Dreamer’s World May 30 2017 – Changes
The weekend brought lots of changes around here. First of
all, Hal was in Florida from Friday until Sunday due to the funeral of his
Aunt. I took him to the airport on Friday afternoon and then picked him up late
Sunday when he returned. In the meantime, I was on my own and I decided to do
some more looking at cars. I found a 2011 Ford Fiesta with less than 40K miles
on it and I managed to arrange financing through my credit union. Yesterday,
Hal and I went to the dealer and everything is done. All that is left is for me
to take the paperwork from the credit union to the dealer after work today
since yesterday was a holiday. This means that I will be very rushed after work
today with a chiropractor appointment and then getting back to the dealer with
the final paperwork.
I didn’t realize
that things were going to move so quickly. I had given up on the idea of
trading in the Beetle until this vehicle showed up and more importantly, the
financing was lined up to make it doable. I felt guilty about letting go of the
Beetle because it has been a terrific car for the last 5 years, but I also know
that it was on its last legs, or wheels, and would not have lasted much longer
because of its age (15 years). I hope that the Beetle will find someone who
will work on it and keep it going for a long time, but I am not that
mechanically inclined. I will miss the Beetle.
I swore to myself that I would not take on another car
payment, but I realized that this was only a matter of time and that I needed
to make a deal when I still had the option. Thankfully, my credit union was
very reasonable with the terms of the financing and I can manage with the
payments and perhaps get it paid off early. I realize that I am fortunate to be
able to make this change right now. In the past, I would have been faced with
impossible choices, but now I can make them more clearly since I am in better
shape financially. I am glad that this episode is finally over with. I can plan
to take trips now if the mood strikes me because I will not be in fear of the
car not making it all the way.
The new car is a 2011 Ford Fiesta that has less than 38K miles on
it with no accidents from Carfax. Since it is LIME GREEN and a 5-speed, those are the reasons it was such
an inexpensive car.
I am not concerned with the color
and I prefer a manual transmission. It runs like a little demon and that is
what I want. It is only a 4-cylinder, but it does get up and go when it needs
to. The Fiesta also give more storage space with the hatchback than I had in
the Beetle, so the main challenge will be to keep it clean and uncluttered.
This means that the first task once the weather improves will be to take all
the stuff I got out of the Beetle and put into the Fiesta and then dump what I
no longer need from there.
I just returned
from my credit union with the check in hand so I can go and complete everything
this evening. I will not be breaking the bank with the monthly payment and that
is a great relief to me. I will get some pictures of the FIESTA this
evening and tomorrow. It will be better if the sun ever comes out around here.
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