New car for me.?.?. UPDATED 2012 Volvo C30 R-design

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Plus any BMW that you could actually get for $2K is going to have oxidized paint, moldy seats, needs new shocks, bushings, window regulators, clutch, etc. It's the type of situation where you're constantly going "Should I bother modding this, when there are a ton of other things it needs in order to become really nice". I mean a decent paint job alone is at least $2K (sorry but Maaco is not a decent paint job).

I would get a 2-3 year old BMW under the CPO program. For the price of that Volvo, you could have a turbo 335i in either sedan, coupe, or convertible, with tons more power, more luxury, real RWD, and a better shifter. BMW provides free maintenance for the first 3 yrs, so you don't really need to worry about previous owners skipping an oil change, especially since they might get screwed later if they had to make a warranty claim.

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[Gas Man]

Well I looked into the Mit Lancer all around. The EVO while very nice and I'm sure very powerful, are just too much money.

The Ralliart, besides the fact that NOBODY has one in stock. It only comes in a TC SST trans. I don't want an automatic regardless if it has slapshift/paddle BS. I want an F'in manual.

Further, the wife wasn't too keen on the pure jap car. She's fine with the european cars but says the jap car may be a bit much.