The Wife's lease is up on her Honduh Pilot in 3 weeks. She's settled on a Volvo XC90 as the replacement vehicle, as it checks all the right boxes - 3 rows, V8 power, snooty nameplate (yeah, she really is like that), comfortable seats (Audi Q7 lost there big time). I've been looking at CPO '07s since December, and have been dismayed to see prices creeping up 10% since then, and dealer stock drying up as well. I finally found the "almost" model, it had all the goodies (navi, rear seat entertainment, full wood, Dynaudio speaker upgrade, HID lights, rear parking sensors) but the exterior color wasn't dark blue, it had more miles than I really wanted, the price was more than I wanted to pay and it was further than I really wanted to go to get one (10 hours/600 miles). I had been negotiating the details with the dealer and was waiting on him to call me back to put down a $2k nonrefundable deposit when a dealer "only" 6 hours away called. Seems that he had just gotten the perfect car in, and he wanted to know if I was still looking. We quickly agreed on a price, which means I probably overpaid a bit, but it's got every single option, it's the right color, the miles are fewer, and the price turned out to be almost $2k less. I fly out to pick it up next week. Sometimes the car gods smile on unworthy souls like me. Now if only that $500 Miata would fall into my lap...
