After many weeks of searching for a high quality 1st gen XB and coming up empty. I was planning on just ordering an 09 today.
As luck would have it, last night I got a call from the in-laws telling me that there was something "kinda" like the car I was looking for at a local dealership that they had just driven by. They said that it was copper or bronze, and had "2006 RARE FIND" written on the windsheild.
Me and my wife figured it was likely an orange Element, she asked me to go by and look at it on my way Blockbuster, ya never know.
Well, since this is an XB forum, I'm sure you have figured out what I rolled up on...
A sweet as Hell, Torched Penny !!
I called back to my wife and told her about it, I swear I was tempted to camp out at the dealership to snag in the morning.
I calmed down and came home. This morning we pulled up just as the sales manager was arriving. We popped it open, it was as pristine on the inside as it was on the outside!
We test drove it by ourselves, we loved it. We went back to the dealership to talk price. It was originally $16k then marked down to $14, knowing the current market around here for XB's, I was fully prepared to pay the $14k.
We asked the manager what the lowest they could go was.....she said $12.5k, we said SOLD!!
I think we got a great deal...$12.5k for an 06 with 30k miles in PRISTINE condition, good stuff.
Damn, I sure did ramble on! Sorry ya'll, just pumped!!
