I will be buying my first car and am looking into getting a VW or *dreaming* a porsche. I'd like to know what you guys think of a 17yr old getting a porsche I know a couple of guys my age who do or have owned them and have done fine, I think I can do well with one also I just have to convince my parents
My family has always owned american cars, I like german cars personally. The only "practical" cars I can consider buying are VW's I am particularly interested in Jetta's and Golf's and their GLI and GTI editions. I've heard they are very problematic however. I will be buying a car no older than 2000 year model. Will maintenance and all that be horrible? I know I'm not buying a jap car here, thats not what I want.
Also I am not sure if I should go with a performance oriented/standard model or a TDI I know I will get better MPG but are they noisy running? And is it worth it financially with diesel at 3+ a gallon (its like 3.60 here I believe)
Thanks for the help. I am particularly interested in a silver 2002 GTI (golf) 1.8 with tiptronic. Has 37k on it and is priced at 15,000