Well, since I tried to sell it many times before, I figured, ok, what the heck, I will try again. Put a great price on it and waited. To this day, I am STILL getting calls on it. Needless to say, I sold it to the first person who called on it. Well, that kind of backfired because now we only had one vehicle. So we started looking, and quickly realized the truck I was after was never going to be in St. George and the customer service here at the local lots was horrible. Down right disturbing. So we did what any fed up consumer would do and started checking Las Vegas. Ahhh, Las Vegas. Sin city. Market place of havoc.
Well, we found plenty of wonderful trucks, only to have them sold out from under us. Well, this past Thursday, Michelle happened to be off, and I asked her to look since my boss ok'd that if I found a truck we could leave asap and go get it.
Early afternoon rolled around and I get a gorgeous picture of an '08 Dodge Ram. Just about everything I want, and in a gorgeous red. So I call on it and sure enough, its there. So just to check to see if others are there, we print off another just in case.
We leave St. George at 3:30pm... only to hit their Rush Hour. Took forever to get to the Henderson side of Vegas. By the time we get there, the person I had been dealing with, left, and had gone home for the night... KNOWING mind you that I was on my way! GRRRRR. And to find out they "just sold that truck an hour ago!" OMFG! Are you kidding me?
He then tried to pitch me on a Mitsubishi Raider, saying they are basically exactly a like. HAHAHHAHAHA. What planet are you from?
We left and decided to call on the other one. He answered and I told him right off that I live in Southern Utah and have had quite a few trucks sold out from underneath me. And that if this one wasn't on their lot, I would lose it. He assured me that it was and to come in and test drive it. Well, we find out he is on the other side of town. Awesome. More traffic. Let me also add, that at this point Michelle hadn't eaten all day and I was also hungry.
We finally get there and there is a gorgeous off-red truck. We go to drive it and I notice so many nice things, until you get in. Its funny how you get used to auto windows. Auto this. Auto that. Well, I still liked it, but as we got back and the guy gave us time to talk, Michelle had a bad feeling about it. Ugh. That's the same feeling she got a few times before with vehicles, and she has been right about them each time.
Oh well, it was time to go I guess. I told the guy it was just missing some nice things, and we need to get back. "Wait!" he says, "Do you like White?". "No." "How about Silver?" - at this point, I notice Michelle perk up and knowing her new Honda was silver, I said, ok.. it wouldn't hurt to check it out. He runs out to get it.
Now here is where things changed.
I didn't even SEE the truck before I KNEW I was buying this truck.
I HEARD her. That's right. She GROWLED. Was the most energizing sound.
Long story short, after having a funny run in with her alarm system (Michelle can expand), my new truck, Extremely Affectionaly known as Fathom, is now in my possession.
Enjoy the picture. Yes, it's a HEMI, and Yes, she growls. And Yes, each time, I still smile from ear to ear.
2 comments:
I'll have to post a blog about our adventure's in Vegas...
It is a very nice truck, and it's nice that you have a vehicle that you LOVE to drive. My Honda is awesome!
Congratulations to you both on the new vehicles!
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