The "I want a new car thread" buying guide.

[Cam]

[Yw-slayer]

SHE'ZA GOT ME SPENNNDIN'

[Cam]

Every time we see another Outback Wilderness, we're like, "Our car looks badass."

[Yw-slayer]

Every time we see another Outback Wilderness, we're like, "Our car looks badass."

TRUE DAT

[Tom Servo]

Ooh boy, over $100 a month more for insurance for the WRX :/

[Yw-slayer]

WORTH IT

Life is too short to be stuck in a RAV4 for the next 5+ years, man. Plus this is probably the last full-petrol wrx.

[George]

^ Agreed, from the guy who drove an automatic, four-cylinder Accord from his thirties into his fifties.

[Crazed_Insanity]

I fucking loved it.

Pretty much the perfect balance of sporty but livable for an old fart like me. Boxer engine still sounds great around 3k RPM, good clutch, slightly sloppy shifter but that's fine. Practical but fun. Pretty sure I'm buying one.

It's time to quantify exactly how much of this 'fucking love' is worth...

Is it worth additional $100/month? Hmmm.... it'll be up to Swervo to wonder about that...

[neanderthal]

Ooh boy, over $100 a month more for insurance for the WRX :/

I was paying $4XX a month for my 1991 Benz 250TD and 2013 BMW 535i. I called progressive and a helpful chap helped me by rewriting my policy (i did lower some of my coverages at the same time because fuck that noise!) and i'm now paying $12XX a year.

My bike, which is newer than both cars, is $12XX a year.

That said, I get immense satisfaction from driving enjoying all of my vehicles.

[TheBenior]

Ooh boy, over $100 a month more for insurance for the WRX :/

Barring any CA market wonkiness, if you've been with your current company for 5+ years, you can probably save money by switching companies. All the companies do the boiling frog method of raising rates whether or not you've had a claim.

I've got $500 deductibles, coverage of $250k person/$500k total for other party medical, and $100k other party collision for $1313/yr for a 2014 CX-5 and a 2019 GTI. I'm going to presume that one's odds of hitting a super expensive car in Southern California are higher than in Chicago, but even if I went to $250k, I doubt it would've add more than an extra $100/yr.

When I'd previously gotten quotes on the WRX and GTI, they had the same exact rates.