ok, let the college thing go. first you all went on how he needs to put the money toward college, and now he says hes already there, your pushing for him to go for more than 4 years, ok when will this stop? Hes in college he does have his priorities straight. Why not pick up a car for a gift on going for at least 4 years? after that its still his choice.

 

agian i said i dont care what he does... just he can get a much faster car then an a4... now the s4 is a nice choice... but i would skip over the a4 and look in a different direction

 

Have you thought about an SRT-4? Its cheaper, easier to fix and a lot faster than any of the cars mentioned here. Plus its far more of a students car than an audi, you're guaranteed to attract cougars in an audi.

 

srt-4 is great. theres 4 of em at the college im at. one of my friends has one and (sad to say) he whoops a lot of evos with it. I was trying to trade my lancer in for one for $16500. but he said no way.

 

yeah i know a guy who has a red SRT-4. I rode in it the other day. beautiful car, fast as hell - but id never own an american car. and also - a 2001 audi S4 would be cheaper on ebay than an SRT-4. lol. but yeah i do like them

 

no offense man, but i hate when people are like "yeah its nice but I'd never own an american car" or even "I'd never own a foreign (or Japanese) car." I mean some american cars are a hell of a lot better than foreign or foreign better than american. You really should consider the actual car or even entire company, not just if its american or not. But yeah dodge also has had some reliability issues so i'm with you there.

 

modelchris, what is the budget that your parents are looking at for the car?

 

oh and watch ebay sh*t if you are getting a car from there. Unless its close by and you can go check it out real good first.

 

yeah, i plan on finding someplace close by. and budget..hmm? hasn't been said. only thing that is said, is that they will buy the car for me, and i will pay the notes on it. so i guess it's up to ME and how much I can afford. ya know? i'd really like that audi, but realisticly, [did i spell that right]. the mazda 3 seems more practical, and in my range. i know a lot of ppl who have them, and they're really cool. so yeah they're not 200 HP or nothing, but they are sweet cars. EVEN for a MAZDA.

 

You got a steal

 

i like the mazd3 too. hatch or sedan? i personally like the looks of the hatch but the sedan is cool too.

 

i dont care too much for the 3. you should look into buying an 03-04 mustang cobra. there are many well under 30g (most around 20-25). i really like them, and they are fast as hell. ford rates them at 390 bhp stock, but many will dyno over 400 to the wheels STOCK. (Just a suggestion)