This isn’t something I do very often, but I’m impressed with them, so here goes:

A bit over 2 years ago, I was one of the unluckiest people you’d ever meet when it came to having a vehicle.

Fourteen vehicles in 20 years of driving, people. Name a mechanical problem, and I bet one of my vehicles had had it. I had two lemons. I learned to rebuild engines and do all sorts of parts replacements. I paid thousands of dollars out on vehicles, vehicle parts and labor in some cases, just to have one so I could get my kids and myself around.

But then D found an ad for All Star and my luck changed.

I went into a lease purchase on a 2005 Chevy Classic – just a small, plain Jane sedan. It was a great little car and I seriously loved it, but…my kids, I believe I’ve mentioned I’ve bred giants before?

My son’s 15 and 6’ 2. My daughter’s 10 and 5’ 1. The leg room? It sort of disappeared for them in the past two years, and of course, there’s the trip to see my mom, who has Alzheimers, that we’re planning. That little sedan wasn’t going to cut it anymore, but I couldn’t do any kind of more money involved thing.

So I went up and talked to them, thinking a small SUV would be more suitable for me now. They didn’t have any available to put me into. They did have a minivan, but it was out on rental so I had to wait. Well, I went Tuesday and the minivan wasn’t going to cut it either because it had been pretty roughed up by the people who’d rented it.

Lo and behold, they had mid-sized SUV in and after looking at it, I said ‘Yes, I want it’.

A lease/purchase with them meant I could trade up with what I’d paid up to that point on the Classic transferred to the new choice. So for no extra cash and no jump in my regular monthly payments, they put me in a 2007 Chevy Trailblazer.

You can’t beat that with a stick: newer vehicle, already a sizeable lump paid on it and no increase in payments. Plus, great people to deal with!

So if you’re near the Lubbock area and looking for a vehicle, call All Star at (806) 698-8511 and ask for Mike or Tina. They’ll treat you right and you’ll get a good, not very old, reliable vehicle in the process without a gigantic monthly payment or balloon pay off.