Yeah, potentially too extreme there. I view the STi (albeit childish looking) as a decent new car buy due to the fact that it has extraordinarily low levels of depreciation. That said, A7's are nice ass cars and could be fiscally fine if you bought it certified after the big initial depreciation hit if one were to…

Ah okay. "Looks like I can't get to work today, I guess I'll just go bang this person today instead because I'm from France and that's what we do." It's a cultural thing.

I agree, but I also work with big shot decision makes from previous generations almost exclusively. They tend to mock how I look very young (I'm 25 and could very well get ID'd to buy cigarettes because of serious babyface). That said, I also work in technology and I think some of that is to be assumed with my skill…

The WRX/STi looks great when you crop out the bottom of the car via shadow as done in the above photo. I'm going to go hang a sheet around my STi from the bottom of the window frame down now.

I'll have to disagree with you on Paris. Many urine (and very public urine, I've never realized that people who aren't homeless will just pee within five feet of you while waiting for a train until I was in Paris). Also, many unions - my fiance lived in Paris for a bit and the RER was CONSTANTLY down due to labor…

Even without smoking a ton of clutch and locking it up, if you're dropping it at over 4k you can get instant lock, a second of wheelspin and at least hit 5 seconds in my experience. If you're willing to glaze the shit out of your clutch, your method will absolutely work. Save those ones for when the clutch is getting…

I own a business and drive a '15 STi. No one seems to have any problems with what I drive. Let's just put it that way. Learn better to make yourself the commodity rather than making your appearance the commodity and you can appear as you please.

That's awesome! Do some hairy burnouts in the spirit of capitalism.

I see this type of article every month or so kicking around the internet. It's so accurate though. I'm basically the target market for a more expensive GT86 (younger male, enjoys spirited driving, can afford cars) and I would absolutely cross shop this if I were to add something on as a dedicated track toy. I would…

In theory, yes - but the banks should also do their due diligence. If they choose not to, that is a risk they assume as a private entity. I just don't feel that there should be regulation to prevent that from happening. In the same context, I also don't feel that they should have bailed out any of the banks in the…

I don't really believe a lot of the sympathetic excuses people make for the very poor. We don't have a caste system here, nothing is preventing you from working your ass off and fixing your life. That's just my two cents though, as someone who was raised in a family of 8 (depending on how you perceive it) on less than…

I agree on that end too - I worked in banking prior to the collapse during the days of stated income lending. It honestly never really proved to be that big a problem where we were because we still did some light verification. The reason that the tightening regulations scare me is simple: I own a business and getting…

I don't see a problem with subprime auto lending. If consumers choose to 1) have bad credit because they decided not to pay their bills (and don't give me any of that crap, deciding to pay your bills is a real thing that you can really control) and 2) not research the fact that they're paying $30,000 for a '07 Dodge…

This car was basically an afterthought. I owned a '95. It was woefully underpowered and significantly less enjoyable than the '89 325i I previously had. The e36 just doesn't stack up to the e30 platform in non-M trims in my opinion.

Thanks, Obama.

Sad part is, I genuinely think that the majority of people think that's a good deal because they don't understand amortization tables or compounded interest.

A local dealership has been advertising that they'll pay you somewhere over $100 if they can't lower your payments. I bet it's working amazing for them. I'm also 100% sure that they're breaking out 7 or 8 year terms and saying for anyone who might actually even qualify that they can lower their payment with a better…

Every time someone complains about the new STi interior, I think about the fact that my base model has alcantara and how that makes up for any other fault. I wish I was kidding.

That said, DTI ratios on cars are pretty forgiving. 40-48% in most cases. Most people will get approved as long as they're not drowning in debt and have stable employment.

All that I'm taking from this entire article is: "God damn, do people REALLY pay $70k for a Z4 and absolutely ignore every other quality product on the market that is better than a Z4 like Camry shoppers do?"