Rob Smith wrote:I remember when you first posted here, you were complaining about the sunfire from day one.
All you would post about is the WRX STI.
Listen I woulda saved a few bucks and got one of the last 05 SRT-4's and dropped 3k into it. My buddies pushing 300hp and 335tq out of his 05 SRT-4 pushing 17PSI of boost and he takes STI's both from a rolling run and a dead stop run. im sure hes got em in the quarter mile as well. The car was alot cheaper to build too.
And guess what, im 21 and I cant afford one. I also am half way done paying off my cavalier and its been nothing but great so whoop dee doo.
Quote:nother friend who was jsut running nirtous everything else was stock went thorught 5 trannys in 3 months time
also on the SRT-4 i honeslt did consider it, but i have a friend of mine and she bought a brand new black 05 srt-4 and before the hit 2K on the odometer 2nd and 3rd gear went out. with 1500 miles on the car. another friend who was jsut running nirtous everything else was stock went thorught 5 trannys in 3 months time. if there wasnt so many problems i would like to go with srt-4 but im not a fan of dodges @!#$ty quality.
Roscoe wrote:Quote:nother friend who was jsut running nirtous everything else was stock went thorught 5 trannys in 3 months time
also on the SRT-4 i honeslt did consider it, but i have a friend of mine and she bought a brand new black 05 srt-4 and before the hit 2K on the odometer 2nd and 3rd gear went out. with 1500 miles on the car. another friend who was jsut running nirtous everything else was stock went thorught 5 trannys in 3 months time. if there wasnt so many problems i would like to go with srt-4 but im not a fan of dodges @!#$ty quality.
WELL DUH! Im guessing that was user error
Devin Coakley wrote:Bro, i am warning you right now as bad as you think the sunfire was wrx's are horrible, you'll get 50,000 mi outta it an it will die. The subaru engines can't take the turbo, i sell parts for these all the time and people insist in dropping more money in when they keep breaking. Look else where bro. I'm not knocking your choice, just looking out for you.
IamRascal wrote:avoid the 2.0 block. Go straight for an STI, or get a 2.5RS. You'll appreciate the low end torque.
TR = tuner ready. It's a no frills WRX, or 2.5RS no options, and minimal stereo, thus "Tuner Ready"
You also must realise that more expensive cars have higher maintanence costs as Devin said. A4 owners will tell you after 40,000 expect at minimum 1K+ in maintanence a year. The same goes for the majority of turbo vehicles.
If I had been making 4K a month at your age I'd move out of the house first then get a car.
The sunfire is a fine automobile. If you had major suspension damage it would have been more than 1K to fix.
If your making as much money as you say you are a smarter decision would be to buy a used STI. Also invest and save some of that money, and move out of your parents house. By your calculations(4x1000 = 4K a month) your making as much as I am a month, and I can't afford a WRX after I put away savings, rent, med and dental insurance, and my 401K.
Heck, throw some of that money in your parents direction, they'll appricate it seeing as they can't write you off on their taxes anymore.
Brandon Schmidt wrote:lol wow u guys are harsh. he obviously worked his ass off to pay it off in that time either that or he got money from elsewhere. Hes not looking for everyone to kiss his ass.. im 19 and i have 2 Z24's and a new quad, all i paid cash for and all i bought myself
Anyway goodluck with the wrx but should of just got what you wanted in the first place even if you had to save a little bit longer.
Brandon Schmidt wrote:lol wow u guys are harsh. he obviously worked his ass off to pay it off in that time either that or he got money from elsewhere. Hes not looking for everyone to kiss his ass.. im 19 and i have 2 Z24's and a new quad, all i paid cash for and all i bought myself
Anyway goodluck with the wrx but should of just got what you wanted in the first place even if you had to save a little bit longer.
RoNuS20 wrote:I just want to add another comment.
Don't go blowing all your money on a car. You're 17 years old and pretty soon you're going to have to be on your own and pay a lot more bills.
I'm 22 years old, making $1,600 a month, and I can safely manage my $330 a month car payment. I'm still living with my parents, but I have a lot of bills to pay. Cell phone, credit cards, insurance, tv bill, etc.
I can't imagine what your insurance is going to skyrocket to when you buy the WRX. I don't care if you have insurance with your parents or not, you're probably going to be getting a $200 a month payment being 17 years old. You have NO driving record (maybe 2 years max, doesn't count as good driving record), and the bank when you take the loan out to finance the car will require you to get full coverage.
Don't dig yourself a hole you can't get out of, you can easily lose your job just as soon as you got it. Just saying be careful......that's all.
IamRascal wrote:avoid the 2.0 block. Go straight for an STI, or get a 2.5RS. You'll appreciate the low end torque.
TR = tuner ready. It's a no frills WRX, or 2.5RS no options, and minimal stereo, thus "Tuner Ready"
You also must realise that more expensive cars have higher maintanence costs as Devin said. A4 owners will tell you after 40,000 expect at minimum 1K+ in maintanence a year. The same goes for the majority of turbo vehicles.
If I had been making 4K a month at your age I'd move out of the house first then get a car.
The sunfire is a fine automobile. If you had major suspension damage it would have been more than 1K to fix.
If your making as much money as you say you are a smarter decision would be to buy a used STI. Also invest and save some of that money, and move out of your parents house. By your calculations(4x1000 = 4K a month) your making as much as I am a month, and I can't afford a WRX after I put away savings, rent, med and dental insurance, and my 401K.
Heck, throw some of that money in your parents direction, they'll appricate it seeing as they can't write you off on their taxes anymore.
The Redneck wrote:Damn, i wish my parents would pay for everything for me. i've been paying for myself since i was 16...
ws6+04cav= FTW wrote:wow i wish mommy and daddy paid everything for me 2!!!
Adam Radford wrote:I'm sorry, all I see is BLAH!, BLAH, BLAH!, BLAH! from somebody who's on their way to college and can't write a decent paragraph without mispelling little words like "have",or "live", or "just" Jeez, leave already.Brandon Schmidt wrote:lol wow u guys are harsh. he obviously worked his ass off to pay it off in that time either that or he got money from elsewhere. Hes not looking for everyone to kiss his ass.. im 19 and i have 2 Z24's and a new quad, all i paid cash for and all i bought myself
Anyway goodluck with the wrx but should of just got what you wanted in the first place even if you had to save a little bit longer.
Wow thank you. you are right i did and still do work my ass off for a car that i have wanted ever sicne i have first enjoyed cars. I work 2 jobs go to school and run varsity track as a captian. I usually dont get home until 10pm everynight and leave every morning at around 6:30.I would ahve gotten waht i wanted in teh frist place, but i needed a car ASAP because the motor blew in the civic and i did not ahve a car to get me from a to b every day. otherwise i could avhe saved longer and bought it.
RoNuS20 wrote:I just want to add another comment.
Don't go blowing all your money on a car. You're 17 years old and pretty soon you're going to have to be on your own and pay a lot more bills.
I'm 22 years old, making $1,600 a month, and I can safely manage my $330 a month car payment. I'm still living with my parents, but I have a lot of bills to pay. Cell phone, credit cards, insurance, tv bill, etc.
I can't imagine what your insurance is going to skyrocket to when you buy the WRX. I don't care if you have insurance with your parents or not, you're probably going to be getting a $200 a month payment being 17 years old. You have NO driving record (maybe 2 years max, doesn't count as good driving record), and the bank when you take the loan out to finance the car will require you to get full coverage.
Don't dig yourself a hole you can't get out of, you can easily lose your job just as soon as you got it. Just saying be careful......that's all.
when i go to college i really wont do much in the way of a job unless its on the weekend to take care of the car payment. My parents will help out with the rest because like 99% of college kids they are almost always broke lol. When you say i will be on my own "pretty soon" isnt really true since i will be in college another decade for med school lol so i wont have to worry about living on my own and worrying about all the expenses for quite some time. by the time i get out of college and start worring about all the normal living expenses i will need a new car anyways sicne that will be 10 years old. I jsut think since i only lvie once why not ahve a car i can enjoy through college. and my parents take care of my insurance... not me, and the loan will be signed in my dads name since i am not 18 yet an in kansas you have to be 18 to have a credit history. and nobody would be dumb enouf not to get full coverage on a brand new $25k car.
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i wont have to worry about living on my own and worrying about all the expenses for quite some time
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I'm 22 years old, making $1,600 a month, and I can safely manage my $330 a month car payment. I'm still living with my parents, but I have a lot of bills to pay. Cell phone, credit cards, insurance, tv bill, etc.