Thursday March 1st - preorder date for BRZ

[tranzformer]

$27k isn't bad on $50k. Depends on what his down payment and trade in was. That could be a $450-500/month payment. Not that bad depending on his other expenses.

[Tbxgz]

Originally Posted by Zgrinch

Everyone,

Some very interesting information to share on the BRZ:

MT = 22/30/25 (city/hwy/comb)


Excerpts of what is in the Subaru Marketing Plan:

"The idea is to keep it rare and keep the demand high"

"This won't be the Scion FR-S that everyone sees on the road. For the enthusiast that appreciates Subaru's engineering contribution to the project, even a glimpse of the new BRZ will be a memorable event"


Edit
Median age - 47
Median income - 89K
30% Post Grad
46% BS
67% Exec or White Collar
64% Male - 36% Female
68% Married
39% Kids at home

Hey Z thanks for posting, where did this info come from? The fuel efficiency seems way lower than what we had expected. Also;

Median age - 47
Median income - 89K

age and income seem high. 89k? I dont know about you guys but thats a little more than what I make haha

[Zgrinch]

Originally Posted by Tbxgz

Hey Z, where did this info come from? The fuel efficiency seems way lower than what we had expected. Also;

Median age - 47
Median income - 89K

Hmm I have a hard time believing the MEDIAN age is 47.. That seems very odd to me. Also 89k? I dont know about you guys but thats a little more than what I make haha

Someone in the know with actual materials.
As far as you other comment, I guess I'm not the "norm" on this forum.

[Tbxgz]

Edited^ For some reason i was thinking median as in average not middle. derp.

[tranzformer]

Rememer median isn't the same as mean (average). Median is just the middle number if you arrange all of the ages from lowest to highest. That means there will be just as many people over 47 as under 47.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by tripjammer

$27K is less than the avg price of a new car. But I see your point.

Your average american also has around $16,000 in credit card debt

I try to keep any single car payment at 400 or less and my down payment will reflect that. That way the rest of my car account money builds for mods, repairs, track days, racing, or a second car payment on the extremely rare occasions I've done that.

You definately CAN spend 30k on a car on a 50K income but if you figure tax rates (25% for single IIRC) your take home is ~37,500, before medical, other taxes, 401k, etc, so if we just pick say, 30k, you are spending 1/5th of your income on a car payment if it's 500/month..

For me, that's not comfortable.

[Tbxgz]

I'll be putting atleast 15k down with 60 months financing.. but if the limited is priced over 30k (OTD) I'll have to go with the premium model

[Tainen]

26 years old
IT infrastructure engineer
post grad
income >120k
married
kids


hehehe

[Guff]

Originally Posted by Subaruwrxfan

Just got some interesting news from my dealer...he says he is expecting deliveries to start in MARCH. He said he will know for sure when the cars will be coming in on March 2nd when I have an appointment to meet with the sales manager. The dealer I'm working with says they already have a few deposits already, but I will still be getting one of the cars from the first shipment.

So March...if that's true I guess I'll be putting down a slightly smaller down payment than I had expected! lol

Maybe he meant orders are going in? Because deliveries coming in this soon sounds a but unrealistic, considering we are missing vital info on the car.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Zgrinch

Someone in the know with actual materials.
As far as you other comment, I guess I'm not the "norm" on this forum.

It's a subject I dance around. People could probably determine where I am compared to the median if they put enough together though.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Tbxgz

I'll be putting atleast 15k down with 60 months financing.. but if the limited is priced over 30k (OTD) I'll have to go with the premium model

dear god why?

If you are putting 15k down the difference from the premium to the limited shouldn't make any appreciable difference in payments.

Well unless your credit is bad and you have a 15% interest rate or something :P

[Zgrinch]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

It's a subject I dance around. People could probably determine where I am compared to the median if they put enough together though.

Already have...
I keed I keed...see my new sig?

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Tainen

26 years old
IT infrastructure engineer
post grad
income >120k
married
kids


hehehe

That's more than average for our jobs for your age, but then I saw where you lived

[Tbxgz]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

dear god why?

If you are putting 15k down the difference from the premium to the limited shouldn't make any appreciable difference in payments.

I'd like to keep the payment around 200. With insurance and the premium gas, this car will quickly eat into my monthly budget. Also, I still have student loans to pay off.

but now you got me thinkin.. maybe 50 bucks a month is worth the limited