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Hello everybody,
I am looking to purchase my first self-paid car/truck, and I needed some advice. I have a decent amount of money saved up for it, with around $20k budgeted and have a $25k car for trade-in. That puts me at around $45,000 all-in but I would like to stay well below that number, that's quite a bit for me to spend on a car at this moment in time. I am considering buying either a less-expensive new car or getting an older used car and having a large amount of spending money for maintenance, expenses, and modification. My current list reads:
New Cars/trucks:
Subaru BRZ
Mustang V6
Mini Cooper S
Dodge Challenger
Dodge Charger
Chevrolet Camaro
Mazda Miata
Hyundai Genesis Coupe
Jeep Wrangler
Used Cars:
Cadillac XLR
E46 BMW M3
E39 BMW M5
Mercedes Benz CLS
Mercedes Benz G500
Porsche Boxster S
Infiniti G37
Chrysler Crossfire
Saturn Sky
Pontiac GTO
Subaru Impreza WRX STI
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Used Trucks:
Chevrolet 2500HD (Duramax/Allison)
Chevrolet Avalanche
What are your opinions? What do YOU think I should do?
I am happy with my current hand-me-down car (2009 Jaguar XJR) but the styling of it and the lack of reliability is beginning to make me want a different car. I have a good amount of driving experience and have never been in an accident. I have a lot of experience driving 500+HP cars on both the track and the road. Since this is So Cal, I don't really need to worry about RWD handling in adverse weather, so AWD isn't important to me unless it's a performance car.
I apologize for the long thread.
Thank you,
Matt
I am looking to purchase my first self-paid car/truck, and I needed some advice. I have a decent amount of money saved up for it, with around $20k budgeted and have a $25k car for trade-in. That puts me at around $45,000 all-in but I would like to stay well below that number, that's quite a bit for me to spend on a car at this moment in time. I am considering buying either a less-expensive new car or getting an older used car and having a large amount of spending money for maintenance, expenses, and modification. My current list reads:
New Cars/trucks:
Subaru BRZ
Mustang V6
Mini Cooper S
Dodge Challenger
Dodge Charger
Chevrolet Camaro
Mazda Miata
Hyundai Genesis Coupe
Jeep Wrangler
Used Cars:
Cadillac XLR
E46 BMW M3
E39 BMW M5
Mercedes Benz CLS
Mercedes Benz G500
Porsche Boxster S
Infiniti G37
Chrysler Crossfire
Saturn Sky
Pontiac GTO
Subaru Impreza WRX STI
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Used Trucks:
Chevrolet 2500HD (Duramax/Allison)
Chevrolet Avalanche
What are your opinions? What do YOU think I should do?
I am happy with my current hand-me-down car (2009 Jaguar XJR) but the styling of it and the lack of reliability is beginning to make me want a different car. I have a good amount of driving experience and have never been in an accident. I have a lot of experience driving 500+HP cars on both the track and the road. Since this is So Cal, I don't really need to worry about RWD handling in adverse weather, so AWD isn't important to me unless it's a performance car.
I apologize for the long thread.
Thank you,
Matt