Patience is a virtue

So about three weeks ago, we started seriously shopping for a second vehicle (we'll have to return the truck we borrowed soon). We went down to the dealership, saw the model we liked in the actual showroom, and put a deposit on it.

Then we went home to decide if we were going to buy or lease it. Both options offered the same interest rate, so it was a matter of figuring out what was the best taxation scenario for us - it will be a work vehicle some of the time.

The salesman called us every day, and I told him the same thing every day for several days "we're still thinking about it".

When we finally decided, I called him. Turns out patience in making this decision was a good thing. In the time while we were thinking, the manufacturer dropped the lease rate by 2% and the federal government announced a $1000-2000 rebate on all energy efficient vehicles sold, starting that day.

Nice, eh?

So we're paying much less for the lease as well as getting a rebate from the government to encourage us to buy this car. How cool is that?!

And the car? One of these


(no, that's not my house - it's a stock photo, but it is the same model and colour as the one we bought)