{"id":14833,"date":"2025-05-26T13:13:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=14833"},"modified":"2025-05-26T13:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:16:15","slug":"out-with-the-older-in-with-the-newer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/26\/out-with-the-older-in-with-the-newer\/","title":{"rendered":"Out with the old(er), in with the new(er)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I guess this is the month for vehicles. Got the truck back (see previous post) and gave some thought to upgrading my other ride – my 2017 Toyota Corolla. It was running just fine, but was getting a bit “long in the tooth” – almost 130,000 miles. My plan was to exchange it for a small SUV in the fall or spring, in anticipation of a long road trip next summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I started browsing, mostly on cars.com. I found a handful of nearby vehicles that were interesting. I was looking for a used SUV that was 2020 vintage or newer, had low mileage and was under $20,000. I saw one 2020 Hyundai Tucson that had just 26,000 miles and was selling for $18,000. Thought it might be worth a look. I marked it “saved” – for future consideration, I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 10 minutes later I got a call from the dealership. Cars.com notifies the dealer, it seems, when someone takes note of a vehicle in their inventory. Ah, computers – ain’t they great?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, Marlene and I were headed into Ft Myers to do some dancing so why not stop by and take a look?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long story short, I now am driving a 2020 Hyundai Tucson. Marlene was my negotiator. With taxes, title transfer and everything else, plus trade-in, I got it for $13,325. Didn’t test drive it, which was probably stupid, but it seems to run great. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We drove it to the dance. Just a little detour to swap vehicles en route<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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