Please forgive me, ..... I have been bad and brought automotive shame down upon myself.

[Old Ray]

My lease on my 2016 Sport is expiring early spring 2019 so in typical anal Virgo behaviour I have over reacted and prematurely created stress for myself. The logistics of not having any dealers in my small town create problems with the lease return process and the arrangements for return transportation.

 

As a new car / truck buying addict, and the recent purchase of a very expensive pickup truck, and by extrapolating the USA price into Canadian price (not available yet) it became very evident that unfortunately there is no possible way that I can afford a ST at this time.

 

So I emailed the sales manager at the closest dealer with a list of possible options, including just turning the car in, buying the lease out, or as a replacement vehicle I mentioned some less expensive other makes that might work, and hinted about a new sport they had in stock. In typical sales manager style he thought the sport was the best option.

 

Long story short, they took my 2016 and paid out the lease and discounted the sport by $ 9000.00 cdn with a manageable payment. Not a ST, but the next best possible alternative at this time, and as an addict this doesn't mean that once the hysteria (and price) of the ST introduction dies down in a couple of years that I can try again. (If my grown children don't have me committed.) Thanks for all your input and I will still visit.

 

On a side note, on that trip home the only real noticeable difference in the two year variation is the cold air intake on hard acceleration is much louder, not sure it's faster, but sure sounds good to a old but not dead guy.