Out with the old, in with the "new"

A few weeks ago, Mike called me about the time he should have been getting home from work that someone had hit him on the freeway, he was fine but he would be a little late.  Turns out his car was totaled.  This was a bummer for a few reasons.  The main one being: his car was paid off!  We really didn't want a car payment while trying to save for another home so we looked for something similar and luckily found one that worked.  Mike managed to haggle the insurance company and we got an extra $1300 more for our old car than what they were originally going to give us, so we got the same car but newer & with less miles for the same amount the insurance gave us - lets just hope it doesn't turn out to be a lemon!