If you were going away to college which car would you pick and why?

 

Evo... 4 door, practical, AWD, can drive in the winter... take wing off, hardly noticeable as a high performance sports car... easily sits under radar... meets or beats the performance of almost any sportscar under $100k.

 

Get a truck or other more practical vehicle. Why? You have to haul your stuff home every year or put it into storage. It is not a conspicuous car and won’t get messed up in the parking lot after a football game. It also keeps payments and insurance low. You are in school and you have books and pizza to buy, so save your cash. Get the Evo, or other nice car, after your done with school and have money and time to take care of it.

Best wishes,
f86sabre

 

toss up between the STi & Evo. Both are far more sensible then the other cars you listed (I am assuming you are staying in an area with snow since you are from NJ). It really depends if you like the sharpness of the Evo vs. the power of the STi. (in stock form)

 

out of your choices i went with the evo....but actually i woudl suggest other...man college is hell on an automobile...all those short trips...leaving it out to the elements....stupid college drivers who can't park....get a beater and keep your peace of mind....thats what i did when i went to college

 

heshamnaim's got it right -- college is hell on a car. maybe you'd be better off getting the used M3. at least then you wouldn't feel as bad when (not if) it got dinged.

 

Ive got 1991 Acura integra RS for sale with 1998 integra type r motor swap it does 12.03 on drag with 94 octane and driver seat taken out. It doesnt look like FastnFurious car, it has very clean look (dark blue), but then again it my be a little old for you....

 

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I already graduated from college and i'm going back in a year or two. So money really isn't an issue. My main concerns were reliability. I probably would only be an hour and a half away so it wouldn't be too bad.

 

anyone see the new G35 AWD sedan? ... i wonder if they'll make the coupe AWD too? that'd be pretty cool.

 

If it's an hour away (I'm gonna assume upwards of 30+ miles) I'd get a Golf TDI since it's probably just going to be you rolling along then work on that thing to make disgusting amounts of torque. Diesels are fun that way.

 

If the G35 coupe came with awd I don't think I would have such a hard time deciding.

 

Bingo

 

Like i said, money isn't going to be a big problem since I'll be putting down 22K+ on the car. Definitely don't want a truck, I can manage with the whole bringin crap back and forth to school plus it isn't that far of a distance (under an hour and a half). I was surprised there wasn't more votes for the g35 or the m3 they seemed the most practical of all. I kind of threw the 350z out the door already. I really need 4 seats.

 

obviously the evo is going to win, it just always does

 

Be down to three choices for me. Either EVO, FTO (6A12 Mivec) or Skyline R34 GT-R

Cheers