Personal Narrative-Mike Magnum

My wife and I had decided that it was time for a new car. For the past 3 years I had been driving a hand-me-down 2001 Chrysler Concorde and my wife was driving our 2006 Dodge Magnum. As time went by the Concorde began to have one problem after another. The engine had over 200,000 miles and it was obvious by the way that it drove. I could feel it start to break down. The Magnum was a good and dependable car, but it was not suitable for the amount of driving that my wife had to do for her work. We got our financing in order and began to look at new cars within our price range. We took the old Concorde to the dealership and were able to trade it in towards a car that was more suitable for our needs. The Chrysler Concorde still looked like a nice car from the inside out. It had black leather interior, sun roof, tinted windows, maroon paint on the outside with chrome rims. Though, in this case, looks were deceiving. The transmission had already been replaced 3 years ago. For some reason the car would never start on the first try. It would usually start on the second try but only after cranking it over for what seemed to

I paid $3,000 for my first car which was a classic 1978 El Camino that I still own today. My wife paid $4,999 for her first car which was a Toyota Tercel. We bought the Magnum together and had only paid $18k or so. Now we were looking at vehicles and it seemed that everything was priced in the high $20k to $35k! Needless to say, we had a little bit of sticker shock. I think it really has more to do with how much value you place on an item. Apparently, neither of us thought cars to be that valuable! Then again, we realized perhaps we just hadn’t bought a car for so long that it was inevitable we’d be maladjusted to such a major purchase. It had to be done though. I could no longer cross my fingers each morning before work in the hopes my Chrysler could get me