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I never dared hope I'd be making this post, but we have our dream car at last! 
The whole thing went down in less than 24 hours and was totally unplanned. It has been an exhausting frenzy, quite honestly.
What happened was we got talking about the T again after many months of not even looking for or discussing cars. On a whim Wednesday I searched Auto Trader and a new listing with no pictures came up for a 2004 VMG about 400 miles away.
It was a dealership so we contacted them for more info. They sent pics and overall the car looked good; however, it had a black hardtop and not white as we hoped.
The price was also way too high, even by dealer standards. So we planned to go see it, but I spent a lot of time compiling stuff for comparison to show the dealership they were overpriced by a country mile.
In that process, I came across a private individual ad for another VMG with a white hardtop in CA. Low miles, one owner, CARFAX, the works. And a price that seemed too good to be true. I told hubby that it was surely gone by now but he wanted to call anyway and find out more details.
So he called Wed. night and lo and behold, she still had the car BUT a number of people were coming to see it the next day. He talked to the owner a long time and had a good feeling. When he hung up he told me, "Get me a plane ticket" and at first I thought he was joking, but by 9 a.m. Thursday we were waiting for the credit union doors to open, then we rushed in and got the cashier's check and a letter confirming it was good, and we dashed to the airport and I dropped hubby at the terminal curb.
It was long day waiting for the outcome. He had requested and the prior owner agreed to take it to an independent mechanic first. She even offered to pick him up at the airport though it was a bit of a drive for her.
I was on pins and needles back home because as she was headed to the airport to pick him up in the car, I talked to her at one point on the phone, and she started crying over selling the car. I was afraid she was going to back out at the last minute.
Then I heard nothing for hours. (I had my hands full here though as our water heater died and we were on our third day of no hot water. The plumber had finally fit us in and some other contractors showed up too, which kept me from stewing/pacing too much
)
Late last night, hubby called and said everything went through and he was already halfway to Vegas headed home. It's a two-day drive back but even factoring in the gas, mechanic, and airfare, we still got a jewel of a deal.
Best of all, we got the exact car in the color combo we wanted (VMG with the white top.) It has the standard black interior, so according to the Porthole stats, it is only one of two made in that combination.
Of course we'll post pics as soon as she's home and safely nestled in our garage. It still seems unbelievable, especially since we weren't even that focused on finding one at this point. I had almost given up in fact.
I added her to the registry. I can't wait to see, touch, and drive her.
Besides my husband, you all here are the first to know the story and the outcome.
Cheers!
The whole thing went down in less than 24 hours and was totally unplanned. It has been an exhausting frenzy, quite honestly.
What happened was we got talking about the T again after many months of not even looking for or discussing cars. On a whim Wednesday I searched Auto Trader and a new listing with no pictures came up for a 2004 VMG about 400 miles away.
It was a dealership so we contacted them for more info. They sent pics and overall the car looked good; however, it had a black hardtop and not white as we hoped.
The price was also way too high, even by dealer standards. So we planned to go see it, but I spent a lot of time compiling stuff for comparison to show the dealership they were overpriced by a country mile.
In that process, I came across a private individual ad for another VMG with a white hardtop in CA. Low miles, one owner, CARFAX, the works. And a price that seemed too good to be true. I told hubby that it was surely gone by now but he wanted to call anyway and find out more details.
So he called Wed. night and lo and behold, she still had the car BUT a number of people were coming to see it the next day. He talked to the owner a long time and had a good feeling. When he hung up he told me, "Get me a plane ticket" and at first I thought he was joking, but by 9 a.m. Thursday we were waiting for the credit union doors to open, then we rushed in and got the cashier's check and a letter confirming it was good, and we dashed to the airport and I dropped hubby at the terminal curb.
It was long day waiting for the outcome. He had requested and the prior owner agreed to take it to an independent mechanic first. She even offered to pick him up at the airport though it was a bit of a drive for her.
I was on pins and needles back home because as she was headed to the airport to pick him up in the car, I talked to her at one point on the phone, and she started crying over selling the car. I was afraid she was going to back out at the last minute.
Then I heard nothing for hours. (I had my hands full here though as our water heater died and we were on our third day of no hot water. The plumber had finally fit us in and some other contractors showed up too, which kept me from stewing/pacing too much
)Late last night, hubby called and said everything went through and he was already halfway to Vegas headed home. It's a two-day drive back but even factoring in the gas, mechanic, and airfare, we still got a jewel of a deal.
Best of all, we got the exact car in the color combo we wanted (VMG with the white top.) It has the standard black interior, so according to the Porthole stats, it is only one of two made in that combination.
Of course we'll post pics as soon as she's home and safely nestled in our garage. It still seems unbelievable, especially since we weren't even that focused on finding one at this point. I had almost given up in fact.
I added her to the registry. I can't wait to see, touch, and drive her.
Besides my husband, you all here are the first to know the story and the outcome.
Cheers!
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