NOTAV6

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well just found out how much my tax return was, with the money i have now + tax return i can pay off all debt i have right now and every penny i make from now on + $$$ from selling the LT1 can go towards a new vehicle which is looking like $4500+ as a downpayment (which isnt bad for a full time college student).
Ill have my car all back together from putting it back to stock here in at most 2 weeks so i might use my spring break if my car sells quick enough to go get my new car if i find one fast enough lol. Which those timelines prolly arent realistic but i can hope for it lol.

Got a few question for you guys though i have a few options

1. Get a low mileage nicely modded f-body thats already fast enough to keep the mod bug away for a while or a clean 2002 mostly stock f-body and not be in the hole as long paying it off and still have money left later to mod
2. Or get a more expensive car that is stock and wouldnt be as fast i.e. vette, 03 cobra or ls2 gto and not be albe to do anything to it for quite a while, like until after I finish my M.E. degree

this is where im starting to loose my motivation to try and get a vette, i can prolly get a 11 sec streetable f-body if i wait for a good deal to come around or my other options of pretty much completely stock cars that wont be even close to that

What you guys think

TheBlurLS1

iTrader: (8)

Do some ME co-ops, I make about $23/hr when I'm doing one. Not bad for having next to no responsibilites. I should be graduating December '09 or so.

I would buy a clean, new f-body, that's bone stock, and put every bolt in it yourself. I wish I had saved my money and bought a nicer/newer/cleaner car. Mine was stock when I bought it, but it wasn't in very good shape.

pdanrichey

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Financing a 5 year old car could cost you...

In 2004, I bought my 99 SS with 10k miles on it. I have an extremely good credit score and they gave me an 11%+ interest rate. After 4 months, I said screw that and paid that bitch off.

Being a college student with limited income could hurt you...don't get in over your head.

brad8266

iTrader: (23)

Keep the LT1 for now. Just save your money a few years and buy a car in cash and save yourself the interest. Keep in mind usually one full year of payments is strictly interest.

NOTAV6

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id like to do that but im going to be driving 100 miles a day and if i end up at Texas Tech thats a 1000 mile round trip to come home, so i want to get something a little newer

As for the financing i know all about that stuff, i already make 500$ a month working 2 days a month and whatever part time job i have is just more income other than that, this is where my dad is pretty cool i have a really high credit score also but no history, he will cosign for me to help out with the financing and i have plenty of money/income to afford a 20k$ or less vehicle maybe slightly over 20k$ since my downpayment would prolly be about a 1/4 of the total price

money isnt really a problem, i have a limit on how high the initial cost of the car will be but other than that theres not to much else to worry about, i just dont know what i want to do now

Also i do all my loans through a local bank that my dad is good friends with the owners and officer's so i usually get the hookup on loans, i just got a 3500$ loan 2 years ago for fixing the tranny on my car with a interest rate of like 6.5% which isnt the best but considering the amount thats pretty good

NOTAV6

iTrader: (3)

yeah im really leaning heavily towards this now, if i go this route i may keep looking at C5's also cause ive been watching and every now and then ill see a 50k or less mileage C5 going for 15k$-17k$ which i could afford easily, if i cant find a good C5 i know i can find a good f-body