My husbands car is a Nissan Sentra, and it has been acting kind of weird. It isn't very old. I think it's a 2009 model We bought it new, but after 1 year it already needed a new engine. (and he doesn't drive crazy with it either) The company (Nissan) even extended our warranty on it because there were quite a few issues with it. We were trying to hang on to it, so that when he was ready to get another car, we could give it to our oldest, Justin, to use.
Well, life always has to throw a wrench in our plans, doesn't it? Both Chris (hubby) and I have lost faith in this vehicle. Sometimes I would have to drive it and I HATED driving it. Over the past weekend we actually went to a dealership that was closed and looked at some Ford Focus's....and of COURSE we had to check out the Mustangs, how can you NOT look at those....so beautiful! Anyway, I digress.
On Monday, we made up our minds that we were going to our FAVORITE dealership, Columbia Ford/Kia to look at one Ford Focus in particular. Our salesman (Ed Carpenter) who also sold us our Ford Escape (My car) had the car pulled up, ready and waiting for us when we got there. (If anybody local goes there, tell them we sent you and we could each get I think $50.) The boys decided to come with us, so he let all 4 of us go out and take a ride in the car and test drive it. (well, only Chris drove it.) Long story short, we ended up trading in the Nissan plus getting a $1,500 rebate AND another $100 off because we had a Ford Ranger, and got a really great deal....AND lowered our monthly car payment. Pretty good deal if you ask me.
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| I LOVE the women's bathroom at this dealership, it's SO elegant! |
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| I especially enjoy the sign on the wall. ;) |
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So we ended up getting a "Sonic Blue" 2012 Ford Focus. Hubby wanted it to be manual transmission because he missed driving a standard. I think it's great that we have one so that our kids can learn how to drive one. Everybody should have the opportunity to learn how to drive a standard, it can be so much fun once you get it down. Here are some pictures of the car:
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| I think this cute little car looks kind of sporty. |
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| I love the color |
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| Chloe, (our boxer) had to "meet" the new car and check it out. You can see our Escape in the back too. |
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| And it even has a little spoiler on the back. =) |
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| I didn't take pictures of the inside, so I used the ones from the dealership. This is the backseat. |
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| Here's the front....it's REALLY cool at night when everything is lit up blue and white! |
And 2 words for you........HEATED SEATS! That works for me! When I had the Nissan Frontier I had heated seats and I really miss that in the winter.
