Originally Posted by jooonnn (Post 2126046)

Congrats on getting a degree! I am a recent Clemson grad so I share a similar experience. You just spent several years paying to go to school. You earned your degree, now get EXACTLY what you want. IMHO it would be a crime to waste your "fresh out of college" car experience on a used one that you weren't there to start with from day one on your new life. You hesitated on automatic, get manual. Make sure you get everything you want the way you want out of a car you are buying with your own money. Don't have enough money? Save up. Life is too short to settle on something like this during your prime years. This is your chance to own a very impractical car before you have a family so do it right.

Take it from me, I bought a new 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe on a whim because it looked nice and saved me some money from getting a Z. Several maintenance issues later i traded the car in after 6 months for a new 2013 Nissan 370Z. Buy right the first time!


At the end of the day it's better to wonder "Why?" than "What if...?"


Ps: If you don't have a job yet, don't even bother looking for a car yet.

Originally Posted by bmarcinczyk14 (Post 2126077)

Whoa, wait, seriously?!?! You have Mitsubishi in front of Nissan?? I'd have to STRONGLY disagree with you on that. The only Mits I would even consider buying, and actually did before the 370z, is a Evo. IMO, everything else is junk.

Originally Posted by Nailzs (Post 2127074)

I just traded in a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT on my 2013 Z. I had the car over 8 years. I bought it when it had 75000 miles and drove it until I traded it with 154800 miles. To date it was the most reliable car I've ever owned. It never broke down for any reason, ever. At 215 HP it's not everyone's "cup of tea", but it was NEVER junk.