Friday, May 25, 2007

Josiah's New Car

Josiah's been saving diligently for a car. Mike and I have been impressed with the way he went about this. He saved every penny. He wanted a used car that he could pay cash for and have less insurance. He wanted a car that would get him through college and maybe a few years beyond. He researched and patiently waited. We looked at LOTS of cars.

He finally found a Toyota Camry. He took it to a mechanic. The mechanic said it was in great shape, low miles good car but the seller was asking too much. Josiah offered him nearly 1K less. He accepted. He paid cash, got a good car, and has lots of money left for his first semester of college. Go Josiah!

Here is Josiah on May 23rd - Wed - with a check from the bank made out to the seller. He delivered the check to Mike at base but wasn't able to make connections with the seller.

Mike delivered the check and got the key. Krista and the youngers took the key over to Cy at work that night.



Yesterday (24th) they all went to base for Cy to pick up his car. They took lots of photos for me.


Josiah drove kids home (and they reported that he is very particular about what you do in the car ::snort::). He drove the older kids out to DQ for a treat. He parked the car in front of my bedroom window so that I could enjoy the view..... We had a hail warning about an hour after he brought the car home. ::snort::

We had a wonderful moment when it was time for him to leave to work, "Do you want to take the van or should I pick you up tonight after work?"

"Um, I think I'll just take MY car!" ::snort::

8 comments:

Cynthia said...

AH.. he's growing up. Our dd has also been saving for 3 years for her first car purchase which she bought on Monday! She bought a 2000 Subaru Outback. She researched a bunch of options too and because she does a lot of highway driving and may end up 2-3 hours from home we wanted something that was all wheel drive and does well in crash tests (lots of deer out here ya know). Anyway... she LOVES it! And, now I can drive HER old car which we bought from her (funny since we actually paid for 1/2 of it in the first place)... saved me at LEAST $75 in gas this week alone!

Anonymous said...

Josiah:

So proud of you and the fact that you have bought your first car debt free and etc. Looks like a nice car. Can't wait until we can have you give us a ride.

Way to go!!

l/p

Anonymous said...

Way cool!

Michelle said...

Congratulations Josiah! De'Etta, you and Mike must be very proud of him. See, listening to Dave Ramsey does pay off! ;)

Debbie said...

Congratulations, Josiah! Nothing like that first car.

Kristine said...

Very exciting for Cy! Robert bought a Camry years ago, and within two months, *I* finally took it over for good. I've never been disappointed by Toyota (had 3 so far).

Lisa in Jax said...

Good job!

Jodi said...

Congratulation Cy! I love reading about how grown up and responsible your older children are becoming. I have a 13 year old now I ned all big kid ideas and inspiration I can get.

Anyway, it was wonderful to hear how hard he worked and saved then researched his purchase.