We've had an interesting last few days... full of car salesmen, excitement and disappointment...
So........ putting our "house finding" on hold for another year ... I told Dennis maybe we should concentrate on getting a second vehicle... with the whole ... Nathan's issues ON TOP of Noah's... and having Noah and Calahan in 2 different schools this year... Noah will probably be bussed, BUT Cal isn't - and his is farther - and he can't exactly right his bike hauling his Trombone...
This all started, pretty much, because I was tired of sitting around the house on Thursday... but I didn't say anything until we were walking around Shopko and I told him pretty much what I said above. Well, not for those reasons, but I said because of Nathan's appointments... I have had to reschedule so many appointments because of gas issues... why waste the gas to drive Dennis in, drive back, do what I need, drive back in to pick him up after work, drive back... and I have two boys that get very sick very quickly in the heat (which we don't have right now) ... Anyway... Dennis and I agreed to look around, but on the drive home, Dennis decided to stop at BUCK TRUCK & AUTO on our way home... they are having a "Liquidation" sale of some sort, of repossessed vehicles... Their ad's said first 3 months of payments is "free" ... works with bad credit, ect and so on...
The first truck we looked at (Thursday/Friday) ..
It's a 2004 GMC Canyon - Crew Cab ... It was a nice truck,
however, when I saw it - I was NOT impressed. I like trucks, have a *thing* for trucks really. This was a small truck... small bed, fits five snug (can I really see 2 carseats in there? If not THREE?? I donno)... but it was in nice condition and had several nice features...
Although, we are not getting it. Our credit is not so good, well, Dennis' isn't so good and I guess I am a "ghost" (Hello, My name is Casper!) ... I have no credit at all. So originally when Dennis spot with the sales guy "Ken" ... he was told he was approved, no problem. That he had a truck in mind for him ... said it was in our price range ($200-$250 a month) and that it was a crew cab (the only limitation I put on Dennis getting a truck was it HAD to be an extended cab. A "Crew Cab" is an actual 4 door - all open the same way, instead of the double open of an extended cab.) ...
This sounded AWESOME... right up our ally... I wanted to do this on our own without asking my Mom for help. See - my mom has helped me out SO MUCH and so has my Step-Dad, through the years. Before my divorce, after, and since... Dennis and I are trying to get on our own two feet...
But then, after all this good news.... we go back there and are told ... we need a co-signer, someone who has had an auto loan in the last 10 years sometime... but then he says "just get anyone, doesn't matter their credit" ... So after a few calls, I break down and text my mom, asking her to call me on her lunch break - which she does. I explain to her what is going on, and that after finding out HOW much the truck is (which we never got a straight answer on yet) and make sure the payments are in our range... IF that all falls into place, if I could use her as a co-signer... she says yes... so I gather up her info (all of which I had in various places) and go on about things... until Dennis gets home from work.
The whole time, I'm talking to two of my friends thinking... this just doesn't *FEEL* right.. this isn't sitting right in my gut ... and I actually refered to it as a "bait and switch" ploy because the truck he told us about, and the "price" he was thinking about Thursday - were two totally different trucks, but kept pushing this other truck on us, and never once offered anything else...
Don't get me wrong, the truck is nice... just not the truck I would have picked out.
So we get there after Dennis comes home... and we're there for about 90 minutes. We took a test drive, it was alright. The inside didn't have many bells and whistles as the outside, but it was okay. I pulled out the "inspection" card from the glove box as I'm snooping and looking at all the compartments ... and it says that they wanted 20,000 for it
Ahhhhhhh .... WHHHHHHHHHATTTTT??????????
So for the um-teenth time... we ask "Ken" how much the truck is... all he tells us is that "I'll find out how much is left on it, it's whatever is left on the loan" ... but does he ever give us a number? Ahhhhhh ... no, and we ask him 20 times. Seriously. We ask him what the payment is going to be, and finally he says "well 200-250 is pretty much a small car, and 300-350 is a better car ... " and blah blah... I'm like, I was right. He's trying to hose us....
Bastard...
So after they come back and say that my mom's credit is "not good enough" .. he says "she has good credit but she only has a few credit cards on there and it's just not enough - do you know anyone with better credit" ... I say "my step-father but I am trying not to ask him" ... "Do you want me to call him?" they ask... I looked at him like he had just bite the head off a chicken and said "NOOOOOO" ... gawd, much rude or anything??? .... pretty much 10 mintues later, we were gone.... GOODBYE TRUCK... Goodbye... I wasn't impressed with your fake "I wanna be a truck" self anyway...
Dennis however is upset... upset that he was hosed, upset that he got the run around... upset he got his hopes soooooooooo high, only to be crushed ... grrrrrrr....
So ... why do we need a truck?
- we need a second vehicle for reasons:
- 1: medical with Noah and Nathan
- 2: school for Noah and Cal
- 3: work for Dennis
- 4: so I don't go insane in the same 4 walls
- we need something more reliable with my '94 van
- it would be nice to have something to haul things in
- Trucks are sexy (ha ha - that's my own personal reason)
- Something that will LAST
So... we thought - for about a nano-second last night - screw it... we'll finish getting caught up on bills... and blah blah... we've lived without a second vehicle now for ... over a year...
But NO... the more I thought about it ... the more I thought... this is just wrong, I've had to reschedule appointments so many times, because it was better for Dennis to take the van to work that day - or whatever.. but then I'm like, but with the kids starting school first week of September... Noah is getting bussed due to his disabilities.. Calahan (who's school is farther) is NOT getting bussed, and he has a big arse trombone!! He can't ride with that trombone, trust me, he TRIED.. lol.. "This one time, at Band Camp....... " no no it wasn't anything like that...sheesh people!!
So ... Dennis got on the net this morning and started looking... and found a truck more in our price range... called the guy... we went to look, and I found a truck I liked better. The moment I saw the truck, my head snapped around, and I said "What about that one? I lliiiiiiiike that one" ... teehee...
So he looked at this one with a lift kit that needed a step stool to get into ... and this other one that he had seen... and then he looked at my gut instinct and said... "yeah, I like this one the most too" ..
The front seat... this actually will seat 6 people comfortably (or at least, us two and 4 kids, including carseats!) ... the backseat (the pictures under) has drink holders that fold out too
Sooooooo ... I drooled, he drooled... and then I called my mom to see if she would still be willing to co-sign. The boys loved it ... Noah yelled "we like the truck" into the cell and even said ... "can we take it home" ...
So - we should, hopefully - know more on Monday. :::Crossing Fingers:::Crossing Toes:::
Link w/ more pics:
http://www.getauto.com/vehicledetail/adid-10258207/2000/dodge/ram-1500-slt-laramie-qc-4/cadott/wi
but my smile is awful cute!!
Calahan says "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" He wanted his hair cut.... his school pics are on Thrusday!
Noah had a melt down the SECOND he heard hair cut. We've been trying to prepare him over the last couple of weeks... he does NOT want anyone else doing it... and really didn't even want Dennis doing it - only wanted me to. But he still had a melt down...
See... he tried to escape the bathroom (where the hair is mutilated - bawhhahahha)
Watching Calahan get his hair cut, AFTER Mom thinned the thick head down so that when Daddy Dennis does buzz it, it won't pull so much because it's so thick... 
Calahan giving his curls to the garbage...
Noah after (he wigged out a bit, but otherwise did VERY well!!)
Calahan's after mug shot... 
Nathan's reaction with waiting...
