I am so excited - I have been trying to buy a new car - a Chrysler Crossfire for the past week - having just left one job and about to start another has not made the task of getting finance for it particularly easy, but thought I had it in the bag, only to be told this afternoon that the finance had fallen through due to the amount of negative equity on my somewhat crappy Corsa. So spent this afternoon in a pit of despair desperately wanting something high in fat and high in Carbs (I resisted temptation and had a banana instead). You are probably wondering why all of this has left me so excited. Well this evening I missed a phone call (must have been watering the hanging baskets) it came through just after 5pm, I only got the message of voicemail a few minutes ago - just before 7pm in fact. It was from the finance company wanting me to give them a call. I called, expecting to get a message like "The office is now closed - we don't work all the hours you know, call us tomorrow!" Anyway, not only did someone answer the phone, but was the person who had called me earlier. She informed me that they are all set for me to sign the paperwork on my new car - when I said I was told I couldn't get the finance because of the negative equity she informed me that because I had been upfront from the beginning about the negative equity on my car, that she had factored that in when going to the lenders and all was fine and that I should be my Crossfire by the weekend!!! I can't wait, and just in time for my sister to have a week off work next week - so guess she and I will be doing all the shopping malls in style now!