By A_Junglen on October 12th, 2007 (more posts by author)

Today I went car shopping, and hung out with some friends.

I went to the Honda dealership to check out the Civic's. Turns out the 2007 models were basically the same price as the 08's so I test drove a 2008 2 door Civic Coupe EX. I pretty much immediately fell in love with it, and decided it was the car for me. So, I went back to the dealership and started the process of haggling. After adding a body kit, rear spoiler and some nicer interior lightning they offered 25k, which was very close to what most websites said it'd cost with the accessories I added.

Well, of course I'm not going to just let them run me over. I notified them that I would be paying in cash and offered to buy it for $22k. They counter offered $24k. I told them I was insulted by the offer and got up and left. I expected a phone call within a day or so telling me they'd offer $23k or something. Well, I ended up going straight from the dealership to Olive Garden to have dinner. About 30 minutes had past, and I got a call...ship it, Brand new Honda Civic for $22k w/accessories. Easiest $3k I've ever saved in my life.

Anyways, I don't have the car in my driveway yet. I wanted it in black, so they have to order it, then they have to add the custom accessories I requested. It'll take about 3-4 days until I have it, no biggie. I'm very excited about getting a new car. I absolutely loved it when I drove it, and I'm very confident in Honda's reliability. I'm thrilled that when I go to pick it up it'll have exactly zero miles on it =).

Now all I gotta do is come up with a cool custom license plate. I believe it's seven letters/numbers. So far I've had the suggestions:

"REBUY"
"IAM NLHE"
"PLUS EV"
"TY EPT"

Any suggestions are welcome, but for now that's all I got.