Last night after calling the salesman and saying I wanted the car, I went out to my car to get something and noticed the lights flashing when I unlocked the car didn’t look right. I got in the car and tried to start it and it wouldn’t turn over. Dead battery. I looked up whether I could roll start the car and since it is a manual transmission, this can be done. The internet recommended starting from second gear at about 10 mph and it worked like a charm as I coasted out of the driveway and down the street. I went around the block and parked again, but it stayed dead even after driving a half hour to the dealer, so I probably need a new battery. I think the Mazda knew it was about to be replaced.<\/p>\n
After shopping earlier in the week<\/a>, I decided to go in today and probably buy the car unless something fell through. It went pretty smoothly though. I could only put $5,000 down with a check and had to finance the rest or else wait a few days to move enough money into my checking to pay for the whole thing. Actually some of the discount was based on me financing with Ford Credit, so it worked out fine. I was hoping to get 0% or 1.9% financing, but to max out the discount, I had to pay market rates based on my credit rating, so the interest rate was 4.15%. I might have let 1.9% ride figuring it is less than inflation, but I will probably go ahead and pay off the loan if I have to pay 4.15%. It is a 4-year loan. The salesman said that after I called yesterday he looked for the paperwork on the car (they had two identical cars, but one was already spoken for) and another salesman had someone from out of state interested. He convinced the other salesman that I was more likely to buy, so I got the car. That was kind of neat.<\/p>\n The other nice thing was that I asked if they could do something about the $595 paint protection package they automatically charged and they waived it completely. So that was another nice savings on top of the $6250. The final sale included $129 for an “electronic filing fee” which apparently is a bogus dealer fee, but if it is like the documentation fee, not one they are willing to give on.<\/p>\n All of the paperwork was electronic on an iPad and when we were done they gave me a flash drive with my copy of the paperwork. They sent me an email and a text with a link to a website with videos telling me how to use the different features of the car.<\/p>\n They had me go ahead and download the FordPass app on my phone and then showed me how to link it to my new car and do Bluetooth. Now I can start my car from my phone no matter where I am. I read about a service with Amazon where the car can be unlocked by Amazon (I think) when they deliver a package and they put the package in your car and lock it for safe keeping. It’s a neat concept but may not have much applicability for me since I am home all the time. The salesman had pulled the car around and left it running, so when I drove it over to where my car was parked (pointing down a hill so I could roll start it again), I didn’t know how to turn off the car. You don’t put a key in the ignition. So I thought maybe it turns off when you open the door, but it didn’t like that. Then I found the Power button, kind of hidden and that worked. Since it is a hybrid the engine isn’t usually running when you are parked anyway. I moved the Mazda to a real parking space since the hill it was on was very much in the way and hoped Jeb was in town and could drive me back out, possibly helping to jump or roll start it (happily, he was and we went out there that evening with his jumper cables and he got to see real traffic jams for the first time in a long time, but it was also raining). Before leaving the dealer with the new car, I texted Mom that I had bought the car and she called shortly thereafter so that I could test out the car’s bluetooth and touchscreen. No wrecks on the way home! Then Carol called me out of the blue and I got to test out the bluetooth again. Mom had some trouble hearing me some, but I could hear Carol perfectly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last night after calling the salesman and saying I wanted the car, I went out to my car to get something and noticed the lights flashing when I unlocked the car didn’t look right. 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