[nostatic]

OK, the Subie will likely be gone and I'll be in a rental car. I see the ortho guy Thursday and hopefully will get some idea on how long/bad rehab will be for the left knee/foot.

So I have two scenarios: in one, my leg will heal back close to normal in a reasonable amount of time, and I can drive whatever. In the other, my leg will be in rehab for a long time (or never quite be right).

So a couple of options I'm thinking. At the top end of the money scale, an Audi A3 with DSG. A tad under $30K. That's really the most I'd want to finance. Just below that would be a GTi with DSG. Then a Mini Cooper S with Agitronic. Other autos are kinda sketchy....if I'm stuck with an auto i need something to entertain me. The DSG is actually a manual trans. The MCSa has a torque converter.

The Mazdaspeed3 wagon looks to be cool, and Volvo has a new hatchback coming in Sept that harkens back to the 1800.

All those would be $20K+ with resulting car payments, etc.

Another possibility that this board got me thinking about was an E30 with an auto trans. They seem cheap to buy but I worry about keeping them running.

I'm assuming that I need an auto for at least one month, and probably more like two. I can rent, but at some point it would be cheaper to buy a car (especially if I can find a used one cheap). If long term I can't drive a stick, then all bets are off as the 911 would have to go and I'd need to find a tiptronic track car. But i'll cross that bridge when/if I come to it.