Turquoise
09-05-2013, 10:01 AM
Well folks, it was time~~ There was no getting around it~~ It had to be done~~ A silent prayer, a tear or two for the dearly departed~~ An all afternoon session of waiting~~waiting~~waiting~~ For the paperwork to get finished and~~ Finally~~ We have new wheels!!~~
OK, enough with the silliness. We have been putting off trading our 2008 V.W. New Beetle til we really had to. Well, Tue we went to Abilene grocery shopping and on the way a new warning light comes on the speedometer. I look it up & it is an emission system warning. We started having trouble this summer if the outside temps were over 105 the Bug would vapor lock & cut in & out. As long as the fuel tank was between 1/4 & 1/2 full. So we were expecting it was beginning to need repairs. After all we have had it for 5 1/2 yrs and put all of 147,000 miles on the sweetheart with nary a thing done to it! V.W. Beetles are super tough little cars, but awesomely expensive to repair!
Tue after shopping with 2X4 & 2X6 studs & metal siding strapped atop our luggage rack and a hatchback full of groceries we went to the only V.W. Dealership in Abilene to have a look around. They were closing up and the young salesman picking up keys & making sure doors were locked was more than happy to answer our questions. So, Wed morning we go back to Abilene, get the tire that went flat at work 2 weeks ago fixed & back on, eat lunch & then go over to the dealership to see what we can get.
Jerry/hubby wants to try diesel this time since we drive 400 miles round trip on our 4 day work week and fuel is so expensive. We already know from the day before that they have one silver metallic 2013 & one black slightly used (7000 miles) 2013 new Beetle diesel. Being a man, (sorry guys) Jerry wants to test drive the black one and thinks that is the one we should try for. Neither of us care for black vehicles, but we go in & start the long process of paperwork. A little while into the figuring and our salesman Adam who happens to be the same one who helped us the evening before asks "me" (I like this guy!) what other colors do I like instead of the black? I tell him the deep blue one since they don't have turquoise & he says they can't get diesel in that color. He shows me the colors they do have & I ask him what is the deal (already knowing why. See, I'd already told Jerry that these places will work better deals for new than used.) He says because they can give us a way better deal going with a new 2013 instead of the used one. So I pick the color called moonstruck silver metallic which looks more like antique silver and the paperwork continues. Finally the paperwork & all is done at 4:30pm!:th_faint:
Long story short, we drive home in a 2013 top of the line V.W. New Beetle with only using our poor old plain Jane 2008 V.W. New Beetle that we still owed 9 months on as down payment. And we lowered our monthly payments by $40.00! I'm happy with it!!:th_biggrin: The old Beetle was our first new car we ever bought & this makes our 2nd.
This is our 2008 we traded in. These photos actually show what a V.W. Beetle
looks like after tangling with a couple of wild hogs!
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This is our 2013 V.W. New Beetle before it has a chance to meet
up with any hogs.
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OK, enough with the silliness. We have been putting off trading our 2008 V.W. New Beetle til we really had to. Well, Tue we went to Abilene grocery shopping and on the way a new warning light comes on the speedometer. I look it up & it is an emission system warning. We started having trouble this summer if the outside temps were over 105 the Bug would vapor lock & cut in & out. As long as the fuel tank was between 1/4 & 1/2 full. So we were expecting it was beginning to need repairs. After all we have had it for 5 1/2 yrs and put all of 147,000 miles on the sweetheart with nary a thing done to it! V.W. Beetles are super tough little cars, but awesomely expensive to repair!
Tue after shopping with 2X4 & 2X6 studs & metal siding strapped atop our luggage rack and a hatchback full of groceries we went to the only V.W. Dealership in Abilene to have a look around. They were closing up and the young salesman picking up keys & making sure doors were locked was more than happy to answer our questions. So, Wed morning we go back to Abilene, get the tire that went flat at work 2 weeks ago fixed & back on, eat lunch & then go over to the dealership to see what we can get.
Jerry/hubby wants to try diesel this time since we drive 400 miles round trip on our 4 day work week and fuel is so expensive. We already know from the day before that they have one silver metallic 2013 & one black slightly used (7000 miles) 2013 new Beetle diesel. Being a man, (sorry guys) Jerry wants to test drive the black one and thinks that is the one we should try for. Neither of us care for black vehicles, but we go in & start the long process of paperwork. A little while into the figuring and our salesman Adam who happens to be the same one who helped us the evening before asks "me" (I like this guy!) what other colors do I like instead of the black? I tell him the deep blue one since they don't have turquoise & he says they can't get diesel in that color. He shows me the colors they do have & I ask him what is the deal (already knowing why. See, I'd already told Jerry that these places will work better deals for new than used.) He says because they can give us a way better deal going with a new 2013 instead of the used one. So I pick the color called moonstruck silver metallic which looks more like antique silver and the paperwork continues. Finally the paperwork & all is done at 4:30pm!:th_faint:
Long story short, we drive home in a 2013 top of the line V.W. New Beetle with only using our poor old plain Jane 2008 V.W. New Beetle that we still owed 9 months on as down payment. And we lowered our monthly payments by $40.00! I'm happy with it!!:th_biggrin: The old Beetle was our first new car we ever bought & this makes our 2nd.
This is our 2008 we traded in. These photos actually show what a V.W. Beetle
looks like after tangling with a couple of wild hogs!
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This is our 2013 V.W. New Beetle before it has a chance to meet
up with any hogs.
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