Chris's lease was going to be up in 6 months and we had been talking for awhile about what we wanted to do. We had come to the conclusion that we definitely did not want to keep the CR-V, but we were going back and forth on what type of vehicle we wanted to get. With Chris's new job being in Dallas, I of course wanted to get a car with good gas mileage. Chris on the other hand was convinced he needed to get a truck! Most of you know Chris's history with trucks...flipping my step-dad's huge truck two weeks before the wedding with me and his friends from England in the truck headed home from the airport!
Monday night, Chris decided to look on the dealership's website to see if there was anything he wanted just in case the dealer would let us out of our lease early without any penalties or rollover. Chris found two cars he liked, and at that point made up his mind that we were getting a new car!
He called the dealership on Wednesday and explained the issue with his lease. They said they got people out of their leases all of the time. So, in the ridiculous-degree weather, we dropped Georgia off at my mom's house and headed out for our nearly 2-hour trek to the dealership. The roads were definitely bad, but Chris did a great job of getting us there! Once we got there, the place was absolutely deserted. There were no other customers there, which made for a great selling-point from our end.
We immediately test drove two cars, and within 20 minutes had decided we were going to purchase the Acura TSX. Chris fell in love with its' navigation system and all of its' other bells and whistles. The dealership was ready to shut down early for the day and ended up giving us a great deal just to get us out of there. For once, we stuck to our guns and didn't budge from the number we were looking to stay at!
We are both so excited about the new car, not to mention the fact that I won with the gas efficient car rather than the truck he was looking at :)
It was kind of sad to watch the CR-V drive off. It was the first big purchase we made as a couple. I remember us driving it home from the dealership so excited to show everyone! Luckily I snapped a quick picture before they took it away :(
I haven't had a chance to take any pictures of the new car due to this insane weather, but here are some pictures from the dealership website.
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