Seeing that Sara's new car will be here in a few weeks, Brian spent all morning detailing her Explorer to prep it for sale. And when he was done, it looked too good to sell! Seriously! Sara's new car is going to have a few rules attached to it....like no food or drink in it -must keep clean always!!
He got every spot and stain out!
He even reupholstered the arm rest!
Minus the old design of the car, it seriously looked and smelled like a brand new car!!! Who wouldn't want it?
We listed it very late Sunday evening on Autotrader and KBB and by Monday afternoon we had lots of interest in our 2000 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer AWD V8 with 129,800 miles on it. We listed it for $3300 which was on the lower end of what it was worth because we wanted it to go quickly. After one no-show Monday evening (he claimed his car broke down on the side of the road while going to meet Brian) and probably 10 serious inquiries, we started Tuesday with agreeing to try to meet the 'Monday guy' again at 5:30. Well on Tuesday afternoon a girl called Sara very interested in the car but Sara told her that someone was coming to look at it at 5:30 but she would let her know if it was sold or not. So the guy did show up to look at the car but could only offer $3000 for it so Brian told him he would have to chat with Sara before doing anything. Well in the meantime we let the girl know that it was still available since the interested party didn't offer full asking price. Turns out that she lived just a few minutes away from where Brian was so she and her Dad met Brian, took it for a test drive, looked under the hood and offered full asking price! When Brian called Sara to tell her about the showing his first words were 'We found the new owners of your car....they are perfect' and he was right! The whole family owned Ford cars except for her. She recently was the victim in a hit and run accident and her car (a Jimmy) got totaled. Her Dad raced Fords, fixes Fords so we feel good that it is going to someone who will take care of it and appreciate it as much as we do! The Dad even kidded that now that she owned a Ford she could park in the driveway instead of on the street!
So on Wednesday Sara and her Dad met the girl (Tiffany) and her Mom at the DMV. They came with a cashier's check from Wells Fargo and it was cute to see her so giddy about her new car. Nevermind the fact that Sara was fighting back tears while driving to the DMV....but we had lots of time to chat at the DMV (45 minutes) and Sara learned a lot about the family soon to be owning her car. Tiffany delivers mail for the USPS, is 21 and has a four year old daughter. She is so mature for a 21 year old. Sara actually was glad that her car was going to her but still got a little sad when the title was transferred and we drove away. Heck, Sara still remembers crying at the MN DMV when she sold her 1991 Explorer! Not sure what it is about cars that makes her so sad but she is sentimental about things and holds on to memories in things...like driving Trevor around when he was a few weeks old, same with Ashley, driving her Grandma Kelly to Godfather's pizza for the lunch buffet....and the fact that she has had really good cars. You never know how your next one will perform. Crossing our fingers it lasts at least 14 years again :)
But before leaving for the DMV we took a few pics in front of Dr. Z as we called it.
Bye car :-( Everyone says we won't miss you once the new one comes in, but we aren't so sure! Thank you to Grandma Pauline and Papa John for loaning us a car until our new one comes in. Very, very much appreciated!
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