I have to admit that the color we got - Deep Blue Mica - wasn't my first choice but I am liking it more and more and in fact, after having had it overnight, I cannot imagine having it in another color. This is good.
The husband still has to go back to the dealership today to sign the power of attorney for the trade in (the Tribeca we traded in was under the husband's name).
Reminder for our future selves, if we get into a similar situation again: need to have power of attorney when trading in someone else's vehicle and they are not around. We went through the same difficulties when the husband traded my car to purchase his car but we've forgotten about this requirement and as it turns out, when we called to ask what we needed to bring, no one thought of this either. We asked about requirements again after we'd done the test drive (husband, Swe-cha and I) because husband and Swe-cha were leaving for home and I'm staying to complete the paperwork and we were told we were good.
It wasn't until around 10 minutes after the husband had left when the guy comes back and says "oh, finance says we do need your husband to sign a POA".
"Too late, he left already."
"Can he come back later ?"
"Did you see how our kid was ? He was already teary-eyed. Being here for 3 hrs was really his limit and now that he's home, there's no dragging that kid out again. Not today. We went through this a few years ago when my husband traded in my car for his, I never stepped foot in the dealership. i don't remember how but they made it happen."
"Sorry about this, don't worry about this. We'll make this happen."
... and so they did.
P.s. Husband says that this situation shouldn't happen in the future because my car is now in my name and his car is in his name and when either one needs to be replaced, the one trading it in is also the same person who owns it.
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