gathermewool
Site Donor 2025
This isn't Facebook, where we need to like every post and tell each OP how each decision he makes is great, and to just go for it. People come here for advice, wisdom and experience. It's up to the OP to cherry pick the posts and advice that apply to him or seem the most logical and then make his own decision.
My previous post was based on a few things:
1. Experience: none of us has all of the details and none of us can make this decision for the OP, but we can infer from the information that was provided enough for a response that is based on a personal experience, not a position of higher ground.
My post was based on my own experience, when I made a decision to go from one payment to another without any benefit - I made a rash decision based on a limited research and possibly poor logic. So, I traded a vehicle that wasn't the most economical, but was one that I loved, for a car that was the biggest headache in my history of car car buying.
Had I come here for advice at that time, I may have listened to opposing opinions and made a better choice (or maybe not.) The point is, the OP needs to decide if any of us with a dissenting opinion from his and other posters warrants further, if any, consideration.
2. Indecision: the OP seems unsure of which package he wants at a time when he's seemingly ready to put pen to paper. If he's unsure of the package, then I have to ask if he's even sure of the car. I argue for spending more time thinking about each.
I can't imagine the deal he's being offered is so good that he can't afford to walk away from it. Historically, when has walking away from a dealership been a bad financial decision?
3. Finances: I don't presume to know the OP's finances, but had I known what I know now I probably would have started my post-undergrad life differently, with one of the perfectly fine used cars that were around at that time. This goes back to the experience thing.
Going along with the above, I'd hate to see you fall in love with the Dart, because it's not your Focus, and then feel like you want to trade it 2-3 years from now, effectively continuing a really [censored] "lease" cycle.
So, I don't intend to condescend, and the OP can completely disregard my post if he likes. If you do make the purchase, then I wish you luck and hope you like it.
My previous post was based on a few things:
1. Experience: none of us has all of the details and none of us can make this decision for the OP, but we can infer from the information that was provided enough for a response that is based on a personal experience, not a position of higher ground.
My post was based on my own experience, when I made a decision to go from one payment to another without any benefit - I made a rash decision based on a limited research and possibly poor logic. So, I traded a vehicle that wasn't the most economical, but was one that I loved, for a car that was the biggest headache in my history of car car buying.
Had I come here for advice at that time, I may have listened to opposing opinions and made a better choice (or maybe not.) The point is, the OP needs to decide if any of us with a dissenting opinion from his and other posters warrants further, if any, consideration.
2. Indecision: the OP seems unsure of which package he wants at a time when he's seemingly ready to put pen to paper. If he's unsure of the package, then I have to ask if he's even sure of the car. I argue for spending more time thinking about each.
I can't imagine the deal he's being offered is so good that he can't afford to walk away from it. Historically, when has walking away from a dealership been a bad financial decision?
3. Finances: I don't presume to know the OP's finances, but had I known what I know now I probably would have started my post-undergrad life differently, with one of the perfectly fine used cars that were around at that time. This goes back to the experience thing.
Going along with the above, I'd hate to see you fall in love with the Dart, because it's not your Focus, and then feel like you want to trade it 2-3 years from now, effectively continuing a really [censored] "lease" cycle.
So, I don't intend to condescend, and the OP can completely disregard my post if he likes. If you do make the purchase, then I wish you luck and hope you like it.
