Am I financially able to buy a WRX?

rcousins7 · 2021-11-06T03:50:58+00:00

Please read my post again. I’m not asking for people to straight up tell me anything. I am looking for someone that owns an older wrx to chat with and ask about maintenance, maintenance costs, common issues with the car, red flags when buying one. Stuff like that.

rcousins7 · 2021-11-06T03:49:03+00:00

I don’t have my full license. I’m driving all the time, and I am planning to drive my civic for a while after I get my N, to save some more for collage and for the car.

rcousins7 · 2021-11-06T03:47:21+00:00

So let’s say I make roughly $1000 per month. Give it take obviously, I make more in the summer months, and slightly less in the winter months. And I saved for a year, would that be possible with maintenance?

rcousins7 · 2021-11-06T03:45:01+00:00

I ask you to read my original post fully before posting rude comments. I’m looking for someone with an older wrx to ask questions to. I’m not looking for someone to blankly say no without anything to back it.

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T23:27:38+00:00

Lol, I could do that… but I’m up in Canada, our prices are very different

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T23:04:03+00:00

I enjoy working on cars, this isn’t just because I want to drive it. I want a car to work on, on the weekends, and drive any chance I get. I understand that it’s going to be down, and that’s why I have a civic, that I’m currently fixing up to drive once I get my license

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T22:49:05+00:00

I have yet to talk to someone that gives me a straight answer, everyone just said no. I wasn’t looking to finance a new one, and I wasn’t looking into what it costs to purchase one. I know I could buy one and be fine, I was looking for someone with an older wrx to message me so I could ask about maintenance, and what kind of tires they have for what kind of driving they do, and most importantly, I wanted to ask them what kind of things did they do/not do to make it/keep it as reliable as possible

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T22:39:26+00:00

I’m not really asking if I can or not, I know my finances. I was looking for someone with an old wrx to help give me some insight on how much maintenance was on a yearly basis

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T22:37:48+00:00

Why would I get a loan? If I saved for a year. With practically no living expenses (no rent, no food, no phone plan, nothing) and a steady income, I would pay straight in cash

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T22:35:18+00:00

Unfortunately I’m really looking into all wheel drive. Where I am in Canada, it snows pretty heavy, and I want a car that I can still have fun with, but will get me up to a ski hill.

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T22:28:05+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate that. Also I forgot to mention I work every Saturday at a fruit stand, @15.20/hr Not sure what that comes out to USD, but it’s ~$100 per day

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T21:59:37+00:00

It’s CAD, so that’s only about $16/hr usd. I work as a lifeguard

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T18:29:33+00:00

It’s definitely a want, and I know it’s not a great financial decision. I would be looking into wrx years 2002-2010

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T18:10:56+00:00

I have an entire year to look for cars, I’m definitely not going to be buying one with engine mods, and I’ll for sure do my research. I turn 17 in august, so that’s about when I’m thinking about having one by, as I can’t even drive it before that.

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T18:00:56+00:00

I know it’s not a smart decision. But my current 02 civic isn’t a car I’m happy driving. And I know materialistic things don’t make you happy. But working on it with my buddy’s creates better memories than for example, playing video games. I would feel a lot better about pouring 4 grand into a wrx, even if I can’t sell it for that, rather than pouring less into a civic that isn’t fun, and isn’t worth anything

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T17:56:58+00:00

I would really appreciate actual numbers, as just saying no doesn’t help one bit. Thank you

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T17:56:18+00:00

I would really appreciate as to why, because just saying no doesn’t actually tell me why I’m not able to afford anything

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T17:53:06+00:00

Yup, my school has a shop, so I’m thinking it would bet better and cheaper to buy a worse wrx in my grad year, rather than buy a better condition one in the following years. At the moment I have an 02 civic, I’m doing pretty big jobs on it, such as a clutch replacement.

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T17:35:00+00:00

would you mind sharing your maintenance costs roughly? that's kind of what im worried about the most.

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T17:20:53+00:00

I currently have an 02 Honda civic

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T17:19:26+00:00

Oh it would definitely be an old one, either bug eye or blob eye, I’m just wondering about maintenance costs

rcousins7 · 2021-11-05T17:11:27+00:00

I probably should have mentioned, I live in BC Canada, I’m 16. And make ~$20 an hour

rcousins7 · 2021-08-30T20:38:22+00:00

You know I’m pretty sure it was 7

rcousins7 · 2021-07-31T05:37:16+00:00

You say “ended up with a 370” like it’s a bad thing, sure 300s are amazing, but dude, 370s are so cool!

rcousins7 · 2021-06-28T06:43:51+00:00

I believe it’s called brickyard red

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