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The more I think about it, the more a 40k price tag is starting to kind of get me down a bit. Main problem is my situation... I've got 2 big dogs and a nearly-1-year-old daughter (yeah, at 25 it's a barrel of fun), and really this isn't the most practical vehicle.
Pros:
- Most of my driving is done without aforementioned baby and/or dogs. Commuting is where I'm at.
- I only have to take my daughter to daycare 3 days a week... isn't too bad considering they seemed to have kept a child seat in mind for the back seat (I literally went YES when I saw the early sales training leaks showing this).
- Girlfriend can inherit my Mazda Tribute, suitable to carrying the whole tribe.
- Given the crap fuel economy of the Tribute (seriously, 14L per 100km from a 3L V6 less than 10 years old? It's redonkulous!) I'll probably save $30/week by going to the 86.
Cons:
- Even if I managed to hook Toyota Finance to give me a 5% interest rate, that's still nearly $190/wk on 40k over 5 years. Add an extra $30/wk to go with traditional bank finance. Even at 35k it's $165/wk @ 5%, or $190/wk @ 11% over 5 years (secured fix rate car loan from Commbank)
- Practicality is going to be an issue over the long term. I won't mind at first because racecar, but it might get old after a bit of time goes by.
- Servicing costs on a boxer are going to be substantially more expensive, and there won't be a whole lot I can do at home while it's under warranty.
- Probably won't have much money to do mods... maybe not such a bad thing.
Aww well, we'll see what happens. Hopefully we get some kind of idea on pricing in March-April.
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