Madness Around Here!!: Time for Change!!

I just knew this day was coming soon. It was kind of sad but in other ways I was kind of happy. Well it was time to make a change! A change to trade in the old and get something new!

Yea that's right we traded in my 2006 Nissan Maxima

It had 83,000 miles on it but it was falling apart by the day. I just had the AC fixed or so I thought well last week we figured out that the compressor was going out. ( I just payed the Nissan dealership to fix it and when I talked to them they said they fixed the leak and recharged it. That only cost $500.00. Crazy) Then Bry went to open up his door and the handle broke. When I had it worked on a few weeks ago they told me that the engine needed a complete over haul on it and it would take 2 days for them to do and $1500.00. So Mac and I decided that we maybe should think about getting something new!

So the other day we found something we really liked and we made the move! It scares me to do stuff like this but we did it! I haven't had a car payment in a few years now but that all came to a quick end!

Bry has a hard time with change and he didn't like to see the car go. So his little soft heart just cried and cried for a little bit. But after a little while he was OK about getting a new car!

Mac and I have been looking at a couple models of vehicles for a few weeks now. I really wanted a crossover type of vehicle and I didn't want large payments (hahaha I know I know. Purchasing a new car comes with a large payment right!!) Anyway after test driving a few vehicles and wheeling and dealing with the car dealer we finally agreed and we bought a Ford Edge!!

We actually got a really good deal on it!

The sticker price was $38,000.00. But Mac qualifies for the X- Plan through work. So the X-Plan dropped the price down to $33,000.00. Then since its a 2012 model and they are trying to get rid of all of their 2012 vehicles we qualified for all of the rebates and then they ended up giving us $9,500.00 for the Nissan. Then I did a little more negotiating with them on the price to where I wanted my payments. So when all of it was said and done we ended up paying $27,000.00 for the Edge. Its not the top of the line nor does it have all the bells and whistles that the 2013's have but it has more than I have ever had in a vehicle. My payments are manageable, and my insurance only goes up $58.00 a year. That's something I can handle! Its so nice and comfortable to drive and I just love the smell of a new car.

So I am pretty happy with my new purchase! I really didn't want to get a new rig (nor did I want a car payment, but the Nissan was getting to the point it was unreliable.)

So it was time to make a change!