Need a VIN run please :-)

[CaptainHenreh]

O I could be free and clear on the scooby in a month. Then i could max out my Roth and start investing more heavily... or sideline it for a year.

I think you answered your own question. Why would you go into more debt when the car you have is:

• Nearly Paid for
  
• Good in the Winter (which is the current season, believe it or not)
  
• Kind of sporty (certainly not an "econobox", where'd you get that from?)
  
• Running just fine and dandy
  
• Not going to really give you what it's worth on the trade in on this Mini.

I just don't see it, but maybe Someone with mathemagically come up with a forumula that says a used Mini is financially better than a used Subaru.