As many of you know, we (Leslie and I) have a knack for buying and selling vehicles. We mostly do pretty well on these deals, sometimes helping others when in need, but mostly filling our vehicular needs rather nicely. We almost always buy used (99%), sometimes we run the wheels off it, get bored with it, our needs and or requirements change, or we just get bored with it.
In our 32 plus years of marriage we have owned well over 40 vehicles. Granted, some of these were company vehicles or at least paid for by a company, so they were as much someone else's as much as ours... Also, living in the middle of nowhere as we have the past 20 years, you tend to rack up miles pretty fast. But I digress...
In that span of time, as I can recall, only once have we had the occasion and opportunity to buy the same car twice. The first time was my very first car which was a '64 Ford Falcon wagon. I had that car in high school, it sat in a field (as someone else's car) while I was in the Marines and Leslie and I bought it back when I got out in '81...
The second time was just this past weekend. When we left the States in February, we were considering a longer stay than what we are actually planning to do now and so we traded in our '93 Lebaron convertible.
In hindsight, we regretted letting that car go for what we had in it and the fun we had with it. Well, as fate would have it, last week I saw it for sale online at the dealer where I traded it in. They had not sold it and I bought it back on Thursday for just about what I got for it when I traded it in. They even made a couple small repairs I had been meaning to do. A good deal for both of us.
My daughter and son in law graciously went by and picked it up today and as happy as they are to drive it already and for the rest of the summer, I am more pleased to have it back. All reports from my daughter are that it is every bit as nice as when we owned it. I knew that. (wry smile)
Sometimes things just work out and while this vehicle is in no way a show room quality ride or anything even close, it's nice to have it back. For my daughter and son in law, enjoy the rest of the summer with the convertible. I'll be back in August for a week and am looking forward to enjoying it again too!
I would very much like to have a convertible here in the desert and there are plenty of them around, but it would draw just a little too much unwanted attention... not a good thing here... besides, I still hate driving here.
In our 32 plus years of marriage we have owned well over 40 vehicles. Granted, some of these were company vehicles or at least paid for by a company, so they were as much someone else's as much as ours... Also, living in the middle of nowhere as we have the past 20 years, you tend to rack up miles pretty fast. But I digress...
In that span of time, as I can recall, only once have we had the occasion and opportunity to buy the same car twice. The first time was my very first car which was a '64 Ford Falcon wagon. I had that car in high school, it sat in a field (as someone else's car) while I was in the Marines and Leslie and I bought it back when I got out in '81...
The second time was just this past weekend. When we left the States in February, we were considering a longer stay than what we are actually planning to do now and so we traded in our '93 Lebaron convertible.
In hindsight, we regretted letting that car go for what we had in it and the fun we had with it. Well, as fate would have it, last week I saw it for sale online at the dealer where I traded it in. They had not sold it and I bought it back on Thursday for just about what I got for it when I traded it in. They even made a couple small repairs I had been meaning to do. A good deal for both of us.
My daughter and son in law graciously went by and picked it up today and as happy as they are to drive it already and for the rest of the summer, I am more pleased to have it back. All reports from my daughter are that it is every bit as nice as when we owned it. I knew that. (wry smile)
Sometimes things just work out and while this vehicle is in no way a show room quality ride or anything even close, it's nice to have it back. For my daughter and son in law, enjoy the rest of the summer with the convertible. I'll be back in August for a week and am looking forward to enjoying it again too!
I would very much like to have a convertible here in the desert and there are plenty of them around, but it would draw just a little too much unwanted attention... not a good thing here... besides, I still hate driving here.
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