We’ve owned lots of vehicles in the past–cars, minivans, even a station wagon. But we just took a major step (for us, anyway) and got our very first really nice vehicle a couple of days ago.
Since I got approved for my disability (and since we have a more stable income than we did previously), we figured it was about time for us to (gulp) get a vehicle that required a monthly payment. Before, we had always just paid for our vehicles–anywhere from $500 to $1500–and then ran them into the ground. Oddly enough, our $500 minivan lasted longer than any other vehicle we had, lasting about a year and a half. Everything else pretty much died within a year.
Well, now we have an actual car payment.
Our credit wasn’t that good (ok, we actually had pretty much no credit), so the interest rate we got wasn’t the best–but, it wasn’t the worst, either. And, our new van is super nice.
We are now the very proud owners of a 1999 Dodge Caravan–it looks pretty close to that picture over there. It’s one of those 4-door minivans, which is sooo nice. It has air-conditioning–a first for us. :) The perks and gadgets and little things this minivan has are just so cool! And it looks brand new, too, other than a couple of scratches on the outside. The interior is beautiful–so clean and new-looking. The mileage isn’t too bad–especially considering that it is a minivan, not a car.
Our whole family is just over the moon about this van. :) The kids love that it has tinted windows (not overly tinted, though). Cle loves the way that it drives (and the stereo/CD-player, of course). It just feels so incredibly nice to have a family vehicle on which we can rely–not one which we will be constantly worried about.
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