I remember when my husband decided he wanted a new car, I remember because he simply arrived home one day with it! He told me he thought he would get a new car, his old one was falling to pieces and costing us a lot of money to keep on the road – before I had even had time to think about it I looked outside and saw a nice shiny black Golf in the spot where our old Kia used to be.

I thought there’s no way, he wouldn’t just go out and buy a new car without discussing it with me first? But no, sure enough that’s exactly what he had done.

He was in the doghouse for a while, I would have agreed we needed a new car and been on board after having a little time to think it through, but the fact he not only didn’t ask me but also simply rushed into buying the first one he came across and didn’t compare prices or research anything to find out more about what would suit us, it made me really annoyed at him.

As you know by now I like a good bargain and always research before I buy anything, even something that only costs £10 – if I can shop around and get it for £9 I am happy. So on such a big purchase I would have spent a long time doing that and thanks to sites like Trusted Dealer and Autotrader it’s pretty easy to do online these days. Trusted Dealers are a great used car consortium that I have used a few times in the past to help others find the best bargain on their new cars so I would have definitely used them to help us find ours.

Oh well, you live and learn

Filed under: Husband, Shopping