I drove a G37 for 4 years because of someone on this site.

Can be.  Mine was 2 owner (2 year lease, 1 year second owner) I checked over well.  29k miles, they tossed in the extended warranty out to 80k.  Love it.  If you find a 1 owner or CPO, it adds about 3k, maybe 4.  But that’s still an almost $80,000 car for less than half the original price only a couple of years old,…

But it can be.  

/me is trying really hard not to make you an offer on it.  

Lots of good cars out there under 25k. Even really nice ones these days (cough Mazda3, Mazda6, Civic, Elantra, etc...). People want SUVs, and they think they want big SUVs, and you can charge for those... so people do dumb things.

Come on now, that’s a MAJOR step up from David Tracy.  

That’s what we call a win/win situation.  

We passed a law against it - too many Californians and texans with bald tires blocking the highways, now it’s AWD/4WD or you carry chains (or risk your car getting impounded - I didn’t even drive my Vette with snow tires if there was risk of snow, didn’t want to fetch my car from the pokey after some unknown number of…

Awesome.  Can I get it without the extra weight of the wagon junk?  

Had the GTI in the past. Was planning on making a swap this spring and the Si won, but house issues delayed that (daily is a BMW, this would have been a “fun car” to add to the stable for 3 or so years). Seriously, first Honda since the S2k that I had an absolute blast driving - it likes being “fun” more than the GTI…

And then they got rid of that with the Torsion beam. ‘Tis gone, my friend.

You’ll love the SI. 

Every time I’ve looked at the Mazda 3, this was the result.  First time - Bought a new 04 SVT Focus instead.  Second time, bought a pickup (07 Frontier) new.  Third time, in 2014, bought a used G37.  Didn’t bother this time - I’ve outgrown Mazda, and their “nice” isn’t nice enough - nor does it have the balls to back…

Just wait for the lease incentives.  :)  

Decent engines combined with AWD. On the 5-series, I can get a Turbo 4 cylinder, turbo-6, turbo-8, or absurd turbo-8, all with AWD or RWD.

Leases.  

Cadillac/Volvo dealer, which is an odd mix. They’re supposed to be good, and they were quite polite and nice, but not willing to make any moves on a car they were SURE would sell just fine (it didn’t; sat there almost a year).

It is both terrible and wonderful at the same time. January convertible weather is hilariously fun, but this year was, well, miserable. I’ve run snow tires on a Corvette - it just wasn’t worth it, in the end, and outside a true toy, I don’t bother with summers anymore. And I make sure that the daily is AWD so I can…

ATS.  Tack on the pinstriping, nitrogen tires, and the “we just had it at the car show, it had a lot of interest!” refusal to discount, and the loaded coupe was 55k and they weren’t budging.  It did have every option except the V6, and was AWD too.  

It’s not peace of mind, it’s legality - we made it illegal here unless you have chains, because too many Texans didn’t bother getting winter tires (literally). Now it’s AWD/4WD or stay home. :(