Tuesday, January 27, 2004
All right. I've been gone for a while. It's been a very busy weekend. On Friday, I went and got a deed for a property that I got at a tax auction back in November. On Saturday, I went to a local auction company and bought two cars. Both of them Dodge Intrepids.
I paid 1,200 dollars for the '96, and it's a bad car. Really bad. It's got over 200,000 miles and has some serious steering problems. It's also smoking a little bit. I'm not sure what's causing it. I only bought it because it was so cheap. According to KBB, I might be able to re-sell it for $2,800. (If I can fix its problems.)
I paid 3,500 for a '98, and it's a pretty nice car. Actually, the only thing that I can see wrong with it is that it has a cracked windshield. I can expect to be able to sell it for $3,995.
So I didn't do too badly. I've paid less than I should expect to pay at a car lot, even if I have to eat the price of the worse car.
Of course on Sunday, I was busy getting the cars of the lot. When Monday, came I passed out. I work nighs and all the events during the days really cut into the sleep time. It also hasn't helped my back much. Big-time-corporate-antichrist has been cutting hours because of the January slowdown in business. Hopefully, I can exercise my back enough on the three days off I have this week and not have to wear the back belt again.
This car expenditure has really cut down the savings. I'm going to need to get serious about building up the funds. I'm still on schedule but I have pretty much blown my surplus. I need to try to get some money back on that bad one.
I paid 1,200 dollars for the '96, and it's a bad car. Really bad. It's got over 200,000 miles and has some serious steering problems. It's also smoking a little bit. I'm not sure what's causing it. I only bought it because it was so cheap. According to KBB, I might be able to re-sell it for $2,800. (If I can fix its problems.)
I paid 3,500 for a '98, and it's a pretty nice car. Actually, the only thing that I can see wrong with it is that it has a cracked windshield. I can expect to be able to sell it for $3,995.
So I didn't do too badly. I've paid less than I should expect to pay at a car lot, even if I have to eat the price of the worse car.
Of course on Sunday, I was busy getting the cars of the lot. When Monday, came I passed out. I work nighs and all the events during the days really cut into the sleep time. It also hasn't helped my back much. Big-time-corporate-antichrist has been cutting hours because of the January slowdown in business. Hopefully, I can exercise my back enough on the three days off I have this week and not have to wear the back belt again.
This car expenditure has really cut down the savings. I'm going to need to get serious about building up the funds. I'm still on schedule but I have pretty much blown my surplus. I need to try to get some money back on that bad one.
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