I think my reason is a little different to most... My last car had just blown up and I was on the hunt for a new one, however, I had just started a new relationship (bla bla bla) and we were working towards a family.
Anyhow, I have always been a big muscle car fan, and I always will be. When I started looking at cars, my partner wanted me to get something that will be reliable first, and after the wedding (I know I know) I can get a project car.
So I was looking around, and I was thinking the new muscle cars, but apart from the ZR1 (Which looked nothing like a muscle car), the new cars were, less then appealing. But then I saw the Lancer, or, rather the Evo... and at first glance, it had all the looks and styling of the muscle car, big gaping front end, aggressive look, a sloped forward appearance, flared arches... But... it was a 4cy i looked up some vids of what they sound like, not too bad for a 4cy, not the wet fart noise of a suburb, and I took a RA for a test drive, and the power was very good.
So anyhow, we went, got us a Red lancer VRX, drove it for a year, Partner liked it, the interior wasn't as horrible as I first imagined it would be. So last year, I sold that, test drove another RA, this time with the TCSST, was impressed with it, then ended up getting the Evo X MR... And I do not regret it at all
p.s. I purchased my car Second Hand, so that in the event I grow board of the SST (Becoming more and more unlikely every day), I can sell it in a year or 2, and get a Manual.