Should I upgrade my car? (same car with more option)

[win-star]

Hi everyone!!!!


I recently bought a 2013 Kia Optima LX [base] end of December of 2012. It comes with all the options I wanted like fogs, 6 speakers stereo, power dr seat, bluetooth, etc. except for sun/moonroof. I bought the car $24,900 all in with rustproofing, winter mats and a couple things more [I forgot].

So after 4 months and 5,400 km of ownership I want to upgrade to the same car but sun/moonroof option.

I just came back from the dealership and the salesman offered me is my car plus $10,200.

So before I head out and do it, what does everyone think??

Waste of money?


I was planning to buy a home within a year but then I was thinking that i'll postpone it and upgrade my car first.



Thanks,
Chris

[alicia]

you're crazy!

[alicia]

For the sake of a moon roof, your old car essentially cost you $2500/month for the time you owned it. Yikes!

[Natalka]

Nope.

You need to stop this.

Seriously.

Keep the car, find a nice apartment to rent, and be happy as things are!



Any thoughts to doing something different would be if you were picking up cheap-o cars, getting parts inexpensively, doing labour with friends and family, etc. - that's the kind of thing my son and a big whack of his friends are into - then they get the power they want, options, stereos, and all the goodies for their vehicles.

[GoJays]

good lord, win... why don't you just go to enterprise and that way you can have a different car every week?

[xox2010]

Personally I would rather have a house than a car. I don't think an extra 10K for a moon roof is reasonable. However, it's your money, you should spend it as you wish.

[anisa]

winstar, you're a cutie, but you are going to have to start facing the real world one of these days

[walkonby]

aw poor winstar, some young guys love their wheels. Well whatever you do decide to spend your money on, you certainly have worked long hard hours at 2 jobs for some time, so that should be the deciding factor. Ask yourself is it really worth trading in all those racked up labour intensive hours on something that a total stranger could bump or crash into the next day? We love ya winstar!! lol

[toban]

Personally I would keep the car you have and put the $10,000 towards a house, condo, apartment or savings. However it's your money to spend the way you wish.

[i_forget]

See what happens when you waste your money on a KIA?????