What should I do with my car?

[drmguy]

I have a 2009 Subaru with 450 dollar payments. There is no way I am going to take out loans to pay for my loan so I am left with three options:

1. Sell car and buy a junker

2. Sell car and don't have a car at all

3. Parents offered to pay my car payments while in school

Is there enough of a reason to have a decent car to do something like option 3?

I am from California and have rarely seen bad weather but I imagine something like a Subaru would fare better in snow than a civic.

[NZA]

3. Parents offered to pay my car payments while in school

Hmm.

Option 1) I have a shitty car and make car payments.
Option 2) I don't have a car.
Option 3) My parents pay for my car, thus negating the purpose of this entire post completely.

[Skyhook]

What has this got to do with choosing a law school?

[drmguy]

I searched because I wasn't sure where to put it and 3 or 4 car threads were in choosing a law school.

[2011Law]

Depends on where you're going to law school.

[drmguy]

Again, I have driven on snow twice. If it was a place that has snow would an AWD car be a big deal?

[luckyme]

is it an STi

[drmguy]

Forester XT

[luckyme]

Forester XT

sell

[bartleby]

Parents. Pay them back.

[drmguy]

Forester XT

sell

What's wrong with the Forester?

[MrPapagiorgio]

Forester XT

sell

What isn't wrong with the Forester?

FTFY

[Adjudicator]

1. Buy comprehensive insurance
2. Leave car in a bad neighborhood with the keys in it
3. Profit

[EarlCat]

I'd sell the car no matter what. Dropping $450/mo for a car is ridonkulous, and I would feel pretty crappy sticking my parents with that bill.

Then it's just a question of whether to buy something else. Where geographically are you going to school? Do you need a car there?

[drmguy]

Right now looking at norcal, jersey, philly or midwest.

[EarlCat]

Right now looking at norcal, jersey, philly or midwest.

That's going to play a big part in whether you need a car. In Chicago, FWIW, it's totally unnecessary (and waaaaaay too expensive) to own a car IMHO.

[blurbz]

I grew up in the northern (snowy) states and attend law school in a place that still gets its fair share of snow. I have a Forester and sometimes I am the only one of my friends still able to drive after a snowfall. Keep the car.

[MrKappus]

I grew up in the northern (snowy) states and attend law school in a place that still gets its fair share of snow. I have a Forester and sometimes I am the only one of my friends still able to drive after a snowfall. Keep the car.

Yeah Subaru's are in the "Believe the Hype" category. They rock in winter climates.

[drmguy]

So if not norcal then keep it.

[esspwebmaster]

sell it
SPAMSPAMSPAM

[luckyme]

IBTB

[luckyme]

Forester XT

sell

What's wrong with the Forester?

It's not an STi

[Jackson Pollock]

[quote="esspwebmaster"]sell it
SPAMSPAMSPAM

Do you take Visa?

I mean...uh...IBTB.

[JakeL]

$450 a month? Can't you lease a Range Rover for that?

[Patriot1208]

$450 a month? Can't you lease a Range Rover for that?

The only thing dumber than paying $450 a month for a forester is leasing a luxury car.