Guess you read my new car buying posts..... LOL!! I HATE buying a new car since my good friend retired as General Mgr. of the Dealership where we used to live - he always treated me right. Now I am in the same boat as everyone else and subject to the whole jerk-around routine by the Dealer's. I made the best deal I could over a two day period. I have zero patience to squeeze another hundred or two out if it takes me another 3-4 days to do it - my time and my sanity is more valuable. What bothers me to to no end is the games they and we have to play just to buy one!!

Another important factor is my wife was carless at the time of the new purchase. I traded in her Buick LaCrosse (got a good deal I could not turn down) and either I would have had to chauffeur her around to all her weekly shopping spots, errands, etc. or would have had to rent her a car. Getting a new vehicle sooner than later was probably less expensive in the long run. Certainly easier on me - lol!