Goooooooodbye Token! Hello Dreamy!

It has been along time coming but it has finally happened. I am now a proud owner of a 2004 Nissan Maxima. Well I should say WE are proud owners of a 2004 Maxima. Shawn's car was a two door that we needed to get rid of. I know what it seems like, we needed a "family car". But while that is somewhat true kids are still not in the near future. Our reasoning was that it would be a good idea to do it now so that it will be paid off when a kid joins our family. 

The funny thing is that when we started to seriously look at cars I told Shawn I didn't want to get too much of a bigger loan than we already had for Token(Shawn's black Honda). So we set the limit at $7500. The Maxima was more than that and I know for a fact that the reason Shawn came to my work in a gorgeous silver 04 Maxima was because he knew that I had been dreaming about that car for so long and I would expand the budget. He knows me too well!

So as we said "Hasta La Vista Baby" to Token...

Goodbye Token, SHAWN will miss you :)

Token was actually bought by one of Shawn's high school buddies. He didn't know it until the potential buyer showed up to look at it. He paid a little less then we were asking for but we still came out on top with money to put down for the Maxima.

This all happened so fast. Shawn had put Token on KSL a week before he sold it. The day we sold it is the day that Shawn happened to have off and while he was "dilly dallying around," he fell in love with the Maxima. While Shawn was at the Nissan dealership negotiating a trade in price he got a call from Eddy (Token's buyer). By the time I got off work Shawn was at America First with Eddy to finalize the sale. We then went from there right to Tim Dale Nissan in Murray to sign the paper work to buy our Maxima. 

Now if you know me you know that my parents drilled it into my head that you shouldn't buy a car unless you can pay it off in no more then two years. I have done that with both cars I have bought and actually paid them off in less then two years. We are going to do the same with this car. But if you also know me, I freak out about having debt. Shawn will tell you that while we were sitting there waiting to sign papers to drive off in the car of my dreams, I was freaking out. Not in the "oh my gosh the car of my dreams is going to become a reality" way, but more "holy freak this is the most debt I have ever been in" way. He had to calm me down but it didn't last too long. Within the next couple of days it happened again and again Shawn has had to calm me down. Thank goodness he can actually calm me down.

Now as you might have guessed, I name my cars. First car I had was Bluebird (94 Pontiac Bonneville that I had from ages 16-18), then I bought Goldilocks (96 Nissan Maxima that I bought when I was 18 and we still have her), and then I helped Shawn name Token (02 Honda Accord Coupe) when we were dating. After we had signed the papers at the dealer and she was in our possession, it was time to give her a name, and what could be more fitting than DREAMY! After all she was my dream car and she quickly become part of Shawn's dream. Who wouldn't want a car that is spacious enough for a man who is 6'7'' and is a manual?

Isn't she gorgeous???? We love her!