Post by Erika on Jan 14, 2009 12:28:12 GMT -5
Part of me wonders if this rant isn't more suited to *gasp* Livejournal, but here goes. Maybe I'll crosspost it. Anyway, you've been warned.
So I need a new car. Sputter is on her last, terminal illness. Step one was supposed to be going to the dealership yesterday to look around, then go to the used lot of the same dealership.
We went to the dealership. We being my mom and I. She was there for consultation and cosigning purposes, as this is my first ginromous purchase that I've had to make. We look at a few cars and test drive two. I decide that I really like the Chevy Cobalt. Good times.
Before I realize it, we're leaving with half of the paperwork done for me OWNING this brand new car. It's really nice, it has all of the features I could possibly want, a few extras that I don't need, and is a lovely color. We didn't even go to the used lot. The ONLY presence of mind I had was to insist I had to sleep on it. Otherwise I might already own the thing.
Then I get home, and by the end of the night I'm wondering what I was thinking. I can't afford this. Sure, I have the cash to put down, and I make enough to afford the payments, but this car is 16 thousand dollars! That's more than I make in a year.
Back to looking online at used cars, at least now knowing that I do like the Cobalt and that's what I want. Finding listings for 2007s that are only about 10k. Of course they aren't brand new. That was an exciting feeling, thinking about owning a brand new car. And chances are I won't be able to find one in the same pretty blue color. But color is NOT WORTH 6 thousand dollars! I have to keep telling myself.
I have to be sensible. The dealer just called to say the credit check had gone through and to try to get me to come in today and finish things up. I had to tell him I couldn't afford the car.
So it's roughly back to the drawing board on searching, but now I know that anything I look at is going to feel like settling, because I found the one I really want, and I have to be sensible and not get it.
I wasn't terribly upset about this until I actually typed it all out, but now I am. I feel horribly conflicted and very lost and unsure of what to do.
Ironic to be moaning about this on the comic forum, because if we were a popular webcomic, like Something Positve, all it would take would be a general plea on the front page for donations to come pouring in and both my and Lore's money troubles would be history. But we're not, and it would be foolish and presumptive to even think about it. Heck, we don't even have our paypal set up to make our shirt sales easier. So it's not like that's even a possibility. But a girl can fantasize.
Emo whining complete.
So I need a new car. Sputter is on her last, terminal illness. Step one was supposed to be going to the dealership yesterday to look around, then go to the used lot of the same dealership.
We went to the dealership. We being my mom and I. She was there for consultation and cosigning purposes, as this is my first ginromous purchase that I've had to make. We look at a few cars and test drive two. I decide that I really like the Chevy Cobalt. Good times.
Before I realize it, we're leaving with half of the paperwork done for me OWNING this brand new car. It's really nice, it has all of the features I could possibly want, a few extras that I don't need, and is a lovely color. We didn't even go to the used lot. The ONLY presence of mind I had was to insist I had to sleep on it. Otherwise I might already own the thing.
Then I get home, and by the end of the night I'm wondering what I was thinking. I can't afford this. Sure, I have the cash to put down, and I make enough to afford the payments, but this car is 16 thousand dollars! That's more than I make in a year.
Back to looking online at used cars, at least now knowing that I do like the Cobalt and that's what I want. Finding listings for 2007s that are only about 10k. Of course they aren't brand new. That was an exciting feeling, thinking about owning a brand new car. And chances are I won't be able to find one in the same pretty blue color. But color is NOT WORTH 6 thousand dollars! I have to keep telling myself.
I have to be sensible. The dealer just called to say the credit check had gone through and to try to get me to come in today and finish things up. I had to tell him I couldn't afford the car.
So it's roughly back to the drawing board on searching, but now I know that anything I look at is going to feel like settling, because I found the one I really want, and I have to be sensible and not get it.
I wasn't terribly upset about this until I actually typed it all out, but now I am. I feel horribly conflicted and very lost and unsure of what to do.
Ironic to be moaning about this on the comic forum, because if we were a popular webcomic, like Something Positve, all it would take would be a general plea on the front page for donations to come pouring in and both my and Lore's money troubles would be history. But we're not, and it would be foolish and presumptive to even think about it. Heck, we don't even have our paypal set up to make our shirt sales easier. So it's not like that's even a possibility. But a girl can fantasize.
Emo whining complete.
