2008 GTI for $17599 thoughts

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05-19-2010, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dammitjim,May 19 2010, 01:01 PM

Take the $5k you're going to lose overall trading in your car and buy a better beater.

And then double your car ownership costs!

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05-19-2010, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 08YellowCR,May 19 2010, 05:09 PM

subarus,Fit,Civic and XB

For $7k you might be able to get an Element and you could definitely get a nice CRV.

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05-19-2010, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. WOT,May 19 2010, 06:36 PM

And then double your car ownership costs!

How do you figure? He's likely to get a multi-car discount on insurance, so that will be more but not double. Both cars won't be driven at the same time, so maintenance won't double. If he gets a car with better gas mileage than an S2k and normal tires it will cost significantly less to drive per mile.

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