My new used car

So, one of my friends agreed to go car shopping with me. The day that she could go and assist kept changing. On Thursday, we agreed on Sat. 1-5. Friday morning, she IM's me and says Friday night! So during Friday, I cleaned up my car, got all my junk out, went to credit union and got pre-approved at a very good rate, washed it, vacuumed it and put water in the radiator. Driving it with the cracked gasket and damaged heating core had pushed it over the edge and there were little puddles under the car wherever it got parked!!
I got a 2006 Silver Ford Fusion, with 15,000 miles on it. (the picture is of the 2007, I think, and it's the tungsten silver, without a ton of extras) It's pretty cool and Consumer Reports liked it. They gave it all red circles. (which means above average) It still had the manufacturer warranty on it so no worries for 2 more years. It has a cd player and a key with buttons to unlock the doors for me! It was a bit more than I wanted to spend, but I really liked it, and well, my car wasn't going to last much longer at all!! They gave me a trade in value of $700 and that was probably more than the car was worth! They asked if they could test drive it and they didn't even leave the lot, just parked it in a different spot and looked at the puddle in the old spot. I went out to double check that I had cleaned it all out of my stuff and saw drips on the pavement where it drove!! Very bad. The $700 was also a huge improvement over what I got for the last car that died on me, $50 salvage! I tend to drive a car until it completely dies. I gave up the Taurus just before it died!
Getting the Fusion before the Taurus was completely worthless is God's doing and I thank Him for keeping the Taurus drivable til I could trade it in, and for setting it up so we looked Friday night instead of Sat. Now, I just have to keep all my expenses to a minimum for the next few months til I get my pay increase in April!
God bless.