Mikey D

I think we met every finance director at the Honda Dealership as they tried to get us to agree to their price. I'm not even kidding; countless Honda employees came over to try to pitch us their best offer. I'm guessing near 10 guys. Anyway, Grace and I are terrible negotiators, which in the end made us great negotiators. Instead of meeting the dealer in the middle (compromising is for pussies), we just kept rejecting offers and sticking with our number, which was well below invoice price.

In the end we ended up settling for a smidge below the invoice price, after the final finance guy in the place came to us frustrated and flat out said they couldn't go any lower, and that they had already went down with the price time and time again. It was almost like they were raising the white flag with us, and I'll be honest, it was a good feeling. I felt like we won. Although they were able to sell a car, so I guess in the end we were both winners, which is how it should be, really.

The car buying process was really a lot of fun. We spent a lot of time researching, so we knew the ins and outs. We started by checking on some used cars, but we didn't see anything we liked. Having Grace with me was beneficial because she put her Enterprise skills to work and was able to pick up damage on cars that I didn't even see. She's damn good at what she does, I have to give her props. In the end we decided to buy new, and I had my heart set on a Honda Civic. We looked at Sentra's too, but the price was comparable, so I just went with one I really wanted.

So my new car. My first grown-up purchase.









~Mikey D