Comments on: Frugal (New) Wheels: Buying a Used Volvo

By: Bloggy Recap For August — Kingdom First Mom

Bloggy Recap For August — Kingdom First Mom — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:32:24 +0000

[...] month, both for my blog and my family. We attempted a frugal vacation in California. We got some frugal new wheels! My step-son came for another visit, and school started for my now 3rd [...]

By: Mrs. H

Mrs. H — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:40:00 +0000

Looks great! We just “Daved” ourselves (aka – cash and “we’ll walk out if we don’t get it for $x”) into a 2000 Volvo V70 wagon… more miles on it than yours, but we’re excited and ready to rack up some more miles. (We also have an 89 Volvo wagon w/ 212K miles!)

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:36:00 +0000

Great job! I also never thought I’d be driving what I’m in right now…but I wouldn’t trade my Odyssey for anything! And I (not my hubby!) did the negotating with the salesman and got our minivan for under blue book price! It was so empowering!

By: Sarah @ Fiddledeedee

Sarah @ Fiddledeedee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:33:00 +0000

Alyssa,
I love it! My first car was a ‘vintage’ Volvo (older than I was, I think), and I found out then that they run for a really long time if they’re well cared for.

Hope you enjoy it!

By: Betsy

Betsy — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:19:00 +0000

Welcome to the club! I am driving a Ford station wagon that my 91 year old grandfather used to drive. Congrats to you! Betsy

By: NH Mom of 3

NH Mom of 3 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:29:00 +0000

Nice wheels! We are actually looking to trade/sell hubby’s big 4×4 truck and downsize to a wagon. Volvo and Suburu are tops on our list. We’d love to just purchase outright and get rid of one car payment…we’ll see how that turns out.

I never thought I would be a minivan mom, but we made the switch in 2005 right before baby #3, and haven’t looked back since. I do miss the Suburu Outback wagon I drove before though, that was really a great car.

Enjoy the new-to-you are!

By: Petula

Petula — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:57:00 +0000

Very cool! Congratulations on the old/new wheels and the awesome car payment.

By: Blakely

Blakely — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:30:00 +0000

Congratulations on your new-used car.

By: ChristianPF

ChristianPF — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:27:00 +0000

You are absolutely right about Credit Unions, I am a huge supporter of them and have found that they often have the best deals when it comes to financing cars or anything else for that matter…

By: Jenny from Mommin' it Up!

Jenny from Mommin' it Up! — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:50:00 +0000

I love, love, LOVE station wagons. My first car was a 1987 Camry wagon and it almost made it to 300,000 miles!! It was SO CLOSE! Now we have a 1992 Camry wagon that my hubby drives. I would love one like yours! I drive a sedan which I love also but one day I hope to have a Mom Wagon again! Wagons rock!!