONTHS and finally found a great deal on our dream car (it had only been on the lot for 4 days!). Anyway, here are some pictures of the new car!









Now that we own a Volvo we are officially these people:


3 comments:

JB said...

As someone that has owned 3 Volvo's I can tell you they do last forever and are great cars. Why 3 you ask? Because I've totaled 2. Yes The Volvo. The untotalable...I've done it twice. But this is more a statement on my driving then the Volvo.

Barb said...

If you only had braces...


Congrats on the new car!

Me said...

Might be the best show ever. Do you subscribe to magazines?