Thursday, August 13, 2015

Godsend!

2004 Dodge Grand Caravan. 166,000 miles. Doesn't sound like much does it? Well, let me tell you what a Godsend this vehicle has been to our family. We had three drivers in our household with only two cars. My daughter and I were sharing a car during the school year. It wasn't perfect but it was working. We had our eyes and ears open to anything that might become available to us. We had something specific in mind, just looking for the right deal to come along. Well. We found it. I was going to a visitation for a friend the Friday before Memorial day, when I passed by "The Van." I was thinking to myself, that looked really nice. My wife and I attended the funeral on Saturday and we drove by "The Van" once again. She was intrigued as well. So, on our way home, we stopped and looked at it. Got the phone number off of the for sale sign and made the "call." We arranged to test drive it on Memorial day. A good friend of ours went with us to be an extra set of eyes and ears. Test drive went very well and we made on offer on "The Van." They accepted and the Thursday after Memorial Day we became the new owners. It's been two and half months since we bought "The Van" and let me tell you where we have been with it. We have been on a camping trip to Iowa with it. Loaded down with camping gear, and family. The van handled awesome. We have been on a nine hour drive out to Yankton, SD to a cousins wedding, and you guessed it. The van ran just fine. Most recently we drove to Orlando, FL. We put over 2,600 miles on "The Van" and everything went smoothly. The only thing that went wrong on the trip were the bugs that splattered against the windshield and front of "The Van." So since we have bought the van, we have gone on two long trips and one camping weekend and the van was everything that we had hoped for and more. The only repairs we have had to make to it were a new battery and a drainage problem with the air conditioner. I praise and thank God for providing us a vehicle that is reliable, functional, comfortable and in our price range. Thank You Jesus!!

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