I voted
Having and awd
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fits the bill perfectly for me with a minor complaint about fuel ecomomy. We have pretty good roads here, but if they were horribad I would just keep swapping rubber on the 17s that I'm using for winter duty.
I only ever felt like i wasn't getting my money to cost value on a performance oriented car when i owned the TL. It was too big and compromised by high horsepower + fwd. It was devoit of personality but ultimately a very well built and quality car.
You and I are on opposite ends of the buying spectrum, you are flipping cheap lease deals on nice cars every year or two and I buy and hold for the long run. I need to pick something that is good at all things and doesn't bore me after a couple of years. In your case you can ride out a short term mistake and move on. In your case I would experiment with all kinds of different vehicles for the
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, afterall, anything you choose will get you from A to B, and if you choose wrong it won't be long before the next opportunity to swap comes around.
If you settle down and have kids you will lose the 2 door/2 seater options so get your fill before then.