I LOVE that color! When we got the new Windstar, back in 2000, we bought it sight unseen. I’d driven a few used ones, but we hadn’t even considered a new one until SirKit started thinking about the small difference between the price of a low mileage, slightly used one, and a new one. We had told the salesman what we wanted in a van, and he called one afternoon, and asked if we’d consider a new one, and he mentioned the Sport Model. He quoted a great price, then gave me the color choices. I went with the red, and three days later, the afternoon before we were going to take it on the road to take David to college, we went to pick it up. The first I saw it was when they drove it around to the front door for us to pick it up. We really enjoyed that van!
Well...been to the dealership. They didn’t offer me what I hoped in trade...mostly because of scrapes and dings, they said. And they wouldn’t budge on the amount. I’m rethinking the trade-in deal. Yes, they’d recondition it and sell it like that, which kind of makes me feel good...but I think I could easily get twice what they offered in a private sale. It’d be a headache and scary is all. I’ve never sold a car like that, except to my brother.
But it’s worth considering. Even if I had to get a rental car for a short while, it might be worth it.
The numbers worked even so, though. I tentatively put my name down for the next Vivid Blue automatic they get in.
So there’s that!