Wednesday, January 21, 2009

New Used Car

It all started last week in the form of an email...

From: Royer, Christan Michelle
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:52 PM
To: Royer, Todd V.
Subject: Honda dealer

Two things:
  1. Put on your calendar that we have to take the Accord in for the 150K service on Tuesday 2/3/2009.
  2. They have a 2005 Accord, all leather, loaded on the website for $15,995. It doesn’t list the miles, but if not too high, that would be a really good deal. Plus, it has heated seats which is on my list to have in my next car someday.

cmr

From: Royer, Todd V.
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:38 AM
To: Royer, Christan Michelle
Subject: RE: Honda dealer

Why don’t we just buy the Accord for your birthday. Then you’ll have heated seats.

I have been interested in upgrading my 1999 Honda Accord with 145,000 miles for awhile. Over the last year, I have been casually looking and checking out cars around town and at the dealership. I pretty much narrowed down what I was looking for, so it made the search easy. I am a fan of the Honda Accord, but I do not like the new 2008 body style. In terms of upgrading, I wanted to do so by several years, so that left me with a used Honda Accord between 2004 and 2007. I knew I wanted one with low miles and as many options as available. When I called about the 2005 Accord I was sad to learn it was above my threshold for miles, but the salesman told me about a newer 2007 Accord they had and it sounded perfect. Low miles and heated seats! Sign me up! I drove by and looked at it, test drove it multiple times, and did a lot of online research. Although my 1999 Accord was running just fine and I didn't need a newer car, I decided to upgrade. I figure this is my way of stimulating the economy. Plus, Todd is lacking in birthday present ideas and I will gladly take this one!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a kick ass birthday present! :) And I like red! Not so typical for a Honda.

Anonymous said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
Anonymous said...

Great post abt Used Car, Buying Used Vans or used car is a good decision always and it allows you to have more attribute in your car and in low cost.

Nikki said...

Nice birthday present! I loved the car! :)