FINALLY. our journey is over.
My wife's new Mazda CX-9 Carbon Edition arrived and we picked it up today. We ordered it about a month and half ago. The car's really cool. I'm excited for her.
There's unfortunately a minor issue with the car - scratched on the hood during delivery. Not a huge deal other than annoying to get a new car and find the scratch. Of course, can't just get another one on the lot since it's the only one available, and dealership - naturally - agreed to make it right one way or the other including body shop replacement...livable problem and I guess the way it is these days.
The bad news: our 2010 Touareg that we had hoped to sell for about $8k-$12k died on us literally just last week. Timing chain and less than 100k miles. Unbelievable. Repairs $12,000 - $17,000 (possible engine failure depending on chain issue). So there basically went $10k that we had hoped to use against this car purchase. Seriously frustrating and sad. The car was in absolutely amazing condition for its age - other than the engine of course. It's just sad to see such a great car get sold for scrap and a real punch in the gut financially and also just how does a car with under 100k miles fully maintained by the dealership have a chain issue? No one would buy it by the way, tried carmax, carvana, and local dealers with full disclosure of the issue...all of them said no for the obvious reason - repairs cost more than the car can sell for. So to the junk pile it went. Felt like one of the biggest wastes I've ever had to participate in. Hard to get past it honestly.
Trying to put that behind us best I can, though.
This new car is beautiful and I'm really excited for my wife. It's her first new car ever in her entire life. And we're doing our best to enjoy the day. She's thrilled with car and that makes me happy too.
Here's a stock photo of the car since it's raining right now and the car's in the garage. When the sun comes back out one of these days, I'll post a quick pic.
Thanks for following the journey everyone!
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