We found our car! Joe picked me up on Friday from work and we took off to Vancouver to look at two Outback's we had found that day. Both were horrible. One was so destroyed inside I wouldn't even sit in it. Dog hair everywhere. Chewed up seats. Saggy looking leather. It was bad. Plus, the place wanted $10,000 and they "don't negotiate, this is our lowest price." Whatever! The other one was nice but we weren't crazy about it. I decided there are two distinct owner groups for Subaru's. Younger, active people and really old people. The second one we looked at was obviously owned by a really old lady. The first one was owned by people probably our age, Mt. Bachelor stickers everywhere, dirt from probably every mountain inside. Not to say that's how we treat our cars but in general, I think younger people are a little harder on them.
Anyway, we left feeling pretty defeated and got on our iPhones and started searching Craigslist to see if there were anymore we could look at since we were down there. And then we found it. Private seller, about 30K less miles than all the others we've been looking at, tinted windows, HEATED SEATS, immaculate. Perfect. I called the guy and he agreed to meet us. We didn't have any money on us but we decided if we liked it we could go get some. As soon as I stuck my nose in it I knew it was the one. The guy has used seat covers since the day he bought it. It looks brand new inside. I ran into the grocery store, we gave him $200 earnest money and we picked it up Saturday. Joe is in love and I am SO happy we finally found one. We were starting to get discouraged. Oh, and it's a manual. And he sold it to us for about $4000 less than he could've gotten for it. Amazing.
Now we can go on our road trip this summer since we don't have to worry about going over on miles. Can't wait till I can turn my car back in on October 5th. Never would've thought I'd love an 8 year old car with 93K miles more than my 2008 with 32K miles. :)
Happy Monday? I wish I loved Monday.....it's definitely not my favorite day of the week. But this week should be really interesting at work. Lots and lots of changes happening, never a dull moment.
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WOOHOO! we're the first kind of subaru owner-but only because we got our subaru well-used for $250, therefore we don't feel too guilty about mucking it up. but my NEXT subaru is going to be immaculate! I promise! haha. Anyway congrats!!!!
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