[Untamed]

What's wrong with the Cobalt?

You're under 25 still, right? Insurance on the Cobolt will be cheaper, the gas milage is better, and it's not a cop magnet. You wont get into trouble having knuckleheads throw revs at you to race, and it's not listed as a sports car for trade-in value (a negative) when you're ready to get a sensible car a few years down the road.

I just finished paying off my Toyota Camry. I haven't liked the car since I drove it off the lot, and yet the damn thing runs like a champ and won't die. I looked around and decided to hang onto the car, enjoy having no payments for a while, then look into getting my next Trans Am as a 3rd vehicle in a year or two - still without payments, but maybe a driving project I'll have to fix. Many people do this, though it takes a few years to get financially independant (and responsible) to get what you want.

Lastly, as strange as this sounds, enjoy "wanting" the car of your dreams. Spend time researching, looking at pics, collecting models of it, etc. Oftentimes the road towards ownership in a few years, makes it that much sweeter when you finally get it.

You're still young - you have many other things you should be working towards before satisfying the need for a sports car. Most of all, in this economy, saving some money "just in case". If your mom is strapped for cash someday, you'll wish you had the cash in the bank instead of a gas guzzling sports car in the driveway.

Thus endeth the lesson... again.