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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
Any of those options is a waste of money when you get down to it. So now you're in the realm of totally subjective value for the return on the investment. If someone says that spending $5000 to swap his car, whatever it may be, is worth it to him, how can you argue by saying that he could have saved money by doing something completely different? Yes, swapping is almost inevitably going to cost more than trading his car in. But, trading his car in to get an STi or even WRX doesn't make financial sense either.
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Are you listening to yourself?
Let's make this simple.
The goal: start with a TS 4EAT, end up with a 5MT WRX wagon.
The options:
- spend $5000+ to get a frankensuby WRX wagon
- spend $2000 to get a real WRX wagon
There's not a lot of room for subjective analysis there. Either spend $3000 too much for a lower quality product, or not. If it's "worth it to him" then he's dumb... I know from experience...
it's not worth it. Like I said, go STi on the swap or don't do it... and even then, homey better have a huge wagon mafia hard-on for STi wagons in order for the swap to be "worth it to him" because 99% of people would be satisfied going with an STi sedan or something like a used S4 Avant, as both would be about the same price as doing a TS -> STi Wagon swap properly.
Either way, trading in the car makes excellent financial sense, it's the cheaper way to meet the goal. If you want to argue the merits of the goal itself, that's something completely different.