the lost car wash

One of the perks of buying our new Jetta at the dealership we bought it at was that we get a free car wash every Saturday morning. Luckily the dealership is right in front of our house! Mind you we went all over town before we went to that dealership to look at cars. Today was the first time we decide to use the free car wash. I wasn't sure exactly how it was going to work, but it did. We got our car washed. The wash was really nice too. They did it by hand and detailed the outside of the car. They even shined the tires! So nice. The one problem with that is the fact that it takes a little longer than the five minute auto wash at the gas station. When we took it in they said about an hour to an hour and a half. We decide to go grocery shopping in that time frame. Everything is like a two minute walk from our apartment. Life is good. So good. When I went back I wasn't sure what I was suppose to do. I saw that they were still washing a Jetta. Not thinking about the fact I was at Volkswagen Dealership and there are lots of Jetta there, I thought it was mine. It was an older Jetta too. So I just waited outside while they finished up the wheels. When they pulled it out they were like here you go. I got a good look at it and realized it wasn't mine. I was like my bad, not my Jetta. I looked around for a second and couldn't even see my car in the back lot where they kept the car they were washing and working on. I finally asked someone what was up and they were like oh, go check with the cashier to get your keys. Not knowing where that was I ended up going to a couple different people before finding the cashier. As I got my keys I asked her where they might have put my car. She said to check along the side and back. Having already checked there I was thanks. Walking out the side doors to check if it was over there I noticed a nice looking Jetta parked out front of the dealership. Oh yes, my car was looking so fine they put it out front to attract customers. It's nice to have a good looking car that runs really good.

wordless wednesday - beauty

car quest

This past week has been a rollercoaster of a week. Our car died last Saturday. It’s still in the shop, waiting for a part to come in. Since our car has been giving us to much trouble lately we’ve decide to start seriously looking for a new car. Unfortunately our budget for a new car is small, but we should hopefully find one. We’ve already had some funny experience this week car shopping.

While looking on the internet we found this sea green ‘04 Honda Civic that looked like a good deal. It had a few miles on it, but you have to except that in our price range. Well over the course of a few days I went over and checked out the car. It looked good, I talked to the guy and it seemed like an okay car. The carfax looked okay on it. There was nothing major on it. So I took Allison a couple of days later to look at (with our schedule it’s hard to get to car dealers at the same time). She looked at it and thought it looked good. The car was her favorite color for a car. We decide to take it for a test drive. After getting the keys we sat down in the Civic. It felt good. There was a little fabric damage, but not much. I went to put my seatbelt on and as I locked it in, it flew back up at me. The driver side seatbelt did not work. Who tries to sell a car that is illegal to drive? Yes, in Indiana they will pull you over and ticket you for not having a seatbelt on. First thing we didn’t like about it. We decided to still see how it ran though. As I pulled out and touched on the brakes, I heard a bit of crunching. Of course, the civic would need brake work. The civic was turning more and into a bad buy. This was making us sad. We both love Honda so much, and to find a relatively new one for a good price was a dream. We thought maybe the Lord was guiding us to our first car purchase together, but no it wasn’t. Oh way does buying such an expensive purchases have to be so hard. So the quest for a new car continues.