im trying so very hard to justify this purchase.

[LastKnight]

practical? hell no - not for a college kid who will be in a fridgid climate 8 months out of the year.

Car price? workable

Insurance on one of these things for a 19 year old male? heeh... heh... FUUUUUUUCK...

do i like it? oh hell yea...

somone stop me... before i drop the money and am freezing my ass off under that convertable in 40 below winters while paying insurance money through the nose.

i can dream, right?

[GOPisEvil]

1. I'm 37 and I can't imagine insuring that.

It is nice though. Isn't 19 a little early for a mid-life crisis? :7

[LastKnight]

2. i like to get things done ahead of time...

that way i wont be so angry with the minivan later in life...

like i said... its just a dream.

[Not Me]

3. Not sure about Eclipse but,

My Mom had a Chrysler convertible that had a very well insulated top.
She lives in upstate NY and being cold in the winter in her car was not a problem.

Does that help?????????

Buy it.

[LastKnight]

5. lol

it helps... it helps the insurance agent's case... he wants to become very good friends with me once he heard i was (even jokingly) looking at these.

[tk2kewl]

4. convertibles are great.

but if the winters are that cold...

[LastKnight]

7. yea, i shouldnt be driving in any event at 40 below.

and it usuially only stays that cold for about 3 weeks - month out of the year, reg is about 5-10 below. still not great for cars but still.

[hfojvt]

16. you must be talking about wind chills

which you will probably always have when you are driving anyway - a self created windchill. Sioux Falls is not that cold, it is not like Fargo.

[LastKnight]

25. well - im going to school in fargo.

actuially just across the river in moorhead. last winter we hit 37 below air temp. not very car-friendly.

[Kathleen04]

6. Damn, is it at least front-wheel drive?

If not, I'd say no way. Though I do have a friend who's from Massachusetts who drives a rear-wheel drive convertable Mustang...

[LastKnight]

9. yea, Front wheel...

with a V6 behind it... 3L... ive looked at small suv's with smaller engines.

[Double T]

8. Keep dreaming, but buy something more practical......

you can buy your convertible when you retire and move to Florida

[goondogger]

10. As a former Eclipse owner

from Northeast PA (lots of snow) I'd tell you that they are *horrible* in the snow. Plan on snow tires.

That being said, hope you're getting a manual transmission. Fun as all hell.

[LastKnight]

15. heh. i havent actuially bought it yet.

but ive been lookin at em for awhile... just kinda jokingly, but i keep getting encouraged to check em out more seriously (by my parents, nonetheless).

who knows.

[dbonds]

11. Look what you will be giving up for something that looks nice.

The money you will be blowing that could be used to get your life set up. You will be limitting yourself to how many friends you can take with you on trips. And the people that car will impress are probably not the type of people you want to attract.

[LastKnight]

18. yea, thats whats stopping me.

aside from the fact that a V6 will piss away the gas like no other. and that ill need it to last awhile. and convertables, sports cars, ect ect arent good in those kinda weather conditions. i really should just put it out of my head.

[Initech]

12. Very nice! But...

You're screwed when it comes to insurance. Hell, I just drive a Grand Am and I pay an insane amount of insurance every month.

[LastKnight]

19. got a quote...

didnt like what i saw.

[Kathleen04]

13. Insurance..

Check w/ your insurance agent to see if it would be cheaper for your parents to put you on one of their cars and have them listed as the primary driver on this car. Even if they want you to pay for it, you could reimburse your parents and it might be cheaper.

That's what I do, it's finagle-ing the rules a bit, but it works.

[LastKnight]

21. yea, i checked on that option.

it would save me some money, but id still pay alot. this car is probably nothing more than a fantasy for me, honestly.

[Kathleen04]

23. yeah...

The car is not the most practical..but keep that option in mind for whatever car you end up deciding on.

[ClintonTyree]

14. That would be completely irresponsible.....

which is why I'D probably do it in a heartbeat. When I was your age I bought a brand new 1970 340 Duster (muscle car) but those were the days when you could get a good paying job right out of high school.
Today, I'd probably think about it a little more. And then buy it.

Do what you have to do, it's your life. Make your choices, take the responsibility for them and don't look back.

[Taverner]

20. "... take the responsibility for them and don't look back."

Sage advice if there ever were.

Whatever decision you make, dont look back. Never tell yourself you "should have done this." It's pointless and does no good. I keep trying to tell my wife this, but she doesn't get it.

As for the car, it's not the smartest purchase you could make, but you could work a rebate with the dealer so you could buy a LL Bean jacket to go with it. Can you at least get a seat warmer option with it?

[LastKnight]

22. lol theres an idea. nt

[Bonhomme Richard]

17. Forget about the top and worry about.........................

how you are going to afford four new snow tires and probably the wheels as well.

[LastKnight]

24. yea... that too...

like ive said earlier in this thread... its a pipe dream unless something big happens...