Meet Ruby!

I have some very exciting news!
I bought a car!! Yup, you read that right! A car!

My little sister bought a 2008 Toyota Yaris on Monday. When she went back to the dealership on Tuesday, to sign all her paperwork, I went along. After she was done, she had to go back to work and Dad and I talked with Bryan in financing. I found out I had an impeccable credit score (yay for keeping up with my monthly payments)! Also, since I had recently received my Associate's degree, I was eligible for the Graduate program! Being eligible for that meant I could buy a new car with a very, very low financing rate. Oh, and I was able to trade in my little white Chevy S-10 and got $1,000 for it! Not too bad!

I know you're wondering exactly what car I bought! Here it is!
A 2010 Toyota Corolla!






It was a good time to get out of my truck. Why? It was over 100,000 miles, and probably would have crapped out on me within the next 6 months. The fact we got $1,000 for a trade-in is pretty awesome. The White Knight was a great first car. It got me from point A to point B, it was already paid off, and with the driving I did in high school, it was good for gas. However, now that I'm doing a lot more driving, and I'm going to be working two jobs (one in Hurst, the other in Southlake) every day, I needed a car with better gas mileage.

That's where the Corolla comes in. It gets about 38 miles to the gallon! A huuuuge difference from my truck. I think the truck was only getting about 18 miles? Yeah, I'll be saving a lot of money per month on gas.
Did I mention I got a screaming deal on this car? It's worth $20k, I believe it was listed for $17k and I got it for about $13k! Apparently, it was sitting on the lot for over 300 days. In the dealership business, if a car is sitting on the lot for over 90 days, the dealership has to start paying a ridiculous amount of money just to keep it there. So, they were really anxious to get it off their hands. With my credit score, trade-in, and the graduate program, I will only pay $299 per month. For a brand new car, I think that's pretty good!

Since my truck had a name (The White Knight), I had to name this beauty! Her name is Ruby! My best friend, Diana suggested the name and I loved it! Diana also put some lucky money in my car. She is Greek, and whenever someone buys a new car, they put money in it to bring good luck. So she had put some change under my mats....unfortunately, I forgot to mention this to the dealership when they detailed the car while I was signing my paperwork and they vacuumed up my lucky Greek money. I was actually really disappointed! And I'm not going to ask her to put more change in my car!

I'm really happy about this!! Having a reliable car is such a relief! So, if you're ever in the area and wanting to go out, let me know! I'll definitely want to drive! ;]


Later Days!
Dani