i regret the evo9...
What are your monthly payments. To sum it up for you. Let me just tell you that you own a piece of history my friend. The car will go up in value if anything. I switched over to Japanesse cars from the over priced POS European cars. I was 20 when I bought my car. I paid over $1,000 a month and for what? The name only. People get so cought up into, ohhh how nice the Mercedes, Audi...etc look and ohhh man it gives you everything other then sex. Let me tell you something man. You have a jewel in your posesion don't sell it for nothing man. I have a 2004 EVO VIII and we use it as our family car. We also have a kid. EVO FOR LIFE.
It's a wonderful car but you are not sitting on a good investment
and the track is the last place you need to put your car...the only thing worse than making payments on a car you can't afford is doing the same for a car that doesn't run
This would be why I went for the Evo8. They lack in a couple of areas, but not enough that I would notice it as a DD.
And my insurance+payment still equals out to being less than a Evo9 payment.
And my insurance+payment still equals out to being less than a Evo9 payment.
That said, most spend beyond their means, have little to no savings, and have to work their whole life. The choice is yours....good luck.
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I can feel your pain dude, but it is not uncommon. As many people have probably already stated the EVO can be an expensive car to own. I regret one of my friends decision to buy a EVO IX, especially since I was the one who helped talk him into getting one. His car payment and insurance approach $1,000 a month, and seriously if I had to pay that much for a EVO each month even I would regret it. If he would have talked to me before actually buying the car, I guarrantee I could have got him a much better deal, but sadly he did an impulsive buy without consulting me and I will hate to see the day when he will have to sell his EVO because he can't afford it. Maybe he can afford it, but he makes about the same income I do, and I know I would have a very hard time making ends meet if I was stuck with $1,000 worth of car payments a month.
How you think I feel , I don't regret the Evo 9 , I just regret taking my car to pruven performance I lasted 1 year 3 moths making car payments and paying insurance for my car with out even driving it just so it can sit in there shop to get vandalized my poor little evo.
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for all the people who are buying evos brand new and can't afford it, STOP! the car will be around forever, don't let anyone scare you about buying used down the road cause youre gonna have to fix it sooner or later. the $1000 a month you are spending on the car now would vastly improve the quality of your life more than a car you can't afford. if you want it keep it. IMO, sell it, buy a beater or a nice performance car thats cheaper. there's alot of them out there. get the evo in the future, repair or replace the parts it needs. the money you save now could help in the future.
