October meetup was great. We had a total of 4, including special guest PseudoStache's wife!
We chatted about Turo (the car rental app, both as a user and potentially an owner), Clarke Howard (we agreed that he gives solid frugality advice), and had a bit of a discussion about cars, since I was going to buy one later that day.
Update: I would up *not* buying that car. I started to sign the papers, but apparently there were some ants or something from where it was parked at the warehouse, and they wanted to clean it up for me. I put down a $500 deposit and was to return on Tuesday to pick it up and pay the balance. Except...I started having doubts. Felt like a lot of money, did I really need a new car, yada yada.
Cancelled the deal, got my deposit back, and happened to stumble on a 2017 Civic Hatchback on Carvana with 31k miles on it for just under $5k less. That felt better, so I'm now the proud owner of a new-to-me car!
For those wondering, had a great experience with Carvana. If you have any questions about how it works, just let me know! The only thing I'm a little bummed about was that they don't tell you there's a referral credit until *after* you buy the car. Had I known that, I would've hopped on the forum to pick one up, and we both would've gotten I think $200. Curses! Oh, and your only options are to finance with them, bring financing from elsewhere, or pay cash, so I wasn't able to use my credit card for rewards.
After I had the car for a few days (you can return it within 7 days, no questions asked) and made sure I liked it, I sold my 12-year-old Mazda3 to CarMax, as they made me a great offer (comparatively; I probably could've gotten more if I'd sold it myself, but didn't want to put the time/energy/effort into it). That also went shockingly well; if you have any questions about *that*, just let me know. :-)
I think for November we decided on El Potro, also in that magical food plaza...? Hope to see everyone soon!