We've been having issues with our Explorer for a while now. We took it in to get a diagnosis and it needed about $6,000 worth of work done! A new transmission being the main cost, but a whole host of other must get done repairs too. Jeff's never been a fan of the Explorer. We paid too much for it for one thing. (That was back in the days of no kids and two jobs when we weren't quite so frugal. Okay, so we're probably not the most frugal people now either, but we were worse back then.) It was also a gas guzzler.
A while back when our Mazda was having some issues, Jeff started researching a replacement for it. He and I both decided when the Mazda died we would buy a Hyundai Elantra. They are rated high, get great gas mileage and should last a long, long time.
When the issues with the Explorer came up, we decided that rather than pay for the repairs, we would see about trading it in and buying something else. Well, that something else ended up being a 2013 Hyundai Elantra. We figured that our family is small so an economy car will work great for us. Jeff went alone to do the purchase and negotiations. I can't really stomach those situations very well and it makes me nervous to watch Jeff do it. He is actually a pretty impressive negotiator, but it still makes me nervous.
In the end I think he did great. I think it is very cute. It has a moon roof (love that!), leather seats, all kinds of gadgety features and it drives very smooth.
You may we wondering, what we will do when the Mazda finally dies. We are wondering that too! We're going to keep nursing it along as long as we can and hope that it gives us a few more years. It only has 170,000 miles on it. We've heard of some Mazda's getting as much as 250,000 and we're hoping ours is one of those. When it does die, we might just get another Hyundai. I think Jeff should get a black one and we could be super cute with our matching cars. :-)
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