so lately i've been thinking about getting rid of my car in favour for leasing...my monthly payments on my car are pretty high and i'm looking to bank more per month. but then i think..hmm what car DO i want...(i.e. can afford?) i've had my jetta for about 2 yrs now. so i was thinkin hmm what can i get that's fun and good and reasonably priced per mth? i know! a new beetle convertible! so trying to figure out how much my car would be worth just to trade it in...i know b/c of the accident last september, the value went down. still, wasn't expecting it to be worth so much less...i mean, when i got it fixed all the repairs are 'lifetime guarantee!' too bad that doesn't mean anything when you do a trade-in....i got 2 dealers to look at it so far...right now, they're saying they'd give me $18,000 for it. grrr made me so mad...it's an auto, diesel, with upgraded everything...just b/c it was in a rear-ender, it brings the value down by $5K!
so decided to go the other way...cleaned it up, putting it up on autotrader and going to see how much we can get for it. cross fingers...i'd love to get the new vw eos..but that car's gonna be closer to 40K...hardtop convertible! yay VW!
what's so funny..after we cleaned it up and stuff...it's almost like 'wow my car IS so nice!' see, i almost forgot what a great car i have...but want something more fun...like a manual beetle :)

