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May 6, 2006
Bought a Car
After doing some follow-up research, I made Adam @ BMW of Seattle an offer he couldn't (ok, he could have, but he didn't) refuse, and we drove the car home this afternoon.
The sun was kind enough to come out for the duration of the drive from the dealer to the ferry, and let me just say, convertibles rock.
It's a Topaz Blue '03 BMW 330ci convertible, pretty much loaded (premium, cold weather and sport packages, steptronic automatic, parking sensors, xenon lights, cd changer), with about 42,000 miles (it's still under the factory warranty). We ended up extending the scheduled maintenance "pre-buy" into the deal since it nearly pays for itself by covering the 60k mile maintenance.
We had planned to pay cash, but BMW offered us a really low rate (4.9%), and a quick consult with our financial virus convinced us to finance half of it and invest the other half. (The theory is we'll come out ahead in the long run.)
The Saturn is parked in the driveway, and in a case of nearly perfect timing, my brother needs a car, so assuming he can find enough in the sofa cushions, and make his way up here to drive it home to Chico, I think we can solve that problem too.
Time to go to Costco and spend more money.
Posted by dberger at May 6, 2006 3:44 PM
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Congrats! Pics please!
Posted by: Anonymous at May 7, 2006 6:36 AM
Mmmm . . . nice cars. That should be fun, eh?
So given the recent changes in work status, I think I'll be wanting to acquire this virus of yours in the next couple months. Wanna send me an email address / phone number / contact info?
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at May 8, 2006 11:08 AM