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Well, we had a narrow escape this Sunday when we went car shopping.
We made the mistake of making eye contact with a dealer, and nearly ended up being bullied into buying a Dodge Neon. Damn, those guys were persistent- willing even to drive the car 60 miles to get title transferred, and the down payment made. If they had some big bruisers, I'm sure that they would have kept us from leaving until we signed or lives away. And the car was such an awful color, too.
We're going to be a bit more cautious next week, and not get roped into buying a car we don't want. We're also going to take a fake blood capsule for RXM to surreptitiously bite down upon; I think even a used car dealer will let us leave if one of us has bloody foam coming out of her mouth.
The good-sorta good- news is that we do qualify for financing, and we can get monthly payments below $200.00. The bad news is that based on 48 monthly payments of $198.00, I get a freaking ridiculous interest rate,one over 30%. I'm really hoping I miscalculated the interest rate.
Does anyone want to check my math there? Or should I just get a relative with excellent credit to co-sign?
We made the mistake of making eye contact with a dealer, and nearly ended up being bullied into buying a Dodge Neon. Damn, those guys were persistent- willing even to drive the car 60 miles to get title transferred, and the down payment made. If they had some big bruisers, I'm sure that they would have kept us from leaving until we signed or lives away. And the car was such an awful color, too.
We're going to be a bit more cautious next week, and not get roped into buying a car we don't want. We're also going to take a fake blood capsule for RXM to surreptitiously bite down upon; I think even a used car dealer will let us leave if one of us has bloody foam coming out of her mouth.
The good-sorta good- news is that we do qualify for financing, and we can get monthly payments below $200.00. The bad news is that based on 48 monthly payments of $198.00, I get a freaking ridiculous interest rate,one over 30%. I'm really hoping I miscalculated the interest rate.
Does anyone want to check my math there? Or should I just get a relative with excellent credit to co-sign?