Well, downgrading inyrs and model to a GT or LT1I can save a lot of money from the trade down ($6k+ easily) while still being in the well known mustang or chevy(possibly)family and having a nice ride with exhaust. Plus money saved from lower insurance too. I'm just trying to see whatI can do to financially be in a good/better place whilestill having a ride that makes mehappy. SPEEDdoesn't matter as long as it's not slower than a mid-14 seccar which none of those options should be.And Iwould save $30cents per gallon at leastgoing from premium to regular unleaded (0.30 X 10000/18mpg(most city with a little bit of a lead foot)=$150~ saved ingas money per year).

And for the record I do think I am a little crazy.[8D]But not insane house/medication needing crazy.

 

There is no mach payments. I just came to a realization I don't need a 12sec capable car to be happy and I can save a lot of money by downgrading to an older GT, so why not save $6k+ if I have the chance?

 

LOL Yes that's very true.

 

Wow does it ever stop with you steel...First it was a 300c if I remember right, then the Mach 1 and now an SRT-4.[:@]If you want to make the grown-up decision and you're 19 park your car, go to college, live on campus, and make something of yourself so you don't have to work like a dog. If your car is paid for in full then the adult decision on the car is to quit swapping it. If not then try making extra payments towards the principal and if you just flat insist on yet another car swap try trading for something that isn't on the top of it's respective food chain. there are plenty of decently fast cars with good gas milage for cheap with low insurance rates that don't attract attention.
BUT FOR CHRIST"S SAKE ENOUGH WITH THE WHAT CAR SHOULD I GET NEXT POSTS!!!![:'(][sm=headbang.gif]

 

Dude, keep the mach! You have no car payment (LUCKY). Your basically downgrading and gonna be kicking yourself for doing it. Trust me I'm 22, go to college and have my mach. Gas and insurance can add up, but I've always wanted the car and couldn't see losing it. I've debated selling it, but for what, a car that someone else has beat the **** out of, not maintained, etc... You just gotta look at the big picture. If you wanna save money and gas, do what everyone else is saying and get a civic or something. Don't buy a gt, cobalt or camaro. Before you know it the gt will be tuned and back on premium. The cobalt isn't gonna do you anygood for your mpg'swhen you get into boost. Plus, your mach can't do that bad on gas. I get 24mg highway and around 17 city and I drive my car hard lots of times. Bottom line is everyone's feeling the crunch right now, if you can afford to stick it out, do it and you'll be much happier a year from now.

 

Hey no 4.0's aloud in my thread, I left the section and haven't posted there in a while like a lot of you wished. So don't come into my threads or I will come back and share my opinions again which I know no one in that section wants.

PS-I go to college and work. I am just trying to save some extra dough so one day I can move out of the parentshouse and not have to worry about expenses which are costly.

 

I may end up keeping the mach. All I really want to do is build up my bank account to have money for my future. Who knows, I'll think of some compromise(and it may be the dreadful 2nd job/more work hrs [&o]).

 

Believe me, no one is going to or should give you crap about saving up for a house. That's always more important. Just don't wanna see ya get burned and things not work out as planned. If you really wanna sell the mach, do it right. Sell it for 18-19k orwhatever. Buy a car good on gas for around 9-10k and put the other 10k in the bank. It's gonna be hard to sell your car and your prolly not gonna get what you should for it right now.

 

First off MEGABITE me![:@]I post in here and read alot of race stories in here so dont start shat about a 4.0 guy offering an opinion about a non race thread in a race section, I'm 29 and still young but been through quite a few rough spots including 3 months of homelessnessso my advice might be helpful if you get over your attitude. and second I'm glad to hear you go to college and work but if you do the math down to per payment difference you might be suprised at how little it really is. the small things you can do to save that moneyare gonna be where you benefit, not gas savings per year cause you don't purchase gas per year. if you save $1k per year in gas is it really worth it if it is only 2 to 6 $s per fillup if you are still filling up 2 x per week. If you go to the movies 2x per month only go once and you've already saved at least oneto two weeks worth of gas savings.

 

lol.. ehhh.. all comes down to what the OP wants when he finally manages to make up his mind.. I can't really complain about the gas mileage in my mach, I get between 13-15mpg in the city and between 23-26mpg on the highway depending on how often I hit boost.. I wouldn't be surprised to see that drop a good bit once I'm finally finished with the build though. [&:] And insurance wise, I'd have to agree with most of the other guys here, and SRT-4 is NOT going to be that much less to insure, it'll probably be more. I've got an FI Mach, and I'm paying 168 a month for full coverage on a driving record that's not so great, and that's through USAA, so honestly once the tickets and the one fender bender on my record fall off next year it's going to go down even more.

If the mach is paid off, why NOT keep it?? It's a limited run car that probably won't be made again for another 30yrs and to be honest, if you don't have a car payment, the gas mileage shouldn't even be an issue. You're still saving money every month by not having a car payment so what does it matter if you have to pay 30 or 40 bucks extra a month in gas? You can take the money over and above that, that you would've spent on your car payment and bank that. It'll add up pretty quick..