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

[ScottyB]

because its more "professional" and "grown up".

that's a shame. any possibility you can tell your parents "yeah nah i'm good" and just buy a car with your own money that you like? i'm not saying a slammed forester wouldn't look a bit odd in the parking lot of certain businesses, but i don't think you really want the approval of the kind of people that would look down their nose at you for it.

CPO BMW is your only option if you want one, and that's probably either $$ or high mileage. otherwise as RJ said you're looking at about $1500/yr in upkeep to keep your parents happy about its reliability.

Every day my position that humans generally make terrible decisions founded in emotion and confirmation rather than logic and data is reinforced.

i mean this is car enthusiasts in general right? we're all uniquely retarded when we can't just drive a camry and get on with life. i've learned to embrace it.