The hunt for wheels
February 9, 2009Mr.C. and I spent all day Saturday checking out new wheels. We test drove a boatload of cars. The only one that I got excited about was a Nissian Xterra but apparently Nissian isn’t very worried about the economy because they were not offering any good deals… even on 2008s! We are not about to pay high finance charges when there are companies offering 0% along with other incentives!
I’ve always been a Chevy girl except for when I fell hard for that beautimous pearl white Dodge Stealth back in my ‘when I was cool’ stage of life. Now I have to be more practical and think about how many plants or rocks I can fit in the cargo area. I also need to think about back seat comfort for the Capris when they come to visit! Unfortunately, Chevy doesn’t have an economical SUV to offer.
So after a full day of driving and comparing I came home a bit discouraged.
Ford had an add in the paper on Sunday for zero financing so I’m back to thinking about an Escape. I liked it ok in a test drive, but can’t say I fell in love with it. We’ll see what the salesgirl I spoke with can come up with for me. We might just end up going the used route if no extra special good deals come up. In the meantime I’m stuck driving the big gas-guzzling redneck truck.
When I was looking for a car, I found Consumer Reports online had good info on both new and used cars.
I can’t say enough about my man-van…
Anyhow, thanks for stimulating our economy…maybe you should wait until some sort of stimulus program comes out…supposed to have incentives for car buyers