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I was hoping to get your opinions on the tents that are on sale right now at REI. I have some reward money to spend there, and the deals are not bad. The issue is that I do not know what to upgrade to. I currently have the Big Agnes BlackTail 3. I really like the tent, but I want something that packs down smaller and lighter. I know I will have to sacrifice some of the tent’s size for that, but what would you recommend from REI’s sale right now?

Edit: the boat has kindly reminded me about letting you know what I do. Looking for a two person tent, but mostly do solo camping trips. I do backcountry from 20 to 30 miles. Have been out in the rain and got my gear wet before so something reliable as well.

Hello everyone,

I was hoping to get your opinions on the tents that are on sale right now at REI. I have some reward money to spend there, and the deals are not bad. The issue is that I do not know what to upgrade to. I currently have the Big Agnes BlackTail 3. I really like the tent, but I want something that packs down smaller and lighter. I know I will have to sacrifice some of the tent’s size for that, but what would you recommend from REI’s sale right now?

Hello! So I’ve been poking around for a car the last few weeks after my 2018 Ford Edge was diagnosed with a coolant leak onto the engine, needing a whole new engine. I own the car so trading in won’t be bad.
Haven’t really found anything that’s caught my eye, I don’t have a lot save and my credit is okay. Yesterday I went to the local Toyota dealer to try their 2017 CRV with low miles for 18,400 sticker price.
I honestly didn’t really have any opinions on the car. I went inside with the guy to talk about pricing. I messed it up and didn’t get preapproved from my bank and don’t go to a credit union. Like an idiot I was gonna get financing through them. The traded in my car was about four grand considering it’s issue. I gave him an original number for what I wanted to put down that I was comfortable with, but when they were dealing with their banks, they came back and asked me to put more money down. I said sure and I gave him a number that is very close to making me uncomfortable. After them coming back-and-forth with more questions as well as asking me to put even more money down I eventually think they get me a financing option. I take all the information they gave me and the numbers and had to run home for the evening. Of course they really pressured me to stay and finalize the deal, but I needed to get Home to be with my kids.
Now that I’m home and thinking about the deal, I’m putting more money down that I want as well as not getting a terrible amount for my car and my financing amount would be 17000 and I still haven’t dealt with all the extra add-on stuff that they want to give me.
I don’t really know what to do from here. I’ve never bought a car before from a dealership. This current car I had I bought at 50,000 miles on Facebook marketplace and absolutely love it. If it was a dreamworld I wouldn’t sell and be able to fix this car. My brain is telling me that I should keep driving around a little bit longer until the problem is worse since right now it’s not at a bad state.
What should I do with this current dealership/offer to either make it better or to walk away. And what advice should I have for next time going into the deal?