We found THE car over the weekend....well, almost. Went to the bank last night and signed the papers; we didn't finance through the car dealer.
So.....we went to a dealer on Saturday and they gave us a great deal on the Tucson; their offer was better than anything we had found anywhere. The only problem was that they didn't have the car in Garnet Red. They had a gorgeous (well, to me, anyway) Tucson in Graphite Grey and that would have been my second choice. It had everything in it that I wanted, including the remote starter.
The salesman said he'd check with other dealers. (Evidently, you can't order a car from Hyundai; they just check in with other dealers for the vehicle you want.) They found a red Tucson Limited AWD with the package (panoramic sunroof, nav screen, etc), but it didn't have the remote starter. No problem, they could bring the car in and install the starter....and they said that would be at no extra cost. We made plans to go down tonight (Wednesday) to pick up the car.
Except, the salesman didn't get to work right away yesterday (a family emergency....and that's ok, things happen). But when he got to work last night, the other dealer had never called back to confirm that they still had the red Tucson. The salesman will call today to find out what's going on. But now with the holiday, it will probably be next Monday before we can bring the new car home. Darn it.
But really, that's OK, too, I guess. I'm just a little impatient.
We didn't trade Clarence in. Rick said he just didn't have the heart to do that to me.
Clarence wouldn't have been worth much as a trade-in anyway, not at this point. So we'll keep him.
And the Tuscon? Her name will be Hannah.
She become Hannah right from the first moment I test-drove her the first time.
So.....we went to a dealer on Saturday and they gave us a great deal on the Tucson; their offer was better than anything we had found anywhere. The only problem was that they didn't have the car in Garnet Red. They had a gorgeous (well, to me, anyway) Tucson in Graphite Grey and that would have been my second choice. It had everything in it that I wanted, including the remote starter.
The salesman said he'd check with other dealers. (Evidently, you can't order a car from Hyundai; they just check in with other dealers for the vehicle you want.) They found a red Tucson Limited AWD with the package (panoramic sunroof, nav screen, etc), but it didn't have the remote starter. No problem, they could bring the car in and install the starter....and they said that would be at no extra cost. We made plans to go down tonight (Wednesday) to pick up the car.
Except, the salesman didn't get to work right away yesterday (a family emergency....and that's ok, things happen). But when he got to work last night, the other dealer had never called back to confirm that they still had the red Tucson. The salesman will call today to find out what's going on. But now with the holiday, it will probably be next Monday before we can bring the new car home. Darn it.
But really, that's OK, too, I guess. I'm just a little impatient.
We didn't trade Clarence in. Rick said he just didn't have the heart to do that to me.
And the Tuscon? Her name will be Hannah.
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