SteveXs2
11-21-2004, 07:40 PM
Alrighty, here's my predicament:
I have my beater Jetta, most everything works fine, it's just got a bagged old engine, a crack in the exhaust manifold and some light rust.
It's a decent car, but if those things were fixed it'd be sooo much better.
Anyways, next September I'll be off at university. I'll probably be going to a photography academy for one or two years and then another 2 years of something else after that, and it's going to be very expensive. I'm looking at $25,000 Canadian for a single year including rent / food / supplies / tuition.
But, my family might be "coming into some money". (Nothing Illegal). I'm not allowed to talk about it though since it could not happen but it'd mean a nice sum of money for myself.
So I was thinking, since I'll be back at home from school for 2 months in the summer and have to get a job, I'll need a car. And if I get this money, I could buy a car of that value, maybe an A3 Golf / Jetta or an A2 Jetta in really good shape.
Or... I could buy a better engine, new wheels, get my exhaust manifold fixed and get a paintjob on the car I have now with only part of the money and then still have some money to put towards school which will pay for like 3 months of room / supplies / food.
What would you do?
I'll post some pics of my car so you can see the condition but I need a decent day first when I have spare time. Basically the car is in great shape, light rust on the front end and very light rust back by the license plate. Paintjob would probably run me $500 for the whole car if it was already sanded & primed. But then I'd get some PIMP dark blue and it'd look awesome.
All Input is Welcome
I have my beater Jetta, most everything works fine, it's just got a bagged old engine, a crack in the exhaust manifold and some light rust.
It's a decent car, but if those things were fixed it'd be sooo much better.
Anyways, next September I'll be off at university. I'll probably be going to a photography academy for one or two years and then another 2 years of something else after that, and it's going to be very expensive. I'm looking at $25,000 Canadian for a single year including rent / food / supplies / tuition.
But, my family might be "coming into some money". (Nothing Illegal). I'm not allowed to talk about it though since it could not happen but it'd mean a nice sum of money for myself.
So I was thinking, since I'll be back at home from school for 2 months in the summer and have to get a job, I'll need a car. And if I get this money, I could buy a car of that value, maybe an A3 Golf / Jetta or an A2 Jetta in really good shape.
Or... I could buy a better engine, new wheels, get my exhaust manifold fixed and get a paintjob on the car I have now with only part of the money and then still have some money to put towards school which will pay for like 3 months of room / supplies / food.
What would you do?
I'll post some pics of my car so you can see the condition but I need a decent day first when I have spare time. Basically the car is in great shape, light rust on the front end and very light rust back by the license plate. Paintjob would probably run me $500 for the whole car if it was already sanded & primed. But then I'd get some PIMP dark blue and it'd look awesome.
All Input is Welcome