I need a new car Options

[Oasis]

My fucking fuel pump just went out on my truck which pissed another $300+ down the drain. Not to mention I'm spending nearly $25 a day in gas, which is seriously cutting in to my beer fund.

I need a new automobile.

My truck has a KBB value of around $13k, minus probably $1k to fix the various dents from drunk assholes hitting my truck in lubbock. I can probably come up with $15k cash, putting me around $27k. If I took out a loan for the rest, I'd like to keep it under $8k because I don't need any more monthly payments to worry about.

So yeah, I'm looking at a car between $27k-$35k. Recommend some shit, cause I haven't picked up a Car & Driver in years. Three prerequisites

1. Needs to look somewhat sporty or cool
2. Needs to get at least 20 city/25 highway
3. No fucking hybrids
4. No fucking trucks. I rarely agree with Dogmeat about anything, but he's right that trucks are useless unless you need them in the field. I'll be buying a Mule to keep in Giddings for field use.

Make that four prerequisites

Two cars I've been looking at are the Saturn Sky and a used BMW 330i.


I think these look pretty fucking cool. I can get one with 250 hp and an aftermarket turbo for around $30k I think. I'd only get one if they're made with a hard top or there's a decent looking aftermarket hardtop. I hate convertibles.


My friend just bought a used (30k miles) 2006 BMW 330i for around $29k. 2006 is pretty recent, still had a 100k mile warranty from BMW, and come on....it's a fucking bimmer. A year ago if I said I'd own a BMW in the next 12 months you'd ask me what I was smoking and laugh at me. Now I can probably pull it off

My other options in that range would be a 1998 Supra 15th anniversary twin turbo (dream car), or an early 70's muscle car. Neither are that practical when it comes to repairs or getting assraped on insurance

Recommend something else if you know something in that price range.

And no fucking Saabs, Lance

[Mommy]

Will, I would seriously rethink only getting liability. You know something is going to happen and then you will be SOL. The first thing to remember when making your first car purchase is knowing your upper limit INCLUDING GAS PRICES AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS. If you can't afford a certain car including those aspects than you don't need to buy that expensive of a car. There are plenty of cars that are more economical AND have a bad ass body. If you want to make a responsible purchase out of your first car, you will get a car you can afford including insurance. That's just asking for trouble. You should know better than anyone that something can happen... Remember when your truck was hit in that hit and run? Now imagine if the driver didn't have insurance. You would have had to pay the thousands in repairs yourself.

[Oasis]

Will, I would seriously rethink only getting liability. You know something is going to happen and then you will be SOL. The first thing to remember when making your first car purchase is knowing your upper limit INCLUDING GAS PRICES AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS. If you can't afford a certain car including those aspects than you don't need to buy that expensive of a car. There are plenty of cars that are more economical AND have a bad ass body. If you want to make a responsible purchase out of your first car, you will get a car you can afford including insurance. That's just asking for trouble. You should know better than anyone that something can happen... Remember when your truck was hit in that hit and run? Now imagine if the driver didn't have insurance. You would have had to pay the thousands in repairs yourself.

All things considered, I'll listen to your advice over some schmuck like rabble

I might have let on that I'm being dumb and getting the first dream car that comes to mind without thinking things through. Not the case at all.

Getting liability is dumb on a car that retailed for nearly $100k, yes I agree. But I can't afford $1200/month for insurance unless I want to live in a cardboard box. Just isn't feasible at this point in my life. I can minimize the risk/reward factor of only having liability by doing a few things. One, I'm going to quit drinking. Either entirely, or limit myself to one handle of Buffalo Trace ($35) a month and get completely bombed a few weekends at the house. Right now, I spend roughly $250/month on alcohol charges - alcohol, plus a cab ride home, plus paying someone to take me to my truck the next day. It costs a lot more but it's safer that way. Right there I'd save about $215 a month. Considering liability will run me about $300/month (by my estimation), coming up with an extra $75 every month is a piece of cake. Fuck, I pay at least twice that every month because I invite fucktards over and they screw up the house. I always said I'd completely quit drinking if I had the proper motivation. Owning a car that cost half of $100k is sufficient motivation for me. Hell, I quit drinking for nearly a month when I was dating Erica, and she was a two dollar whore.

Plus, you know me and you've seen me drive. I'm a good driver. I don't speed, I don't get road rage, and when I'm not drinking and driving I never swerve; and I certainly don't show off by flooring it when the light turns green. People always accuse me of driving like an old person. I usually shrug it off then laugh at them when they get speeding tickets. Plus, I've driven fast cars before. I drove Michael Dell's NSX in high school and I've been practicing with my friend's NSX and getting used to it. They aren't hard to drive if you know what you're doing

There are only two factors that I can't take in to account - repair costs and the odds that some fuckwit with no insurance hitting me. Repairs, when they happen will be a bitch. the cost of parts will be roughly 3-4x what a domestic would cost, since the car is hand built. I'll deal with that when it happens. If some dickhead with no insurance totals my car, cost won't really be an issue - he'll be dead before the cops arrive, and I'm being dead serious