Do I keep or sell my STi?
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Do I keep or sell my STi?
Here is the situation:
I am a college student and will be living ~1 mile from campus for the next 3-4 years. I have a 2007 STi and 1990 Miata project. The motor on the STi just blew and I need to decide what to do.
Options:
1) Build the STi motor with forged pistons and rods, port heads, and upgrade the valve springs. Get the 400whp I was on my way to when the motor went.
2) Replace the blown motor with a stock shortblock and sell the car.
The cars purpose is a DD but I will be riding my bike to school anyways. The only time I really need a "DD" is to get to and from my home town, which is 200 miles away (usually 2.5 hours).
Right now my thought is to get rid of it and buy a diesel truck as a tow rig/DD and invest the remaining money from the sale of my STi as well as finish my miata sooner. Once I graduate in 3-4 years, I can then buy a nice, presentable daily driver, whatever that may be.
What do you guys think I should do? What would you do?
I am a college student and will be living ~1 mile from campus for the next 3-4 years. I have a 2007 STi and 1990 Miata project. The motor on the STi just blew and I need to decide what to do.
Options:
1) Build the STi motor with forged pistons and rods, port heads, and upgrade the valve springs. Get the 400whp I was on my way to when the motor went.
2) Replace the blown motor with a stock shortblock and sell the car.
The cars purpose is a DD but I will be riding my bike to school anyways. The only time I really need a "DD" is to get to and from my home town, which is 200 miles away (usually 2.5 hours).
Right now my thought is to get rid of it and buy a diesel truck as a tow rig/DD and invest the remaining money from the sale of my STi as well as finish my miata sooner. Once I graduate in 3-4 years, I can then buy a nice, presentable daily driver, whatever that may be.
What do you guys think I should do? What would you do?
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I guess I should add that the money that would result from the sale of the sti would not go towards paying for college, that is all figured out already.
And no, I'm not going to **** myself financially either way.
And no, I'm not going to **** myself financially either way.
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Looks like building the motor will be $2600 or less, including all machining work and the forged pistons, forged rods, upgraded valve springs, and all gaskets and bearings and rings.
Or, it looks like I could replace it with used factory crap for about $1000...
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I had an eclipse GSX project during college, worst mistake of my life. Save the car building for AFTER college when you will actually have free time and money. You only get 4 years (or 5 in my case) to spend in college having a blast. Money during college should be saved and only spent frugally on cheap beer and cheaper women.
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ok so you're a rich boy and your parents pay for your school and bought you your sti and you bought the miata yourself? well why not ask them to build you your sti and miata engine for your birthday. or better yet be real classy and sell the sti and rent a villa and go on a $25,000 spring break excursion and then tell them that you need another car because the miata is too impractical and have them buy you a $40,000 diesel truck. sounds good to me.
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I'm gonna agree with the general sentiment that full-time college students should not be wasting time with project cars. Assuming you're reasonably fresh out of high school, it is possible that you might have too much money for your own good if you had the resources to mod a <2 year old STi to destruction. You need to recalibrate your fiscal priorities and budget your time efficiently. 95% of your time in college should be spent doing one of the following, in no particular order:
- Studying
- Eating
- Sleeping
- Hitting the gym
- Getting drunk
- Getting laid
There's not much else that qualifies as productive activity for an undergrad, and one of the primary purposes of a project car is a means to avoid doing anything truly necessary or productive. You have the rest of your life for that.
- Studying
- Eating
- Sleeping
- Hitting the gym
- Getting drunk
- Getting laid
There's not much else that qualifies as productive activity for an undergrad, and one of the primary purposes of a project car is a means to avoid doing anything truly necessary or productive. You have the rest of your life for that.
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95% of your time in college should be spent doing one of the following, in no particular order:
- Studying
- Eating
- Sleeping
- Hitting the gym
- Getting drunk
- Getting laid
There's not much else that qualifies as productive activity for an undergrad, and one of the primary purposes of a project car is a means to avoid doing anything truly necessary or productive. You have the rest of your life for that.
- Studying
- Eating
- Sleeping
- Hitting the gym
- Getting drunk
- Getting laid
There's not much else that qualifies as productive activity for an undergrad, and one of the primary purposes of a project car is a means to avoid doing anything truly necessary or productive. You have the rest of your life for that.
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ok so you're a rich boy and your parents pay for your school and bought you your sti and you bought the miata yourself? well why not ask them to build you your sti and miata engine for your birthday. or better yet be real classy and sell the sti and rent a villa and go on a $25,000 spring break excursion and then tell them that you need another car because the miata is too impractical and have them buy you a $40,000 diesel truck. sounds good to me.
I'm gonna agree with the general sentiment that full-time college students should not be wasting time with project cars. Assuming you're reasonably fresh out of high school, it is possible that you might have too much money for your own good if you had the resources to mod a <2 year old STi to destruction. You need to recalibrate your fiscal priorities and budget your time efficiently. 95% of your time in college should be spent doing one of the following, in no particular order:
- Studying
- Eating
- Sleeping
- Hitting the gym
- Getting drunk
- Getting laid
There's not much else that qualifies as productive activity for an undergrad, and one of the primary purposes of a project car is a means to avoid doing anything truly necessary or productive. You have the rest of your life for that.
- Studying
- Eating
- Sleeping
- Hitting the gym
- Getting drunk
- Getting laid
There's not much else that qualifies as productive activity for an undergrad, and one of the primary purposes of a project car is a means to avoid doing anything truly necessary or productive. You have the rest of your life for that.
Speaking of having too much money...
Now go install a turbo on one of your two miatas.