Get whatever you set your mind on. My first car was a '92 diamante, a nice luxy car and it was great for a first car. After that I stepped it up and got a '94 celica and then replaced that with my '02 jetta 1.8t. i've done a few mods but nothing major. I wanted to completely deck it out but then i realized, why? it's already quick enough to pass 80% of the cars that i will run into on a daily basis. And besides the more you mod a car the more attention you need to give in to keep it running.
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"Your car is a wind up toy" - Coworker into american cars
"Why cause it's an import?" - me
"No, cause its a rotary and it spins, d'uh" - coworker
