WTF should I buy (A consolidated list of bad decisions)

[ViPER1313]

Lastly, Infinity G37. Decent selection of these with RWD/6-speed in your price range.

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detai...share_text

[.RJ]

Goodspeed, have you driven the newer IS? I'm worried they'd be too fat and slow.

[ViPER1313]

There is also the Volvo S60 R, but it’s getting up there in age and mileage. Still, it’s a large,300hp manual AWD.

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detai...share_text

[JPolen01]

Goodspeed, have you driven the newer IS?  I'm worried they'd be too fat and slow.

This is the problem with the latest gen IS250 so I suspect it is likely the problem of the older gen. I know those cars are hard to find in manual as well.

[.RJ]

There is also the Volvo S60 R, but it’s getting up there in age and mileage. Still, it’s a large,300hp manual AWD.

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detai...share_text

Yeah, no.  Those cars eat front suspension parts for breakfast and they have drivetrain problems. I'd rather have an E34/E39.

What I really want is a B8 S4, the one with the supercharged 3.0 v6, but that's going to be $30k and up for a nice one.  In theory I'll have the wagon paid off this year so having a car payment isnt the worst thing I guess, especially if I found a CPO car.  But it would be nice to roll into next year without any car payments and I dont want to buy a $30k car that is going to sit idle most of the time.

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Yeah don't do an s60r.

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[ViPER1313]

Why no G37? Seems like a safe choice with no major drawbacks.

[ViPER1313]

I'd rather have an E34

Come join the club.

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/...96569.html

[WRXtranceformed]

The IS250s are super slow. Mom has one and it's a decent daily driver but I wouldn't call it sporty.

I like the suggestions so far, and even an old IS300 like Goodspeeds if you can find one with a MT. I miss mine! RIP

[Goodspeed]

PSA: someone should buy a 2008-2017 Honda Accord EX-L Coupe with a 6-speed manual.  278hp 3.5 V-6, 28mpg highway, 5.6 0-60, sleeper as hell.  Especially whoever it was that may be having their Forrester poop the bed and has parents wanting something "grown up".  These things are awesome.

2012 with 67k miles for $11,785



2013 with 18k miles for $17,467



And on and on...lots of them with a 6-speed on autotrader

Quoting this again so someone buys one.  I havent driven any other gen IS ever

[.RJ]

Why no G37? Seems like a safe choice with no major drawbacks.

That's exactly the problem.  

I'd rather have an E34

Come join the club.

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/...96569.html

Uh.... if half the photos in the ad are service receipts perhaps I should look elsewhere. 

My wife liked the look of the ATS.  BRB, going down the turbocharged rabbit hole.  Does GM performance sell tunes/parts for the 2.0T motor?

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Quoting this again so someone buys one.  I havent driven any other gen IS ever

Is solid option.  I really like the new accord with the 2.0t / 6-speed, too.  Its like a CTR that wasnt beaten mercilessly with the ugly stick (Sorry, G).

[JPolen01]

The new Accord Sport w/ a 2.0 and 6 spd is probably a great daily. The new Accord, overall, is getting screaming reviews. But the upgrade to the 2.0L is a pretty penny and will be way over your budget.

[JustinG]

A Honda with 20psi from the factory, I feel like I'm taking Crazy pills.

I love the Honda/Acura headlights with the array of lenses and LEDs, looks so awesome.

Accord Sport with the 2.0, do it.

[ScottyB]

I feel like WRX reliability and fit/finish is a bit of a wild card...  did they stop blowing up motors?  What about the STI hatch?

more or less, the 2L DI is a decent engine.

i would pass. the 2.5L EJ25 in the current and past-gen STi is an old-ass engine that requires some tweaking to make it a fully reliable daily....you need to shop those used very, very carefully.

PSA: someone should buy a 2008-2017 Honda Accord EX-L Coupe with a 6-speed manual.  278hp 3.5 V-6, 28mpg highway, 5.6 0-60, sleeper as hell.

everyone i know who's owned/driven one has basically said:
- far faster than has any right to be
- no traction whatsoever, just 1-wheel peel
- brakes are not up to the task of the way it can move, at all

if you like roll-racing out of the toll booth and like running the traction control 24/7 then it might be worth checking out

8th gen Honda Civic Si 4 dr

if you can find a good one...
it'll be the slowest thing you've driven in years if you're OK with that. stupid reliable though.

Audi TT

i love these. even my dad's old FWD DSG gen2 was super nice to drive. quattro/6spd? i'd dip my balls in it.

[JPolen01]

A Honda with 20psi from the factory, I feel like I'm taking Crazy pills.

With 273 lb/ft of torque at that!

[davej]

It might not be as peppy as the 6 banger accord, but what about a first gen TSX? get four doors, 3 pedals, 200ish hp, variable timing on both the intake and exhaust, still only one wheel drive but apparently any K series lsd will slap right in.

80k miles for $8k
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale...=476303263

[.RJ]

If I'm going to blow the budget on something it has to be warrantied, and preferably new, so the payment on a new accord sport, while unpalatable, is not totally off the table. I guess if I bought a new car the E91 would sit idle more often, which is totally fine with me, as much as I'm already griping about what that fuckin' thing is costing me to maintain.

I'd be ok with a slower Civic Si, because, Scotty listening to your tales of hoonery just brings me back to ripping around in an ITR. The TSX is an interesting choice - my parents have an '07, although with an automatic, but it has all the fit/finish/smells/sounds of the 90's hondas and that always gives me the warm fuzzies in the feels. Its cheap, and more power is a head swawp and k-pro tune away. The price is right on both of those, plus honda reliability.

Goodspeed, how hard is it to find a nice condition, manual trans IS300? I had forgotten about those.

[ViPER1313]

Step outside your comfort zone.

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/...10844.html

[.RJ]

10000% no

[Senor_Taylor]

Yes, please Goodspeed, give us the run down on what to look for with a manual Is300. I'm very interested.

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