Lotus???

[John]

John misses his car
Tired of shitty rentals
for past three long months

Just received a call
Parts from Hethel have arrived
Get car back next week!

Yay!

[Evan]

john needs much more hate
haikus no fun without fire
throw in asian joke

john likes fast lotus
mexicans worse than asians
big fox with taco

[John]

I dwive, I dwiving
No see you I talk on phone
Slant eye FTW!

My tummy is hungry
Oh your poodle looks tasty
Me ruv you rong time

[Maengelito]

Asian Driver joke
Lame as gay Miata joke
I sex your sister

lol, andy wins by far

[LorenaBeana]

So getting back on track:
Reasons Lorena shouldn't get the Lotus:
-would need to go into debt
-pretty unimpressive depreciation (think 15k in 2 years)
-2-seater = no back seat
-I hate to say this, especially on the MM forum, but, well, I do not aspire to be a racecar driver. This car would not get the track time it deserves. Just pimpin time, and the normal daily driving that I do. (which still lends itself to burning enough rubber to require yearly tires)

Reasons I should buy the Lotus:
-it's the only time in my life that I can get away with it
-it's fun to drive
-it'd be an investment in memories, not in financial security

[.RJ]

Reasons I should buy the Lotus:
-it's the only time in my life that I can get away with it
-it's fun to drive
-it'd be an investment in memories, not in financial security

- The big depreciation hit is already taken
- Its a go-kart on steroids
- You can get one in orange
- You're young, enjoy it

[HAULN-SS]

-you're probably going to go in debt on most any car you buy

[.RJ]

-you're probably going to go in debt on most any car you buy

Unless your current car is paid for.

[ScottyB]

get the lotus, Lorena! if you don't do it now, odds are you'll never be able to later either due to job, family, time, or money constraints. eventually you'll find too many reasons to say no to it in later years. have fun now, just be sure you're not in over you head in the purchase price...which i don't think you are, sounds like you know what you're getting in to.

and although it's something to keep in the back of your mind, i think i'd worry alot less about repair costs (which are $$$ if you get hit) since you aren't gonna track it.

and lets be honest....how cool would it be to someday look back and say, yeah i owned a lotus elise, one of the greatest roadsters of our time 8)

[John]

-pretty unimpressive depreciation (think 15k in 2 years)
-

No, in two years it's more like a 5-10K depreciation (depending on how much you were able to swindle with the dealer when new). And with the extremely high attrition rate, these things are going to be less and less common. I suspect the amortization will hit a plateau after several years and stay at that price for awhile...

[LorenaBeana]

amortization, eh? word.

[.RJ]

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