[HitTheGas]

Originally Posted by Staticz

I understand your point about caring if it's 24000 vs 26000, as 1-2k should not be a big issue on such a large investment. However, if u keep up with that logic, u could say why care about 26k vs 28k? 30k? Etc. could I afford to spend 30k on a car? Yeah, but I've kind of set a soft cap for myself at about 25k. This keeps me lookin in the right class of cars. If I test drive something and absolutely love it, sure I could go to 26, but as a shopping tool I think setting a price range is reasonable.

The gti and civic SI sound really good to me on paper, I just don't love the looks... Same issue with the mazda3s, they sound great but I really hate the smiley grill lol.

I also don't get how the mpg of the civic is that low.. Not turbo charged, premium fuel, light, and has similar numbers to a gti or mustang on the mpg front. Mpg isn't a huge concern but it is something to consider with prices going crazy.

Ever since the 2006 Si I haven't liked their styling. I liked that they went back to a hatchback in 2002, i wish they would have kept that up for the next 2 generations.