Originally Posted by madfast

and do you plan to marry her and have a kid in 6 years? buy a house? pay for your kid's college? your retirement? seriously, you're still just a kid. it's nice to have a plan. it's better to have a safety net. you want a nice car, we all do. but suck it up if you honestly can't afford it comfortably. key word, COMFORTABLY!

your examples of people working minimum wage to pay off an evo while living at home is friggin hilarious. would you honestly want to be in that situation? or even remotely close to it? if you work min wage and live at home, you better save your money for school to get a better job. not thinking about buying fast cars and sh*t like that.

everybody loves to brag about what they have, what they can do, or who they know on the internet. the problem is when you do this in real life and end up screwing yourself and your family just to get "props" from people who really don't give a sh*t about you. feels good to get recognition. but at what cost?

i honestly hope you do graduate, get a good job, and have a great life. just don't let your "image" get in front of what's really important. you say you have been through some hard times in your life. it's now your duty to prevent that from ever happening again and especially for that not to happen to your kids. if that means you drive a geo metro and not a evo x, G37, R8, or M3... you drive that damn geo!

yes i sound high and mighty. but you're still very young. making money is never guaranteed and using up all your money can be easier than you think...

Originally Posted by el producto

I think its good they dont let people test drive...if you are going to buy an Evo X you are going to buy one test drive or not..


I was pissed when my Evo has 19 miles when I got it. You get some salesman who doesnt know about the break in period and some douche is banging on every gear and people wonder why their **** breaks.

Originally Posted by atombomb33

Your math seems a little off. A 72 month loan on a $40k car is more like a $700 monthly payment. You've got to add taxes, title and license fees, document fees, etc. So, you're really financing $42k. And at 72 months, you won't get the best interest rates unless you're a member of a credit union. So, $42k for 72 months at 5.9% (a good rate for 72 months) is $694 monthly payment.

To have a $450 monthly payment you would have to put $15k down.

Originally Posted by DoHBoY

I know its been asked before in posts but how would leasing work? i have no clue how it works. i know you pay a fraction of the cost but only keep the car for 2 years and have an option of buying after. But, how much money do you honestly lose? and what would the gains of it be? anyone mind giving me a little crash course on leasing? Do they even lease X's? im sure they'd lease a G37.