- Nov 20, 2005
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I am in a bit of a transitional period right now with my cars and could use some input on what we should do. Currently have 4 cars and they all serve a purpose, but we're finding our needs changing. We only have car payments on 1 car, and trying to avoid paying more than $250 a month even though we can afford it.
Scenario 1:
I keep my track tow/sunday driver, but get a truck to add some utility to my line up and make track days easier. I get an old man sports car instead of rally boy wonder.
Scenario 2:
Scenario 3:
So what does everyone else think? Reliability and resale value are important to me. I want my wife to have a good, reasonable fast and safe vehicle to drive around. We have no kids so I don't REALLY care about kid seats yet. I know we'd like to keep the civic if possible because it's been so damn reliable for us, and honestly handles great with a proper set of summer tires on it. We had a truck for a few years but got rid of it for the Forester since we didn't need it. Now we kinda need it as we have a house and I often find myself strapping shit to the roof of the Subaru.
- 2006 STI: Sunday drive/winter drive/track/Garage queen. Barely gets driven anymore honestly even though I love it. Sees about 5-6 track days a year, and a handful or AutoX events. Currently at 88k hardish miles but always taken care of.
- 90 Miata: Normal DD and all around fun car. I like being able to hammer this thing well within speed limits on roads. Also doing track duty on this since the parts are dirt cheap.
- 06 Civic: Spare DD/road trip car. 120k miles and 35mpg. It's our only car with great gas mileage so we use it a fair amount for going up into the mountains/road tripping.
- 10 Forester XT: Wives main DD and our general purpose vehicle. Only thing we have that can fit shit in it. lately been using it more for camping and road trips but honestly the ride and noise is worse than the Civic. Wive loves the added speed and being up a bit off the road (9 months left of payments)
Scenario 1:
- STI -> C5Z or C6: Could sell and get a pretty penny for the STI still since LOL Subaru markups in CO.
- Forester -> Newer forester XT. Basically swapping payments on a newer vehicle. Been eyeing a certified used one.
- Miata -> Beater truck in the 5-6k range that can tow the vette to the track. Could get a decent early 00s Silverado for that range.
- Civic -> Keep
I keep my track tow/sunday driver, but get a truck to add some utility to my line up and make track days easier. I get an old man sports car instead of rally boy wonder.
Scenario 2:
- STI -> Truck: Add utility and a tow vehicle. No payments. Still great resale value.
- Forester -> Newer Lexus IS or Acura RDX: Wife gets a milf mobile. Good reliability and resale.
- Miata -> Keep
- Civic -> Keep
Scenario 3:
- STI -> Sell and pocket cash. Invest in Bitcoin and buy 2020 Vette.
- Forester -> Pay off and drive it into the ground
- Miata -> Sell and buy more bitcoin.
- Civic -> drive into the ground and impress everyone with my frugality. set it on fire when it finally dies.
So what does everyone else think? Reliability and resale value are important to me. I want my wife to have a good, reasonable fast and safe vehicle to drive around. We have no kids so I don't REALLY care about kid seats yet. I know we'd like to keep the civic if possible because it's been so damn reliable for us, and honestly handles great with a proper set of summer tires on it. We had a truck for a few years but got rid of it for the Forester since we didn't need it. Now we kinda need it as we have a house and I often find myself strapping shit to the roof of the Subaru.