We looked at 3 cars in KC. The first I had a bad feeling about in the first 30 seconds of meeting the guy. The car was in really bad shape though and he was acting like a slick used car salesman. I think I discounted him right off. It was fairly obvious.
The second car was not so obvious. It was the Mazda 626 that Katie found online. I liked the way it drove, the transmission was smooth. It had what we wanted on it. The tires needed to be changed though. But, we got it inspected on Monday by our mechanic and he said it needed $1300 worth of work! The salesman on that car would not come down on price, so it also was discarded. And the final car we looked at was a little bit out of our price range. Our trip ended with no car, but we felt that the Lord protected us from buying a lemon. Seemed to me that there was a lot of supernatural guidance especially regarding the final car we looked at. I had a very bad feeling in my spirit about the guy even though he was nice and smooth and polished and the car looked good. That feeling I had was the prime reason I didn't follow up on his car.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Monday, May 15, 2006
Decision Making Part 2
This is an update in our car buying process. Shortly after my last post, I noticed a 1995 Nissan Altima in a local dealership. It looked like a good possibility so I had Katie go test drive it for us. Well, while she was driving it completely broke down! Needless to say, we didn't buy that car!
We thought further about buying Katie's parent's convertable have haven't felt totally good about that. It recently went to the mechanica and needed the cooling fan replaced. It really isn't in the best of shape. This idea is still on the back burner.
I called the dealer in La Plata that my friend recommended and was told he had no cars that fit my description. I also drove my his lot about 2 weeks later and saw nothing.
Therefore, we have had 3 possibilities (as we see it) divinely shut off from us. A fourth still remains though. Katie found a 1996 Mazda 626 online in a dealership in KC. I don't like dealers at all, but this car comes with a warranty and we could get an extra warranty period on it. We are scheduled to test drive it this coming Saturday. I fully expect the Lord to either sell the car before we get there, or have some other prevenative measure happen if He doesn't want us to get it. If this is so, we are back to square one in our car search. I am again not sure what will happen from this point, ie. no inner leanings from God are present as far as I know.
We thought further about buying Katie's parent's convertable have haven't felt totally good about that. It recently went to the mechanica and needed the cooling fan replaced. It really isn't in the best of shape. This idea is still on the back burner.
I called the dealer in La Plata that my friend recommended and was told he had no cars that fit my description. I also drove my his lot about 2 weeks later and saw nothing.
Therefore, we have had 3 possibilities (as we see it) divinely shut off from us. A fourth still remains though. Katie found a 1996 Mazda 626 online in a dealership in KC. I don't like dealers at all, but this car comes with a warranty and we could get an extra warranty period on it. We are scheduled to test drive it this coming Saturday. I fully expect the Lord to either sell the car before we get there, or have some other prevenative measure happen if He doesn't want us to get it. If this is so, we are back to square one in our car search. I am again not sure what will happen from this point, ie. no inner leanings from God are present as far as I know.
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