10-06-2005, 11:30 PM
lol, nice Maeng.
Rob, hold on to your horses for a month. Look to see how much money you REALLY have after each month (not just speculation). Then, if you want to, determine that to be twice your maximum car payment. Soooo. If you make 2000/month, and bill equal 1000, then make your max car payment 500. That will leave you 500/month for modification and maitenance. Furthermore, you may have trouble financing an older car. I didn't open the links, but most banks won't touch a car that is more than 10 years old and are hesitant with anything over 5 years old. That is something to keep in mind. If you have 7k saved up already, I'd say to buy something that is 4k, dump the other 3k into a mutual fund or retirement, then use your extra money each month to modify it. Yeah, 4k won't get you an M3, but it can get you something fun and reasonable. Not to mention that, and I'm not hating on you here but just stating facts, an M3 is a far cry from a buick. Perhaps a FWD with more power or a RWD with less power would be a good intermediate for you to learn with before stepping up to the M. That will make your learning curve so much better and give you more slack in terms of learning how a platform and power are integrated to make a car.
Rob, hold on to your horses for a month. Look to see how much money you REALLY have after each month (not just speculation). Then, if you want to, determine that to be twice your maximum car payment. Soooo. If you make 2000/month, and bill equal 1000, then make your max car payment 500. That will leave you 500/month for modification and maitenance. Furthermore, you may have trouble financing an older car. I didn't open the links, but most banks won't touch a car that is more than 10 years old and are hesitant with anything over 5 years old. That is something to keep in mind. If you have 7k saved up already, I'd say to buy something that is 4k, dump the other 3k into a mutual fund or retirement, then use your extra money each month to modify it. Yeah, 4k won't get you an M3, but it can get you something fun and reasonable. Not to mention that, and I'm not hating on you here but just stating facts, an M3 is a far cry from a buick. Perhaps a FWD with more power or a RWD with less power would be a good intermediate for you to learn with before stepping up to the M. That will make your learning curve so much better and give you more slack in terms of learning how a platform and power are integrated to make a car.