We were on the road by 8:15 and in Denver a little after 10. First stop was Prestige where we checked out a couple Audi’s for Ty but they didn’t have what we wanted. Next up was a drive by one of Lori’s favorite clothes stores where she ran in to return a pair of pants. Then Ty and I dropped Lori to get her hair done. We then headed back to Neiman to have his suit fitted. Once the tailor came down and started pinning his suit it was clear that it was way too big. Heather, the manager and I decided it just wasn’t going to work. Ty is in that in between size being a 40 long which most manufacturers don’t make. Ty was super bummed but I said let’s go down to Nordstrom. Jag drove down and met us so off the three of us went.
At Nordstrom’s we tried a Hugo Boss suit as we were told they run long. Thankfully it did! After some alterations it’ll be great. Ty found a new pair of shoes, a black t-shirt and some new cologne (both boys like cologne), so we headed out to get Lori. She was still getting her hair done so the boys and I had lunch at a great Aisan place. While I was surfing for cars online and talking with the dealer near Flatirons, I told the girl to give me a number on Jagger’s 2015 Q5 just out of curiosity. A few months ago my Chevy dealer gave me a number way more than it was worth so I thought I’d check. She said she would and we were headed there anyhow to look for a car for Ty.
After arrival we found two really nice, clean Audi A4’s. They wanted around $33K each, or $66,700 for both but the GM knew me from my Chevy dealer and my buddy Matt’s brother in-law runs the service department there. The GM was off but prepped his staff that I was coming. After getting the initial numbers from our salesgirl, Kristi, I said, just let me talk to the manager on duty. She look perplexed a bit but said ok. Apparently she didn’t know who I was, ha. Within 3 minutes, Jay the manager on duty, who knew I was friends with the GM and service manager and was a frequent buyer who understood the car business, agreed to give me both for $57K. He showed me the files on line and I bought both for around $300 more than they had into them. With it being the last day of the month, it’s super important for dealers to hit a monthly number just like it is for me, so it’s always the best day to buy. On top of that, no one ever buys two cars at once! The thing that made this doable for us was they had already given me a number of $18K for Jag’s car. We paid $24K four years ago and as you loyal blog readers know, he’s crunched that thing 3 or 4 times! Also his interest rate was 6% on his current car and I had already secured 2.99% before showing up. This made it a no brainer. Lori and I decided to each finance one car and put each boy on the loan so they can build credit. So, done deal. All that was left was 20 or 30 minutes of paperwork and we’d be on the road. But nooo, that wasn’t to be!
Everything that could go wrong from this point on, did go wrong. Nothing to do with us but with the dealer. Their printers broke, their internet went down, the finance girl messed up printing out the paperwork four times, and they were way short on staff. Over the next 3 hours, yes three freaking hours, we got to know Kristi our salesgirl pretty well. She’s a single mom, her husband died, she has three girls, and she was pretty fun. Without going into it, we knew some of the same people, (we knew some of her customers and most of her bosses) and after waiting so long, it turned comical. I would have left any other dealer as usually when I buy a new car, they have the paperwork ready for me and I’m in and out in about 10 minutes. In the end though, all was good. The boys are both thrilled, as they should be, and we’re paying less for 2 cars than we were for just Jag’s. Both cars are Certified meaning they still have warranties and will be good in the snow as they’re both Quattro’s meaning all wheel drive. By the time we left it was 7:30 pm and finally at 9:45, we pulled into the driveway. Ty made it home 45 minutes after us as he wanted to stop to show his friends.
It was a good day, both boys have new to them, reliable, good cars and we’re off the crunch bucket that was Jag’s car. Ty has his Prom suit and Lori’s hair is all fixed up. Me, well, if the boys and Lori are happy, I’m happy. Time to get moving so we can go to the gym. Hope everyone is safe and well, God Bless.
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