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ALISSA KALKWARF, a senior English major, rides down 0 Street in her new Blazer on a warm spring day. Kalkwarf
bought her new truck from Dillon in Blair last semester.
Penny-pinching graduates
can find new car bargains
By Jackie Blair
Staff uniter
One of the first things that many
seniors want to do right after gradua
tion is trade in their klunkers still hold
ing on from high school and purchase
their very own hot rods.
There are a lot of deals for gradu
ating seniors buying their first cars.
Some places give discounts or rebates
for seniors who will be graduating in
the next six months or have graduated
within the last two years.
For exaQiple, Park Place, on 49th
and O starts, gives seniors a $600
graduation rebate, and Lincoln
Dodge, at 1235 West O St., gives a
$400 one.
Kelly Klostermeyer, a recent UNL
nursing graduate, said she and her
fiance ended up buying a car from
Saturn of Lincoln, at 3330 Superior St.
“Saturn really liked selling cars to
younger people because they realize
' they will be buying cars in the future,”
she said.
Ci ... If you have a good deal at one
place, make sure that there isn’t a
better deal somewhere else.”
Alissa Kalkwarf
UNL senior
Saturn of Lincoln has a set price
and no graduation discounts.
However, Klostermeier said the sellers
are not pushy. Alissa Kalkwarf, a sen
ior English major, bought a new
Blazer a couple months ago.
“Never feel pressured to buy,”
Kalkwarf said.
Kalkwarf bought her Blazer from
Dillon in Blair with no graduation dis
count. She said the sellers at Dillon are
nice, and they didn’t pressure her, and
the managers even remembered her
when she came back a month later.
“I recommend going to Dillon,”
she said.
Melissa Becker, a senior business
administration major, said she has
been looking for a new car, but she
wants her father to go with her when
she’s ready to buy.
“The salesmen treat you better
when there’s a guy with you,” Becker
said.
Mike Anthofer, a systems admin
istrator at Nebraska Hall and
Klostermeyer’s fiance, agreed with
Becker.
“The car dealers see men as the
primary decision-makers,” he said.
Kalkwarf said a lot of places gave
her trouble, probably because she was
a woman.
“The salesmen didn’t bother to
help me too much,” she said.
Kalkwarf gave some advice for
seniors who are hoping to purchase a
new car sometime soon.
“Make sure you shop around,” she
said. “If you have a good deal at one
place, make sure that there isn’t a bet
ter deal somewhere else.”
All in all, Kalkwarf and
Klostermeyer both said they had good
experiences. Anthofer had a different
opinion.
“I’m now officially in debt,” he
said.
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