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Hmmm that really makes me question what I said. I mean it's true you are young only once. Heck I'm the one who said "*£+* it I'm going to Vegas I'm tired of living a mundane life." A lot of my decision was based on me regretting not living it up when I was YOUNG.
So maybe they are doing the right thing and I was too quick to judge.
I don't think it's a matter of right or wrong. It's understanding that some people tend to live in the "now" and not focus on the future. Some would rather live with their parents and have a nice car than have their own apartment. Some would rather buy a cheap house and have an expensive car. I love cars, third greatest passion in life besides women and traveling, so I can see why some people will dump their money just for a car. You got to do what makes you happy, just make sure that decision won't bite you in the a$$ in the future.
Y'all are spot on. To each his own I guess. For me i'd like to build net worth (stocks, bonds, retirement, cash, housing, other property, jewelery, etc) before I spurge on perishable goods like cars. ALTHOUGH, I DO hope to one day have a good net worth enough so that I could feel secure about splurging on an ISF! haha.
I saw a Lexus ISF that TOTALLY tricked out on eBay. It was BEAUTIFUL! this kid owned it in his mid 20s and now he can't pay for it because he got fired from his day job as a landscapers assistant...
I can only dream of an ISF. Could I get one? Sure. But I don't want to end up like the guy I just talked about and I KNOW my folks won't put $65,000 into a car that only depreciates in value. Therefore I don't have one.
You have the right idea I suppose but it's much different when you are asking your folks to but it or you can buy it yourself. I did not get my M3 (which craps all over the ISF by the way) until I was 31. I don't have it anymore ($3000 for a rear diff and a $1200 Inspection II coming up) as I suppose I just did not feel comfortable paying the money to maintain it.
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Originally Posted by lexusman199
Y'all are spot on. To each his own I guess. For me i'd like to build net worth (stocks, bonds, retirement, cash, housing, other property, jewelery, etc) before I spurge on perishable goods like cars. ALTHOUGH, I DO hope to one day have a good net worth enough so that I could feel secure about splurging on an ISF! haha.
Again, you have the right idea but at the same time you have what, an IS350? Talking about renting in a high rise on the strip? You don't even know the value of a dollar yet. I don't care if your folks are paying for it. Get into something more reasonable and have them help you out with the startup of your portfolio. I know I as a parent would much rather help my son get his financial future in order (provided he has the good sense to let the cheddar sit and roll over) then to shell out $30+K for a car, plus maintenance and insurance, and to turn around and shell out $2000 a month for some high rise condo so my kid can feel like a baller.
For what it's worth, the fact that you want an ISF speaks volumes. Let's see, a 4000 lb behometh with an 8 spd slushbox that looks like a beluga whale and has a very thristy V-8? For $65K if I wanted an overweight GT I would get something that at least has some kind of semblance of a driver's car. I don't know, something like an M3? If I wanted bloated luxo-barge with too much power for it's chassis I would get a used M5 or something. Ideally though, since my Audi A3 is my daily driver (6 spd manny tranny, very tossable, and great gas mileage) I would probably put the money into a track car. Perhaps an E30 M3 with an S14 I-4 2.5L stroker kit. 320 hp and 2500 lbs is more fun than is legally allowed.
I'm more of a 2 seater guy, but I'd have to say the ISF has a better performance than the M3, it just doesn't look as hot. 0-60 in 4.2 seconds is pretty damn impressive, especially for a 4-door.
I'm more of a 2 seater guy, but I'd have to say the ISF has a better performance than the M3, it just doesn't look as hot. 0-60 in 4.2 seconds is pretty damn impressive, especially for a 4-door.
In a straight line the performance between the 2 is very comparable. However, you put the 2 on a track and the ISF will be playing catchup all day, every day. A test at Silverstone showed the M3 almost 2s a lap faster than the ISF. Even a 10 lap sprint race and the ISF is toast (something to say for mechanical grip and lateral g's as opposed to straight line acceleration and torque). Article in the link (scroll down to V8 super saloon shootout): Magazines, road tests, motorsport events, driving stories | Features | DRIVERS REPUBLIC
That being said none of these cars really makes any kind of sense. As track cars they are overweight, over indulgent, and defeat the purpose. As daily drivers the same criticisms apply. At least my E46 M3 got decent mileage and weighed less than 3500 lbs. When all is said and done, none of these cars serves any practical purpose and the only purpose they do serve is as "look at me" pieces. As much as I love the M3 and as much as I would love to have one, my current daily driver is fun enough to get me in trouble if I let it and to spend any money on a track car will require me to get an actual track car, not an overweight GT, particularly considering I could get a Radical, Ariel, or something the like for similar money.
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