I say a combination of 2 and 3. I would suggest selling the parts you currently have not installed to get some $$ back. Your car currently has a bunch of suspension and braking upgrades, that will suffice to keep fun in tact.
I think getting another vehicle will just turn into another project. If you are like most of us on here who can't leave anything alone, which I think you are, whatever you get won't stay stock for long..whether you say it will or not, I will bet on not. I don't think that would be beneficial at all.
Selling random parts off of your car will just make you think of how it used to do something (handle, go, stop) and make you want that part again. I would advise against this. On top of the fact that you WILL have low ballers on items and end up getting less than what you think you will.
So..sell brakes and shocks. Stop buying car parts. Save money.
I would also suggest thinking about hanging on to the student loan. Thats even more money you can save without dumping it into paying off a loan.
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I did a timing tensioner and valve cleaning myself in one day (which would include changing the intake if you had to do so). You can buy a tensioner/sealant/crank bolt for around $100 bucks, an intake manifold for $130 (I think thats what they are) and new injector seals for $40 (for all injectors, should be replaced when the intake is out). I let seafoam soak in the port ($15) and scraped with various tools to clean my valves and they came out great. So for around $350 (including an oil change or whatever other random things you may need) you will have a car that should easily last double whatever mileage you are currently at. I had almost 50k on my 2011 and figured it was a good time to perform this "maintenance" to have a solid, reliable vehicle for another 50k.
I think getting another vehicle will just turn into another project. If you are like most of us on here who can't leave anything alone, which I think you are, whatever you get won't stay stock for long..whether you say it will or not, I will bet on not. I don't think that would be beneficial at all.
Selling random parts off of your car will just make you think of how it used to do something (handle, go, stop) and make you want that part again. I would advise against this. On top of the fact that you WILL have low ballers on items and end up getting less than what you think you will.
So..sell brakes and shocks. Stop buying car parts. Save money.
I would also suggest thinking about hanging on to the student loan. Thats even more money you can save without dumping it into paying off a loan.
EDIT:
I did a timing tensioner and valve cleaning myself in one day (which would include changing the intake if you had to do so). You can buy a tensioner/sealant/crank bolt for around $100 bucks, an intake manifold for $130 (I think thats what they are) and new injector seals for $40 (for all injectors, should be replaced when the intake is out). I let seafoam soak in the port ($15) and scraped with various tools to clean my valves and they came out great. So for around $350 (including an oil change or whatever other random things you may need) you will have a car that should easily last double whatever mileage you are currently at. I had almost 50k on my 2011 and figured it was a good time to perform this "maintenance" to have a solid, reliable vehicle for another 50k.
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