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<blockquote data-quote="b2b5l2l10" data-source="post: 1628164" data-attributes="member: 242586">i&#039;ve been looking at cars for 2 days straight and i&#039;m starting to lose my mind - questioning every decision etc. i&#039;m getting married next year and planning on having kids in a few years so i&#039;m going to have to put car seats in this car and it&#039;s going to have to keep them safe in NY winters (SNOW!)we&#039;ve been pre-approved for $12,000 through our credit union - we could probably get more but $250 a month is what we feel comfortable withso i fell in love with an &#039;07 subaru impreza 2.5i (the &quot;5 door - kinda wagon like) it&#039;s got 35k and they&#039;re asking $14,978 but it blue books for $13,555 and nada is $13,650 - it&#039;s a standard (which i want - even with kids in the car - yes i&#039;ve driven stick with kids in the car and i still want it) we&#039;d have to talk them down to around 12 with about $1000 for the trade in (&#039;98 sebring - it&#039;s my mom&#039;s but i&#039;ve been driving it for years &#039;cause she has a subaru &amp; i can&#039;t stand it any more!!!)the problem is my dad came shopping with me (my fiance works crazy hours so he couldn&#039;t come) and my step-mother has a &#039;05 altima and they love it - we found an &#039;05 altima and my dad&#039;s been trying to talk me into it but i&#039;m not sure why - they&#039;re asking $13 and offering $800 for the trade (i had another dealer offer $1000 and come up to $1500 when i started walking away - then said he&#039;d come up even more if i bought it by the end of the month so i know i can get more than $800) what would you do???</blockquote>

[QUOTE="b2b5l2l10, post: 1628164, member: 242586"] i've been looking at cars for 2 days straight and i'm starting to lose my mind - questioning every decision etc. i'm getting married next year and planning on having kids in a few years so i'm going to have to put car seats in this car and it's going to have to keep them safe in NY winters (SNOW!) we've been pre-approved for $12,000 through our credit union - we could probably get more but $250 a month is what we feel comfortable with so i fell in love with an '07 subaru impreza 2.5i (the "5 door - kinda wagon like) it's got 35k and they're asking $14,978 but it blue books for $13,555 and nada is $13,650 - it's a standard (which i want - even with kids in the car - yes i've driven stick with kids in the car and i still want it) we'd have to talk them down to around 12 with about $1000 for the trade in ('98 sebring - it's my mom's but i've been driving it for years 'cause she has a subaru & i can't stand it any more!!!) the problem is my dad came shopping with me (my fiance works crazy hours so he couldn't come) and my step-mother has a '05 altima and they love it - we found an '05 altima and my dad's been trying to talk me into it but i'm not sure why - they're asking $13 and offering $800 for the trade (i had another dealer offer $1000 and come up to $1500 when i started walking away - then said he'd come up even more if i bought it by the end of the month so i know i can get more than $800) what would you do??? [/QUOTE]

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