You may remember that Jackson purchased Grandpa Jack's old truck back when he was 15 years old. That beloved old truck has served him very well and continues to serve as the vehicle that pulls the horse trailer. But, a 3/4 ton truck with an 8.1 liter engine is not doing too well on gasoline for in town driving, as you might imagine. Since we simply must have that truck last as many years as possible (so that we can continue to pull the horse trailer) and since the operating costs have gotten so high (think 8-10 mpg!!!!) we decided it was time to try to find a better option for Jackson. He is definitely a truck guy, but we just couldn't afford another truck (even used trucks are sky high!) and felt that really wouldn't help enough with gas mileage, so we began to look at cars. As it turns out, this is a pretty good time of year to do just that!! We found a
2013 Chevy Malibu greatly discounted and with a terrific APR and warranty and drove it home today! How exciting!
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| Marvin and Daddy talking to our salesman, Mike. |
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| Jackson on the lot with his new car |
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| checking it out... |
Of course, we do things in groups around here, especially when it involves someone getting a new car. :) Grandma and Grandpa loaded up and went down with us to check out the car and they ended up finding one they like as well! Who knows, they might be back down to that dealership in the near future. :D
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| Mama trying out a Buick Encore... it is like a Baby Enclave!!!! |
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| there is a gleam in their eyes!! :) |
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| It is SO pretty!! |
One funny coincidence... on the way down we were talking about a favorite 'car guy' we knew years ago. He was the fella we bought all our vehicles from and even brought multiple family members to him for their vehicles. He switched industries back in 2009 and we thought he was selling insurance in south Missouri. Imagine our surprise when we walked into the dealership today to see him standing there!! It was wonderful to see him again and catch up, but we sure hated that we hadn't known he was there so that we could buy from him! He was as surprised to see us as we were to see him and, chuckling, acknowledged that his wife was going to be pretty irritated with him. When we asked why he said it was because she had told him to call us a month ago when he started that new job so we would know where he was and that he was selling cars again. He hadn't gotten around to it.... and when he saw us come in he knew what was happening!! :) He had seen our entourage enough times before!! :) Sure enough, he came up to us later and said that he had called his wife and, yup, she was irritated! :D Oh well. We really do have a nice salesman down there (Mike), but would love to send business our other guys way, too. So, if you are in need of a GM product, go talk to Roger at
Bob McCosh Chevy/Buick/GMC/Cadillac!!! He is wonderful!!
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| Got her home... |
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| And he's off! :) |
