Heart vs Head

[SD_GR]

True. I use Impreza for anything from a 1993 1,6L FWD to a full works Gr A/8 UK-handmade competition car, causing confusion and am at fault there.

I'd still buy a Honda if I wanted sensible.

[killpsibot]

i just always think wrx on club wrx

[SD_GR]

Understandable, and more reasonable than me I have to admit.

[RayZorback]

Ride the Jetta into the ground man. Go get your AC and stereo fixed and pay the guy cash so he will do it cheaper. That raises the POS resale value. (Don't go with a JBL system and pioneer touch screen head unit... just get the thing fixed so you can stand it).

I drove my Celica for 13 years. A bit different situation because I actually loved that car, but I wanted a new car for the last 6 years and it just wasn't in the budget.

BUT, when my Celica did finally die, we had the funds to get a brand new car and not even feel it. It isn't a blip on the radar financially (even with premium gas). It is only because we just spent the last 6 years getting out of debt and making wiser $$ decisions.

Drive the Jetta. You are going to LOVE the 2014 WRXs!!

[zedvw2002]

interesting, i own an xterra and hate it....... that's why i ordered a 12 DGM WRX lol

[mycologist]

Get a bugeye.

[dj_red]

mines on order and im still going back and forth ....part of me is like ok get something normal like a civic or focus
(just sold my 09 focus ) and drive back and forth to work and be like everyone else.....or......get my dream car and say i did it .....im going to go for it and take the plunge...worse case they hold great resale ...i think im going to be going back in forth in my head untill i hold the keys

That's why if I get one, I'd wait to find one on the lot. I don't think I could bear the wait!

[michaelwfox]

PBP is an amazing color, but it has the same problem as black. If you don't take extremely good care of the paint the imperfections will show.

There was a post on here recently where a guy picked his up from the dealer and it already had swirl marks in it.

[dj_red]

i just always think wrx on club wrx

Yeah, I knew I'd get some WRX-biased advise. Good thing I decided to post this here vs. a financial planning forum

Ride the Jetta into the ground man. Go get your AC and stereo fixed and pay the guy cash so he will do it cheaper. That raises the POS resale value. (Don't go with a JBL system and pioneer touch screen head unit... just get the thing fixed so you can stand it).

I drove my Celica for 13 years. A bit different situation because I actually loved that car, but I wanted a new car for the last 6 years and it just wasn't in the budget.

BUT, when my Celica did finally die, we had the funds to get a brand new car and not even feel it. It isn't a blip on the radar financially (even with premium gas). It is only because we just spent the last 6 years getting out of debt and making wiser $$ decisions.

Drive the Jetta. You are going to LOVE the 2014 WRXs!!

The Jetta could last another year, but I hate putting more money into the POS car, never knowing what's going to break next.

Get a bugeye.

I have thought of some middle ground in a used WRX.....but a bugeye is not for me.

[zax]

Get a bugeye.

This.

[Drews]

I have thought of some middle ground in a used WRX.....but a bugeye is not for me.

Why not?

[SonicWagon]

I have an Xterra and my WRX, a Bugeye and an 01 Xterra SE. The Bugeye is much more fun to drive and built better. The Xterra is such a POS that i have retired it to Farm duty and driving off road only, i just got sick of fixing it to keep it road worthy, things on the WRX break too but i love the car..

a bugeye is not for me.

GTFO!

[dj_red]

Why not?

I just haven't fell in love with the style of the older WRXs. I would prefer an '09+ model.

[mycologist]

I just haven't fell in love with the style of the older WRXs. I would prefer an '09+ model.

You should drive one. They are the most raw WRX model for driving experience. Sure, you would like a new one, but it would beat the snot out of a Jetta. It has kept me happy for nearly 10 years. If I get tired of it, it just needs a detail to come back to life.

Plus the style may grow on you:

[BigDaddyRex]

Not to be "old guy" but there is a lot to be said for not being car poor. I've known too many people who have overreached to buy the car they "dream" about, only to be cash strapped as a result. I've spent a lot of years driving used cars because it was the right financial choice, and it allows me to be in a position now where I can go the direction I want.

Debt is a bear that you are best to avoid.