ryan eddington

I found myself in a predicament as my ford ranger keeps burning up fuel pumps. The age and mileage of the vehicle are enough that handling my daily routine is a bit of a stretch. I decided it was time for a newer vehicle while i keep my ranger and hopefully fix it as a backup. As it is, it is dead as a doornail. I did some quick searches on line thinking the $20K zone was what I was prepared to do. Deery Bros web site came up with a pretty good selection of compact cars which is what I was thinking about. There was a corolla that had some previous damage which i could see in the carfax Deery published online. Knowing this helped me in my final decision which was a new Nissan Sentra. It was close enough in price to the corolla but there is a lot to be said for going new if you can, and the difference in price wasnt enough to point me toward the corolla. Ivan was my sales rep and he was very helpful and accommodating through the whole process. I took the powder white option for a test drive over night. No complaints at all on the car, but I did see that there was an Aspen white version that was missing a couple of options compared to the powder white, so i went with the aspen white, it was also about $1,500 less. Again Ivan was very accommodating by giving me as much time as I wanted to compare and contrast. The aspen white didnt have the $80 clear bumper cover that came with the powder white and I was hoping this could get ordered as a customer courtesy but this was not possible. One thing that stuck in my mind when i bought my Ranger new was that they threw in keyless entry for free, small things like that stick in a customers memory. Anyway, I decided to go with a down payment and finance the rest. I was a little surprised at the final monthly payment amount, but I knew going in that I could pay against the principal to speed things up, and Ivan and the Finance director confirmed this. My plan is to make some aggressive payments to knock back the principal once the loan gets started and potentially refinance at Capital one if that makes sense to do. After the purchase I noticed that Nissan of Galesburg had the same vehicles at somewhat lower prices. If my timeline was not so tight I might have considered them as an option. Overall this experience was painless compared to any other car purchases for me in recent memory. I would go with five stars but there are some unknowns such as CVT transmission performance long term and overall quality of the vehicle, + whether I find the financing varies wildly from the norm. As I mentioned I was pressed to make a deal so I started with what it is and know that I have some options to reduce any payment pain as needed. Thank you,

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