Transam kid 01

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As the title says, my baby is on her way out

ATM, I will have just under $28k to spend and my choices are as follows:
Buy MS3 GT w/Navi
Buy MS3 GT and cheap dd/beater
Invest 25k, spend 2-3k on a DD beater (civic or leggy/imprezza) then buy new camaro when it comes out.


Any advice, opinions?

Thanks,
Sean

kevinD1226

Gtr!!

mikefrombarrie

used corvette?

chancejat

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get the camaro, ms3....why?

Transam kid 01

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Yeah, I think that constantly, but Waiting 2 years isn't easy :/ Yes I know production starts feb 09 and they hit floors in march, but I am waiting for the next years model so they get most problems out.

No to vette, I want more than 2 seats and something new or almost new.

chancejat

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but why is ms3 an option.....id pick a suby over an ms3 anyday.....

Transam kid 01

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I like the MS3 over the WRX and an STi is out of price range and leggy is too big/expensive for my needs.

I think for the price range, at the moment, the Speed3 is the best option

chancejat

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what about a civic si

TopGear8

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Used M3?

Transam kid 01

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way too slow


M3 would be nice, but an affordable would be be pretty old

TopGear8

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^you could get a nice 02' M3 for around 27k. The mileage might be high, but you would just have to shop around.

Ike

If you actually have 28k sitting around you should pick the car of you choice, put some money down on it, finance the rest, and then invest what money you have left over. If you invest well you'll make out much better than if you just buy a car outright. That is assuming you get a good interest rate...

Razz1

And the Camaro's will be marked up like the GT500 Mustangs.

Do you want to to pay an extra 5k to 10k over retail?

devildog1679

Maybe the first year but the second year models won't be marked up. That is unless the car is a huge success, it will but not enough to carry the markup into the second production year, at least I hope Same goes for the challenger.

Transam kid 01

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Wrong...chevy plans on selling as much as the mustangs do and to be priced around the mustangs. To do this, the entry level V8 (which has been named Z28) will start at 25k, etc etc. To sell on par with the mustang, they cannot have a "market adjustment".

Those who do have a market adjustment may get lucky and sell them to foolish people, but most will pay extra by having those cars sit in the lots longer.


Also, my family is very good friends with the GM of Great American Chevy (in Hackensack, NJ) and I worked with the techs there. If there is a mandatory market adjustment, I will most likely get the retail price, like they offered me when the S/C SS first came out.

Hmm...seems that I'm ranting now.

O and an 02 M3 would be too old. I don't want an older car that will require non warrantied mantainence. May end up being difficult to afford while at college.

RojoOcho

Nothing wrong with an MS3. I plan on finding one used in a few years.

Transam kid 01

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If a car sells really well, chances are that it will not be priced higher (like 5/10k higher as per a market adjustment) but will simply not sell for under retail.


As for the challanger, my friend was quoted at 40k for an SRT8...IIRC, they included a 1 or 2k gas guzzlers tax

Transam kid 01

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One major thing that gets me is FWD

chancejat

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fwd

RojoOcho

People have got to get over this FWD thing. Big deal. It's just a different beast.

Transam kid 01

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It's a lot more than just sayin FWD sucks...there are a lot of benefits to RWD and things you cant do in FWD...look it up (cuz I am too lazy to do that right now)

Cody Red

subies are getting as common as riced civics, or even civics in general.

get the ms3.

delhi

get another rx-8.

RojoOcho

AWD is neat though. But whatever.

RojoOcho

I know the benefits of RWD. I don't look at various drives as x>y>z. I look at them as x; y; and z.

O Noez! I has no drif an powaslidz! ZOMG! Torke Stear FTL!

It's a different style. That's all it is.