Did you know that it is a law that when you turn in car for trade in that the dealer is not allowed to sell the car to another person until after the financing is settled? Neither did I!!!! So, I was surprised to get a call from the dealership and have our good friend Manual, who has been helping us all this time, to tell me that my old plum escort wagon was not only back, but it had a large amount of repairs done on it. Apparently, they sold the car way too soon and ended up having to buy it back from a small dealership that had already put $400 of their own money into fixing it up (which in our money is like $800 or more). What's more is that since the repairs were done and it did not belong to me at the time I did not have to pay for the repairs. They had replaced the broken windshield done a tune up and an oil change, they adjusted the timing belt which needed to be done and it looks like they replaced the thermostat that caused us to overheat and what started the entire buying process in the first place. I can not believe it!!!!! My little plum car is back for now...mostly repaired...and I have use of it to run my errands, until the rest of the financing comes through and then I will try and get the Jeep back. the owner told the mechanics to do the once over very slowly to give us time to check into it all working. If not then we will just deal with it. I am grateful for what has occurred, but surprised at the same time. I thought the license plate put on it was appropriate:
I guess the Goofmobile is back in action!!!!
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Just to let you guys know...if we had waited another couple of days...the car would have been painted a different color. I am glad to have saved the plum!!!!!
That's awesome! I'm sure you miss your old car, but at least you have one that you can run around in! And it's been fixed! Way to go Tammy!
Wow. what a story.
i love that license plate motto!
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