What a day!

[xviciousx]

So I goto this dealership today to test drive a Mustang GT they had there (2001 with 55k miles). The Mustang was a piece of shit but they had a couple other cars on the lot that I wanted to test drive. I wasn't happy with any of them but I ran into a pretty little Neon SXT. I've never been a fan of Neons but I decided to test drive it anyway since I was there.

Just sitting down in it was absolutely comfortable. I'm 5'9" 160lbs. and I fit in the driver's seat like a champ. The transmission is so smooth that shifting felt almost like an automatic. Everything in this car is great. I look down at the mileage, 4300.

I drive it back and ask more information. 2005, black paint, 4k miles on it, but they wanted 15k for it. See, I'm a nice guy. So I don't do well with car dealers. My mother is a bitch. I told them I was going to get some lunch and come back, went and got her.

Bought it for 12k late in the evening. I told her there was almost no gas in the car and it was dirty, so maybe I should come back. She gave me an "IOU" from the dealer for a tank of gas and a clean up job that I will be cashing in on Monday morning before my surgery.

If you want them that badly, I'll take a couple pictures when I get up tomorrow, but I will definately post pictures Monday after it's all cleaned up.


It's teh sexay. Makes me look better.

[jibbijib]

Wow, someones looking out for you...

[xavier3jr]

wow man thats a great deal definatly wont to see some pics when its all cleaned up

[imtheoneandonlyD]

so you went from checking out mustang gts to buy a neon....

[-Jayson-]

12k for a neon SXT? for that price you could have gotten an SRT4. Also like said before how did you got from a mustang GT to a neon?

Those neons are very comfortable cars though. The first time i was in an SXT is really took me by suprise how it seemed to fit around me. The seats are one of the best parts IMO.

Glad your happy.

[G-man422]

Yeah, post some pics when you get a chance. Thats awesome how you got your mom to talk them down to 12k, lol.

[freakray]

Originally Posted by G-man422

Thats awesome how you got your mom to talk them down to 12k, lol.

Yeah, but think about it....needing your Mommy to negotiate for you

Not to mention, market value on the car is closer to $11,500

[LA-CUSTOMS]

lol owel atleast you got what you wanted dude !! and yeah get some pics on the go when its done but put it in the right catagory or dis will probly jus end up gettin moved or somthin ! lol

[xviciousx]

The Mustangs they had went as follows:

2001 V6 Mustang: hood wouldn't stay shut. I'm guessing it was in a front end collision.

1997 Mustang GT: nice car, but had 110k miles on it.

1998 Mustang GT: as above but only 95k miles on it.

1996 Mustang Cobra: loved driving this car, but then I realized my insurance would go through the roof and it had a shit ton of miles on it. It was hard to part with this one.

True, the Mustangs were cheaper, but with 4k miles on the Neon, the comfort, and the look I couldn't really refuse it. I had to get out of the car I was in. Look at it this way:

Two weeks ago I was just like Jim Carey's character in Bruce Almighty.
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. I have no bird! I have no bush! God has taken my bird and my bush!"

Now tomorrow I'm getting my Lasik done, I have a car that I think is sexy and fun to drive, it has the audio package in it (the dealership didn't know, I found out when I got home, popped the trunk to put tools in it and saw a ten inch sub), and I'm happy with it. I bought a pretty little bush, now all I need is a bird to come sit in it.

If anyone here has photoshop and the ability to blur license plates send me a message, unless it really doesn't matter if you see my plate. I don't care, but everyone else does it so I wonder if it actually is important to blur them online. I'll give you some dirty pictures tonight, and clean ones on Monday, cuz I'm that nice of a day.

And freakray, I know what you're saying, and I feel stupid for it, but I've never bought from a dealership until yesterday, but now I know what to do, and won't need her anymore. I'm happy she came and got me the price, otherwise my payments would be very hard to pay every month with my income as a preschool teacher.

[G-man422]

Originally Posted by xviciousx

I'll give you some dirty pictures tonight, and clean ones on Monday,

LMAO!! that's funny as hell!

[Rally Sport]

Theres no real need to blur out your liscence plate, mainly because its no different from people seeing it on the street. I honestly have no idea why people think that since they post it on the internet, its any different from people seeing it everyday when you drive..

[xviciousx]

Originally Posted by Rally Sport 92

Theres no real need to blur out your liscence plate, mainly because its no different from people seeing it on the street. I honestly have no idea why people think that since they post it on the internet, its any different from people seeing it everyday when you drive..

Yeah that's my view on it... I guess the only difference is that online you can keep the photo or alter it or whatever... I just don't get it. Let me dig around for my digital camera and I'll have pictures up in a few hours.

[2.2 Straight six]

aren't some neons stupidly quick? i heard an SRT-4 can run low 13s or something, anyone confirm this?

nice deal on it, glad you got what you wanted. i've always liked the neon design. cars are better when they fit the driver. the golf in my sig fits me like nothing else, but it's my dad's and i dont think i'll ever get it.

[xviciousx]

the srt-4 I've personally seen beat a WRX (not an STi) with ease in the quarter mile. 230hp and very light weight. I consider it a death trap though.

[xviciousx]

Note to self: Taking pictures of a black car at night = dumb. Tomorrow's clean pictures will be during the day, no worries.