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Originally Posted by sickcallawayc12
Welcome to AF.
First, there is no way you would get an STi for 20 grand anyway unless its been wrecked or anything less than preowned low mileage.
Second I encourage you to learn the stick shift. 
I don't really understand why you want a coupe or sedan. Being a college student and a DJ, it sounds like you need the cargo space and a wagon or hatchback will serve you much better especially with a small/compact car so here are my suggestions.
You could look at an 04 and up WRX wagon/sedan with a, *sighs*, automatic tranny as this will give you just about everything you're asking for (well except low insurance maybe). I think they added leather, sunroof and such that year. You should see if the new Subaru Legacy wagons had a turbo option like the sedans do. A preowned one of those will probably run around 20 grand. I'm surprised you've had such good luck with that Mitsubishi as they are not exactly the most reliable of Japanese vehicles IMO. May want to look at a Volkswagen Golf instead of a Jetta. Keep in mind that a european vehicle like Volkswagen is probably gonna have a little higher maintenence cost. I'll try to post some sedans/coupes options later. |
Thanks for the reply!
As for stick shift, my wife is actually from England (where apparently almost the whole population of drivers drive manual), so she's going to teach me how to drive stick when she gets a car, but that may not be until after I purchase my next car (and even though she can drive stick, there's no way I'm letting her drive my next car
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As for the cargo space, I forgot to mention that it's really not an issue. I'm not a wedding DJ or anything like that, so all I really need to carry with me is a flight case of records in addition to my college stuff that I just keep in my car. My Mirage currently has more than enough room to hold everything in half of the back seat. I'm actually looking for a compact coupe/sedan because of the parking conditions in Chicago being a bit cramped.
But like I said, other than that, pretty much horsepower, gas mileage, and stereo are important. I'm willing to fork out another $5000 or so if that money buys me a car that would be a more ideal choice.