What's the perfect quarter-life-crisis car?

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The joke's always on the midlife-crisis guy with the combover, tooling around in his Viva Viagra Violet painted Corvette. But what about the quarter-lifers? What can they buy to reclaim their lost, er, teen years? What's the perfect quarter-life-crisis car?

With so many 20-somethings deferring their careers, once they do lock into a decent job — or at least one that doesn't require them to wear a funny hat — why not get that quarter-life-crisis car. That's what leasing is for, right? I mean, what good is living with your parents at 27 if you can't roll like a pro? So what is it?

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