We didn't plan on buying another car so soon, but since I had one hell of a time trying to get a hold of the school district regarding transportation for Carleigh... here we are. Honestly, I spent an entire morning trying to speak to someone, but was met with automated phone recordings and got no where. Since the school district waited until the last minute to send out school information, this whole transportation dilemma wasn't a surprise to me. I do not understand how these schools can be such slackers, wait, yes I do. They take our tax dollars and then beg for more because they don't "have any money". If only schools were ran like businesses...
Anyway, Heath has been looking at Jaguar XJ's for awhile and really wanted one. He found the perfect one, but we weren't sure if we wanted to spend the amount of money the dealership was asking. Heath continued to search for other XJ's, but we went right back to the one at the dealership. Heath made an offer and they somewhat agreed on the price discussed. So Heath went to the bank, got a cashier's check for the amount discussed, and we went over to the dealership on Friday afternoon. Heath test drove it and told the dealership we wanted it. We had two different people come in to tell us that we were basically stealing the car from them. They made zero money on the deal. They bought the car from an Audi dealership for a lot more than what we paid to take it off the lot. The sales manager had to call the owner of the dealership to get approval for us to even buy it at the price that we did. Who was going to say no to someone coming in with a check? Seriously... lol We are now happy owner's of two (yes, TWO!) Jaguar's.
We bought a 2006 Jaguar XJ8 Vanden Plas. Here's some picture of our new sexy beast. And yes, this thing is a beast. It came with the 5% tint all around. Huge plus! It's a long wheel base, so it's about a foot longer than my S-Type. There is so much leg room. I thought my car was large, but no, this new car is the actual boat.
The car has mink floor mats. That's right, PETA. Our Jaguar has MINK(!!) floor mats. No one is allowed to put their dirty ass shoes in our car. I took this car out to do my errands on Saturday. Since I had to go to Sam's Club and Albertson's, I wanted to see just how much room this car had after I put all of the bulky stuff in it. I might just "steal" this car to go get my groceries and Sam's Club runs done all of the time now.
On Sunday, we took the new car for a cruise through Red Rock Canyon. It was the most comfortable ride through the mountains we have ever taken. Amelia slept through most of it and Carleigh was enjoying the views. We will definitely be going back up there in the cooler months to take a hike on some of the easier trails in the area.
These are just a few of the pictures taken during our scenic drive.
Now that we have our second car, I can give Carleigh a ride to/from school every day without worrying how the school district will screw it up. I really hope things get better and the school can redeem themselves. I am not very impressed with their track record so far. But thanks to their inability to answer phone calls, we have a lovely new car parked in our garage.
