Getting the Perfect Car with the Help of ECCUAuto

This is a sponsored post, but all the opinions are my own… especially the one about a teen’s first car!

We are officially the parents of a teen driver!

What?
You didn’t know we had a teenager??
It’s time I came clean… I have a secret love-child.
J/K
I’m talking about our foreign exchange student, James.
But we really do think of him as part of the family!
The kids had to do an “All About Me Poster” for school and included him in the picture.
Adorbs.

This year will be his third year as our host son and he is a great kid!
I have to say, it is pretty cool to practice the teen years on someone else’s kid.
Seriously.
Teenagers are weird… I can’t believe everyone on earth went through the teen phase.
Have you ever thought about that? No one can seem to handle teenagers, even though we all know exactly what it was like to be one.
I can’t even imagine what kind of chaos will happen when all 4 of mine will be hormone-ing at the same time!
Gross.
Anyhoo! We have a teen and he’s great!
See…

He just got his license last week and we are a lot more worried about him than I thought we would be. He drives a fast car. And when I say fast, I mean REALLY FAST!

Probably not the first car we would picked for a 17 year old boy.

(But he’s not our teen and obviously we didn’t buy that car! $$$$$$)

I think a bulky slow truck is a good choice for a teen boy.
No backseat. (wink)
And then you can make him move heavy things for all your friends.
I just may have to tell James’ mom about the Galpin Motors Labor Day Sale.
If you are in the market for a new car you might want to check it out this weekend too!

Galpin Motors Event Information:

When: Saturday, September 5^th from 9:00am-6:00pm
Where: Galpin Ford 15505 Roscoe Blvd., North Hills, CA
What: Shop over 5,000 new and used vehicles. Take advantage of current factory incentives and great Labor Day offers. Plus:
- ECCU members (current and new) receive oil & filter changes for the life of their loan.
  - Not a member yet? Sign up before or at the event to receive all member offers.
- They will also be able to shop early. The sale and oil & filter change offer runs from Friday, August 28 – Monday, September 7.
- Galpin Motors dealerships has loads of brands: Ford, Lincoln, Mazda, Honda, Subaru, Jaguar, and Volkswagon

Find more about ECCU on twitter, Facebook, youtube or on their blog and of course the ECCU website!
You can follow their hashtag #ECCUAuto on all their platforms!

We’ve always saved (and saved and saved) to pay cash for our used cars, but if we ever have to finance, we’ll use ECCU. Take a look at the rates…

And I’ll close with a picture of our teen the day he passed his drivers test.
I’m not going to say he’s a bad driver… but stay away from a white porshe when are out and about.
How excited is he in this picture!?!?!
Love it!