yep, i called my dealership, Miller Mitsu, and i told him, "Ed, i want the evo!", he called me back yesterday and says it's gonna take $8-10k PLUS my car to put down, so here i sit heartbroken, so last night i was driving around Baldwin Park hoping my car would catch fire from all the damn fireworks, **** everything else was on fire, so back to Project Eclipse, first thing....RECAROS

 

Why don't you give him your car and finance the 8-10 k?

 

you can finance a down payment?

 

So you're telling me they want 8-10k PLUS your car for a down payment?

Assuming your car is worth 10k, thats like $20,000 for a down payment.....most dealers will accept 5k or 2500 plus trade in.

I'm not sure who you're dealing with but if 8-10k plus your eclipse is a down payment then you're probably paying $40k for your Evo

 

Sounds like you owe more than what your current ride is worth?

You'd be better of not trading it in then, just put $5000 down on the evo and pay both of em off.

 

yeah, my eclipse is an 02 with 55k miles and just recovered from an accident, blue book lists it as 6500 which makes me cry, can anyone else from LA help or comment?

 

6500.....55K.....and an acident, dude I'd be more worried about your Eclipse then buying a new car.....55k is an absurd amount of KM's for a car thats just over a year old.

If I were you I'd wait a few years, drive the Eclipse into the ground, because honestly the value of your car is nothing with those Miles, and an accident.

Wait 3 yrs and buy an Evo.

 

i might end up just getting an old 240sx (s13) and letting my brother drive the eclipse, the 55k miles on the eclipse is gonna stabilize though (over time), instead of 40 miles to work round trip it's now 3.4 miles because i take the train

 

Sorry about your luck. What were they asking for the car? It sucks when they only speculate that you should put 12,000mi a year on your car when the average persons commute means that they will put more then that on the car.

 

he didn't even check my car, it was based on my mileage, how long i've had it, and how much i owe, the sad thing is, i just got a new job where i make way more than double what i made before AND i only drive 3 and a half miles now since i take the train

 

Fine idea imo.

 

Get the EVO... don't spend money on a POS old 240SX and then slap yourself across the face cuz you spent as much money as it would cost to get a shiny brand new EVO.

Don't be dumb!

 

Hold off for a while before buying your new car. With that short of a commute your mileage will start to average out in your favor since you'll be driving the car alot less. You might also want to look into getting a old $500 beater if you have alot of commuting so you run the miles up on that instead. Also keep it for trips to the mall or movies where your nice car would likely get dings from mindless drivers throwing their doors open.