First, oh my gosh, thank you for all your comments- it’s good to get a lot of different opinions, particularly since my hubby and I aren’t tremendous car people.
So, we finally tracked down the odyssey today…honestly, the inside was a lot nicer than the TC, but I think the TC drove better…the other troubling thing about the odyssey was that I found it on craigslist list dated 1 month ago and it was priced at $6k…but when we found the car, the owner had placed it on a consignment lot and there was a big yellow price tag that said $7995…ugh, I realize the consignment lot owner has to make a living, too; but that’s why I’ve been scouring craigslist everyday during my kids nap time- I’m trying to keep my costs down by dealing directly with sellers.
Sooooo, now for the super exciting news…my hubby and i are about half way through turbo tax, and it turns out we overpaid the IRS $3500!!! I know, it would have been better not to give them our money, interest free for a year, but the refund couldn’t have come at a better time! My hubby and have talked about it and we think we’ll just “advance” whatever our refund ends up being from our emergency fund(so we don’t have to wait for the check to get here), so now we are potentially looking at a NEW price range of maybe as much as $9k (assuming $1k for sales tax and registration)…so, sounds like I may make some new posts in the next few days. Thanks again for all your helpful comments…you guys are awesome!