hello everyone, my name is sandy and i just bought a 07 escalade, its black with black interior and i absolutely LOVE it,
i don't fit the demographic for escalade buyers at all, i'm just a middleclass mom with 2 kids, i am a teacher and my husband is in construction,
in 2004 i bought at 2002 ford explorer and i had it for about 6 months, then i decided since we were overun with bills that i would sell the explorer and opt for something that was paid off for a year and a half (to get some bills payed down) so i bought a 1997 toyota 4-runner and drove it up until today flawlessly,
we have paid off my husbands truck (green chevy silverado 2003) and our house, and all of our college loans and things like that, SO anyways.
today was just a normal day until my son (a car nut) asked if we could go to the bookstore (odd he hates reading (hes 14) so i say ok and we get in the car and head towards the bookstore, after about 10 minuets on the road hes like, o can we stop at cadillac real quick i just want to see something, and i say ok so we go to cadillac and he was looking at all of the dts,cts-v,sts all those then he comes back to the car and asks me to come into the showroom with him to see the new slade,
i say ok, and we get out and go inside and the minuet i walk in i see a brand new escalade (black) (mine) sitting on the floor.
the chrome is gorgeous,
so then my son is checking it out and im just standing there looking around and then hes like OMG mom this is SO awesome!!!, and im like cool, then hes like sit in it, so i do and i get in and start looking around and OMG everything is soo precise.
SO after about 5 minuets a salesman came over (at least they waited to jump) and started talking to me about hp figures and everything, and im like O 403 hp that must be like 2 mpg right??
and hes like no more like 18-20 (my jaw dropped) so i say ok cool what about financing and he said 3.9% (mouth drops open again) and im like can i scheduel a test drive??
and then hes like yea i will be right back let me go get my appt. book, so we wait a few minuets and next thing you know he comes back with the key!!!!
(gorgeous by the way)
and im like ok how do we get it out of here? and hes like oh you can drive it out, and im like ok? so i started it up (so loud and commanding) and drove it outside, then i wait like 2 minuets with it running for him to go get his coat and close the doors and everything, (i play with the navi and stuff, (power hatch) so he comes out and gets in and i turn and run into a HUGE pothole i dont even see, woops i didnt even feel it!, so while we are waiting to make it out into traffic hes like oo thats an open spot go!! and im like well does it have enough power?? to make it
and hes like idk lets find out, so i FLOOR it and OMG my head flew back and VROOOM hear a little shreik from the tires and off we go, the first thing i notice is the sound buffering its so quiet, so i take it onto the highway and have ABSOLUTELY no problem getting to 75 (fast)
so we get off on one of those circular ramps and i was really moving and felt absolutely minimal bodyroll, i loved it, so we get back to the lot and theres a guy there waiting to take a test drive, and i walk by him and tell him its a ball to drive, so he gets in and i can feel the tears welling up as he drives away and i look over at his mercedes cls
so anyways we get back inside and my salesman (mark) is like what do you think, I WANT IT i said and he laughed, hes like ok then do you want to sign some papers or call your husband or what?
and so i called my husband and he came down and cosigned with me and now it is sitting in my garage next to our shelby cobra (kit car)
and when my husband goes grocery shopping in about and hour will be his first time driving it!
o by the way msrp was
66,110 (cringe)
with 3.10% financing
AND I LOVE IT!!!!! EVEN THOUGH IM GOING TO HAVE A CAR PAYMENT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!!
