Callistarya and I recently got new cars (pictures linked above) but that's not the real "win" here for me.
As a bit of backstory: I was part of that 'internet bubble' a while back, and made nearly $300K in 2000. Then the company folded, and I only worked sporadically (a few weeks here and there) until 2003 when i up and moved to Dallas for a permanent gig.
Because of all that mess, my credit took a complete nosedive. I've been working hard to repair my credit since then. In 2005, the best interest rate I could get on a car was 19.99%.
My new car? 9.1%
Not the 6% I once would've enjoyed, but it's nice to see the hard work paying off.