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07-21-2013, 02:10 PM | #15 |
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buy a crx. Those things are like go karts and hold their value well.
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07-21-2013, 02:56 PM | #16 |
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Buy a motorcycle.
Why? 1) Cost nearly nothing (get a 250/300 or an older 600) 2) Easy to sell at little-to-no price hit 3) Deal with any need-for-speed doubts you would have with the FR-S 4) Because racebike |
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07-21-2013, 03:16 PM | #17 |
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If money is that tight, consider buying a used FR-S. Can probably find one for $22k or less. Let someone else pay the initial premium for the brand-new car.
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07-21-2013, 03:37 PM | #18 | ||||||
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Thanks for all the responses, extremely helpful.
@mush @thill @Miniata @ZmZMWagon @bkblitzed What model year would you guys recommend for the cars you suggested? Quote:
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That idea is actually what caused the initial idea to save, I was gonna wait till December, but then I saw that at the moment there really isn't any big price difference between used and new in my area. So I was gonna just go ahead and go for new. Maybe in a year or two there will be a significant difference. |
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07-21-2013, 03:42 PM | #19 |
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If you know you're going to get an FRS eventually, why not just buy something used and really cheap?
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07-21-2013, 03:45 PM | #20 |
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Whichever car I get now, as long as it's under 15k otd, I'll have it paid off by the end of the year or latest early next year. And if you're referring to the FRS, I've driven it tons of times, including a few runs around an autox track during the scion frs first drive event, was a blast, even as an auto. 100% sure on this car.
Because of this why not keep money in savings if something happen to said job or pay more on every month and have them roll over the money to next payments so in reality you could have two years of payments pre paid or which I would recommend keep the extra money in savings and if unforeseen events happen you have the money. |
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07-21-2013, 03:53 PM | #21 |
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That will depend on what kind of car do you "want". Do you want a rwd? or fwd? do you want something that is older or newer?. Do you care about truck space? Do you do mostly city or a combination of city & hwy.
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I'm not really looking for any specific, just anything that won't be throw away money. As in won't cost me anymore than it needs to in losses before the inevitable trade in. |
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07-21-2013, 04:05 PM | #23 |
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I would go for an older civic or corolla. It would be cheaper to buy and run. You will not get any trade in value by the time you are done. But you will be able to bank all the money that you saved towards the frs.
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07-21-2013, 04:15 PM | #24 |
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Celica GT or GT-S. They're old enough to have depreciated significantly, are fun to drive, reliable and great on gas
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07-21-2013, 06:32 PM | #25 |
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any 4 banger na car would be fine. Like others said you cant go wrong with a honda or toyota from the late 80's and 90's.
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07-22-2013, 12:36 AM | #26 |
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Honda Fit. I paid $16,570 for mine new in 2009. It got totalled in a hailstorm last April, which is when I got my FR-S. The insurance company settled for $14,800. So basically, I drove it for 3 1/2 years for less than $2000 depreciation.
This is not an isolated case. I've seen them on used lots for more than I paid new. And it's a very fun car to drive to boot! It has a lot more soul to it than a Civic (which I also own), as long as you stick with a manual tranny.
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07-22-2013, 02:57 AM | #27 |
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you should buy a Raven FRS...a manual one...one from California. I hear one is for sale.
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07-23-2013, 07:23 AM | #28 |
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Step 1: Learn to play poker to guarantee you can come up with 400/month if you're out of work
Step 2: Buy your FRS Step 3: Go to college driving a wicked car Step 4: Profit When I was in university, even my heavily modded 92 integra (stock exterior other than nicer, non-rice head/tail lights, and a fresh paint job) had some.. added perks. An FRS back then would have been glorious. |
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