[QUOTE]Originally posted by huyto:
[B]If your going to buy something, get what you want or you might regret it, especially such an important purchase as an automobile.

 

Good choice Rahvis, very smart. Putting money away now will put you lightyears ahead of others your age.

 

I don't make too much more than that and it fits my budget fine. Of course, I live in Memphis, TN, a city where the median income is VERY low.

 

By 28, I will be driving a Porsche Turbo something with a nice condo on the side. I love cars.

As for Jay Li, I'm really not interested in what you have to say. Your're light years behind most of us older people here at 18 years old and stuck in college world. From freshman year to the denouement of your college life, there will be changes in perspectives. Your parents aren't helping you any by buying you that car in realizing what the world is really like. Let's end it at that.

Rahvis, if you really want it, you could do it. If you want to be 28 and driving the S2000, do it like the rest of this board. But I'm sure you're not planning on making 52K next year or the year after that. Your income will grow if you do it right. Here and now it's a little tough going, but later on, you'll be able to afford more. I think we'll be hitting up the BMW and Porsche dealers by the time we're in our mid to late twenties. I know I will be. S2000 is going to be chump change!

Let the flaming begin. But I'm only speaking the truth.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by rahvis:
[B]And nvmys2k, if I can EVER find a car as tempting as the S2000...you'll be the first to know.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SpaceNeedle:
[B]By 28, I will be driving a Porsche Turbo something with a nice condo on the side.

 

And now for something completely different:

Here is my unique perspective... Live today, not tomorrow. A lot of good all that money in the bank and prudence will do you if you get run over by a bus tomorrow. Also, sometimes when you compromise, you end up in a situation you can't deal with later on. You end up getting what you wanted in the first place at a larger cost in the long run (i.e. trading in a car after a short period of ownership).

In your case I'd say the winter weather and the fact that the S2K makes a sucky only car would be more of a reason not to buy than finances. Also, I'm not sure what the cost of living is like in your area. A NY, NY'ers $52K is a lot different than a Raleigh, NC'ers $52K for example.

But what it boils down to is what makes you most happy, living in a wide financial margin, or driving exactly the car you want.


[This message has been edited by Silver S2K (edited January 05, 2001).]

 

Damn, peeps get pretty fired up over all this. I really appreciate all the pats on the back, and all the nudges to go get the car...but I think right now, I'd be limiting the help I could offer my parents and what I could do for them. I'm an only child, and they're not gettin' any younger...so I think for now at least, I'll try to play it safe.

As for the Si not being an S2000...DUH dude...any jackass could've noticed that. I had no intentions of calling it a "Baby S" or anything...but it seriously is a very practical car for a single enthusiast. Cheap as fvck, quick when you're the only one in it, style that requires a little different taste, and offers all the room of a normal car that dad'd prolly get his daughter for being a whiney ass girl in high school.

Some "concerned" people around me are even telling me to hold off on the Si...'cause I can't spare 17K right now, and I shouldn't tie myself to something so big so soon. But whatever...I think if a bank will approve that loan, I'll have to pounce on it. There's one in particular...the guy's waiting for a yellow S2K, but has a 2000 Blue Si with only 7500 miles on it. He's asking 17.5K but will probably budge a tad bit...at least to 17K. I don't think I'll find another Si as well taken care of as his, so in the next couple weeks, I'll have to see what kind of dough I can scrounge up.

But seriously...thanks for the chuckles, the pushes, the pats, and even the occassional head biting of some kid who I think is one lucky ass bastard to ahve dad get him an S2000 at 18.

But feel free to keep rippin' each other apart, I enjoy it...

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by huyto:
[B]Wasn't it everybody's dream to have a badass car when your young and in your twenties?

 

1) Rahvis: On one hand you only live once. You will never be 20-Something again. On the other hand if your car budget is so harsh as to eat into your social life - can't take a girl out for dinner. Then I think you will eventually grow to dislike the car. You seem to have thought out all the details. I am sure you will make the right decision.
2) I would buy my son a sports car if I have the ability to, provided he is a responsible 18 yr old. Which 18yr old male did not dream of driving a sports car. I tried to convince my mother to buy the Buick Grand National (0-60 in 4.9 sec) when I was 17. That would have been the only car in the family. I am sure I would have gotten in a lot of trouble if I had a car like that. But so what.
3) It's never enough. Never enough money, house, horsepower. It's a setup for a life long feeling of inadequacy. This car purchase thing can get very philosophical.