Anyone own a 2013/2014 Subaru Crosstrek or Chevrolet Trax?

[sphelps]

I don't know of any new vehicles you can get for $250/month without a good trade in or down payment. If you lease sure, but financing.. The numbers don't add up which is why I suggested going used. The Crosstrek starts at $25K and even the cheap Rav4 starts at $24K so tack on some options and gst and you're back to $500+ plus a month, paying $250-300 a month means you're paying it over 8+ years which, no offence to anyone, is just bad financial advice as the depreciation will exceed your payments. If you can't pay for a car over 5 years then IMO you can't afford it, talk to any financial adviser if you disagree.

Also not to be defensive but I only suggested Audi as it sounded like the OP wanted AWD some something with a hatch. I don't like Subaru so not much else to suggest plus we owned one which we loved. For the record it only cost us just over $20K, bought it used and it was a solid car with basically zero problems unlike our previous Subaru plus when we sold it, it held it's value better than any other car we had so despite the assumption I only like BMW and Audi it's actually not the case. The Audi was solid advice and I rarely recommend BMWs, plus I own a Jeep which is not BMW or Audi. Ultimately I'm into cars, I know what's good and what's not but it's still my opinion so take with a grain of salt.