We heard about Cash for Clunkers on the news and Scott started researching it. It sounded just right for our 1992 Saab. We love, love, loved that Saab! Seriously loved it. We paid $1,500 for that car in Boston. We bought it from a friend in the hopes that it would last us the rest of our time in Boston and then get us across the country. We then packed that car up with all of our belongings and made the big month long trek across the U.S. and Canada to move here. It got us to our new home and lasted 5 1/2 years with no problems! It was a good, good car and we were so lucky to never have a car payment.
The last months of the Saab's life with us though were all downhill. It didn't have air conditioning anymore and Scott was driving to and from work in 90 degree heat with no air. It had no radio. And in the end Scott had to fill it up with water every morning to travel to work and every evening to go home. Even the morning we were to turn it into the dealership we were both just hoping and praying it would start and get to the lot. When we dropped the Saab off Scott actually asked the guy to please not refer to it as a clunker. It was much more to us than that.
We were the second people to do Cash for Clunkers! We were ready. The car had been chosen, a deposit had been made and we just had to fill out the paper work. Then we were off in our brand new car! Yahoo! It has been very exciting for Scott to have all of the luxuries of a real working car. It is definitely his baby! He gets to pump the air and listen to sports radio! He is one happy man with his new car.
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That is so exciting! I didn't think I'd see the day that Scotty would give up his baby!
Socialism at its best!
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