No chance to run today. Stayed up late yesterday - helped my son look for a used car afer work, which took a really long time - going to several dealerships, trying to find something affordable and, hopefully somewhat reliable. It is sometimes difficult to take some of the games the car salesmen play - I totally dislike buying a car! I always feel taken advantage of. We went home with a couple of possibilities and one quote, and once home, went through all the insurance paperwork, some of which requires extensive documentation and notorized forms, so we were all up pretty late. Yes, the remnants of hurricane Fay did us the "favor" of destroying his car when it dumped 6 inches of rain on midtown in the matter of 15 minutes and flooded his apartment complex. It was a blessing in disguise, in a way. Thank God for insurance.
Today (Friday) I took part of the afternoon off to once again help him find a decent deal on a car. One of the credit union employees was extremely helpful, explaining the NADA retail and trade values of vehicles, printing out information on various cars we had looked at, and even called a friend at a dealership who had a car in our price range. Thank God for her - she is a blessing, too. To make another long story short, we did get a pretty good deal at the dealership she suggested, and it helped that she put us into contact with her friend who is a manager there. The "new" car is a 1999 Saab with 102,000 miles, 4 -cylinder engine, and one owner who took good care of it. Affordable. Home at 9 pm.
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