Day of Car Shopping

Yesterday resulted in a couple great test drives at the BMW and Audi dealerships in Seattle.

First stop was at a boutique car dealer in Bellevue, Park Place Ltd. I think it was called. We took a peek at a TT that was all blue on the exterior, and had the "baseball"” interior package.

Second stop was our 4pm appointment with Knight at Seattle BMW. Great guy &– very nice salesman. Went out with us on the test drive to show us where the cool “curvy roads were. Prime experience driving the two roadsters. They'’re very pleasant cars to drive.

On a lark, we decided to try and find University Audi, a dealer we saw across from a restaurant we'd dined at weeks ago. It was past 6pm, so we weren'’t sure that it'’d still be open (it was, till 7) or if they'd have any TT's in our range (they did).

The test drive was the last of the day, and it was on an '‘02. CPO, metallic black on black interior, premium audio, the works, black italian leather seats TT quatro roadster.

It was pretty much the only test drive that made Lisa giggle, so we had this vehicle as our 1st choice at the end of the day. I convinced Lisa that we should go home and sleep on it, and if she still felt as strongly the next day, we could go back and make them an offer.

It was a little bit out of our price range at their asking price, but if I can get them to come down a couple grand, then we should be able to do the deal.

The next step will be the fun part, negotiation...