Actually, I think this guy may be right(DannyB), he may have the best idea as to what is going through his parents mind. It seems that it is ok to buy a WRX, they just dont want to see him spend that much on a car when you can buy the same car for less with nothing wrong with it. It doesn't seem like there are any stipulations just that they hgave the same train of thought as this guy. And I would say go for it! Thumbs up! Of course, I think you, GDB Dragun were going to do that anyways.

 

Thats cool and that may work, but not all cases. As I said earlier my truck runs fine now. But when I got my truck, 4 months after getting it I had to replace water pump, a month later I needed to replace the Computer, then a few months later I needed to have the engine rebuilt. By the end of that year I needed a new radiator and some suspension fixes. When we bought the truck it looked and ran perfectly. The guy we bought it from told us what had needed to be fixed and that he had replaced it. After about a year I had spent over $3000 on a truck I had spent $2500 on. Sure I only spent $5500 that first year as opposed to the cost of a new car, but that truck sure did not have the luxuries of a new car and it was not nice being stranded out in San Diego (about 100 miles from home), having to call someone for a ride at 1:00 am or being stuck in L.A. (another 100+ miles from home). Besides your not going to find any 227hp+ AWD cars that are about 10 years old.

I know that in your book the old car thing works but I thought I would just put something on the other side of the story. My neighbor had a late 80's Escort or Tempo and she thought that was the biggest mistake she had ever made.

 

no but you can have a 165hp car that is only 2 or 3 years old. I test drove the wrx the other day and I was not that impressed with it as much as I thought I would be. Lets just say it made me love my car even more.

 

Actually, I was starting to think how much of a good car a subaru is for newer drivers (if being new to the road is the question.) The Subaru actually scores high on safety tests, the way the boxer engine is built, front impacts cause the engine to move away from the driver. The AWD is a benefit if you are travelling in foul weather. Back in February I was surrounded by a car pile up and the only reason I didnt get hit (was raining btw) was because I was able to react and swerve out of the way of an airborne street sweeper (why he was on the fwy i have no idea). When it all stopped I was surrounded by a ring of bruised up cars and my subie, unscathed. Your right, maybe not a WRX but a 2.5RS. I don't know much about the GC8's but as far as I know most or all Subarus are pretty safe cars.

 

Cool, whatever you choose Subie or Nissan, old or new I hope you enjoy your car and have fun

 

I dont know if you read the entire post but it seems that this is going the wrong way. I asked the guy and he didnt say it had anything to do with money nor driving responsibly. Maybe his father wants him to have the life experience of not having the luxuries as a kid but experiencing it later through life. He said that he was going to make the payments on it actually, his parents are just giving him the down payment. How do you know he doesnt deserve it because he's a brat, maybe he does deserve it? Maybe its a graduation present? I feel sorry for this guy because no one believes he can get through this because of his age. Im not there anymore but I was once 17 and I handled myself pretty well. Collins has a respectable story and sounds as if he speaks from great experience, but again I don't think thats really the case here. He is already thinking smart and looking for a used car as opposed to having an '03 or '04. Im sorry you went Bankrupt too, but it looks like this kid is doing is homework before hand so he doesn't make the mistakes you and Collins made.