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? |
um in college all you need is toyota corrola or something along those lines, the piss beer and ample pussy will occupy your free time
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do not fuck yourself financially in college. I'm still paying for my idiocy from the corrado and will be for another 10-years.
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lol diesel truck, that sounds like a good money saver. Id say sell whatever it takes to pay for as much school as possible. So you dont owe assloads from school loans
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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 fuck myself financially either way. |
sell the subaru, get protege5 to daily, build a motor for the miata then.
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Be a man and DD your miata when you need a car.
Diesel truck?? DD? Maybe something a little smaller if not the miata? A 400whp STi would be awesome... But how much will rebuilding the engine with all of those fancy parts cost? |
How bad is the engine? Did you spin a few rod bearings or did some parts come out for air?
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Sell that jank!
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sell it, buy another miata as a dd, tell girls u have 2 sports cars, lol
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Originally Posted by speedf50
(Post 260087)
Be a man and DD your miata when you need a car.
Diesel truck?? DD? Maybe something a little smaller if not the miata? A 400whp STi would be awesome... But how much will rebuilding the engine with all of those fancy parts cost? 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...
Originally Posted by Pseudosport
(Post 260095)
How bad is the engine? Did you spin a few rod bearings or did some parts come out for air?
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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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Originally Posted by crashnscar
(Post 260076)
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 fuck myself financially either way. 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.:jerkit: |
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. |
Originally Posted by crashnscar
(Post 260140)
I'm gonna end up replacing the entire drivetrain and motor along with hopefully fitting 275 r-comps under the stock body.
you have too much money. |
Originally Posted by ScottFW
(Post 260261)
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. |
Originally Posted by faeflora
(Post 260249)
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.:jerkit:
Originally Posted by ScottFW
(Post 260261)
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.
Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 260288)
I've driven an STI at Hallett with 275 ra1's...and it was epic. I'm talking altering the space-time continuum kinda shit.
you have too much money. Speaking of having too much money...
Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 260254)
I'm pretty much done buying parts I hope. I have about $8500 worth of shit piled up in the garage.
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Originally Posted by crashnscar
(Post 260369)
Not exactly how it works. :twofinger Parents bought me a $15k wrx when I was 16, I've paid for all mods and was able to sell the wrx and pay the difference to get an STi. Don't be pissed just because you weren't able to make decent money at my age.
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Originally Posted by faeflora
(Post 260399)
Actually, I did make decent money. Just curious-- what type of work do you do?
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Originally Posted by crashnscar
(Post 260369)
Kind of funny how you guys kind of assume that because I'm doing car shit, I can't possibly be getting drunk or laid.
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