# What to do?  Make STI fast and have slow DD or buy cheap fast car and keep STI as DD?

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**Created:** [August 14, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-make-sti-fast-and-have-slow-dd-or-buy-cheap-fast-car-and-keep-sti-as-dd/53217 "2008-08-14T07:46:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-to-do-make-sti-fast-and-have-slow-dd-or-buy-cheap-fast-car-and-keep-sti-as-dd/53217/17 "2008-08-14T08:10:39Z")

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> [@brent\_strong](#):
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> 700 miles a week
> 
> 20mpg STi  
> 35 gallons of gas  
> ~$140 ($4/gal)
> 
> 35mpg Civic  
> 20 gallons of gas  
> ~$75 ($3.75/gal since it can run 87)
> 
> Saving $65/wk or $260/mo, probably enough to make the payment on a new or slightly used Civic…allowing you to mod the STi or sell it and spend the STi payment money plus any project car money all on a project…

werd… I should have said during the work week (4-5 times a week) so I’m not quite at 700 miles/wk… closer to 500. Your numbers are accurate though. I spend more on gas than I do my car payment lol.

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