well again, don't forget that the insurance that they pay is double that of ours... well in my case it would be. i'm in NYC and at 20yrs old i would be paying close to 5k a year for a gst/x. so add the higher insurance to the higher initial price of the car, and you'll probably come out about even(after doing turbo/bottom end) if not be paying less b/c every year you pay out half as much as them.