I got a call from my mom last Sunday telling me that there was an Acura for sell in the park and ride off of 27 in Mt. Airy. I told her I was watching the Redskins game and would look at it during halftime. Well with the skins down 14 nothing after the first quarter i figured I might as well go look now. Thinking they might be playing better when I get back. Well I got to the park and ride and there it was a silver Acura. When I went up for closer inspection I saw that it wasn't an integra which was what I had been looking for, but a CL. I had never really looked into a CL but I liked what I saw. It was a coupe with black leather and what looked like a manual transmission (I now Know it has a sports shifter which is manual automatic hybrid). I checked out the info and saw that it was a 2001 Acura CL type s. It had all options including a navigation system, pretty fancy. The asking price was $4,500, which was within my $5,000 limit. The only thing that almost scared me away was there were 194,000 miles already on the car. After going home and checking the blue book value I found that even with the high mileage the car still blue booked at $6,500. After seeing that the car was listed at $2000 below blue book I couldn't resist. I gave my Dad the all go to try and set up a test drive. He called me Monday night and told be that he got to see the car it looked nice and the fellow who owned it had kept really good care of it. There was a little rust on the front hood but other than that it was pretty well kept. My Dad was able to work the price down to $4200. I am going home this weekend as soon as possible so I can drive the car. Hopefully I will be able to take it back to school with me but it needs new plates and to pass inspection. The tint has to be taken off and one of the headlights needs a bulb replaced in order to pass inspection hopefully that won't take to long.
This is about what the care looks like, this one is probably a little nicer but almost the same.
It took a while, but I finally have a new car. I am happy and I am sure that Emma is happy. I can't wait to try out this sweet machine. Ask nicely and I may even take you for a spin!!
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