had65want05
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- Feb 27, 2004
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Any i4 or v6 car is enough speed and power to get you in serious trouble. Since this is a first car, and you are already talking about nitrous, maybe you should reconsider why your parents don't want you to have an earlier license. We had an incident recently were an 18 yr old and 19 yr old friend were killed near Lopez Lake here in Calif. He was driving a WRX and tried to pass on a double yellow at high speed and lost it. They went off road and into a creek. Sometime you do not get a second chance. Rumor I heard was that he had previously rolled a car, but I can not confirm that. My first ride was a Honda 70, then a 100cc. Then I got a car. I am thankful I did not kill myself on the motorcycle. It seems to almost be a target for cars... anyway, just be careful out there. Take some time to learn your limits, and the cars limits, then cut some slack for the un-expected. In a world of crazy drivers, SUVs, and who knows what in the road, even the best or the best drivers can lose it. A crash at say 120 MPH or 135 is gonna look much worse than 60 to 80 MPH. If I was young again, and was looking for real speed fun, I would consider getting into racing cars. You can practice on track, bend cars you don't own, and have a safer environment to do so. Guess you can go out to some drag tracks for not much money. If ya do have fun. Avoid road racing though, as it is not only unsafe, it could bite back at you for the rest of your life if you do something stupid. And yes, I know old people do stupid things too
Also consider the Miata, if you are not on freeways in the city much. A Miata is fun for back roads. A pretty easy car to learn. It talks to ya, and you get a pretty good idea how it handls and how to drive it within a few months. Oh yeah, one more bit of advice. When you go out and buy a car, be sure to pay cash and not finance it. Try to stay as much debt free in life and you pretty much have it made. No reason to enrich a bank while buying a car.
LOREN
Any i4 or v6 car is enough speed and power to get you in serious trouble. Since this is a first car, and you are already talking about nitrous, maybe you should reconsider why your parents don't want you to have an earlier license. We had an incident recently were an 18 yr old and 19 yr old friend were killed near Lopez Lake here in Calif. He was driving a WRX and tried to pass on a double yellow at high speed and lost it. They went off road and into a creek. Sometime you do not get a second chance. Rumor I heard was that he had previously rolled a car, but I can not confirm that. My first ride was a Honda 70, then a 100cc. Then I got a car. I am thankful I did not kill myself on the motorcycle. It seems to almost be a target for cars... anyway, just be careful out there. Take some time to learn your limits, and the cars limits, then cut some slack for the un-expected. In a world of crazy drivers, SUVs, and who knows what in the road, even the best or the best drivers can lose it. A crash at say 120 MPH or 135 is gonna look much worse than 60 to 80 MPH. If I was young again, and was looking for real speed fun, I would consider getting into racing cars. You can practice on track, bend cars you don't own, and have a safer environment to do so. Guess you can go out to some drag tracks for not much money. If ya do have fun. Avoid road racing though, as it is not only unsafe, it could bite back at you for the rest of your life if you do something stupid. And yes, I know old people do stupid things too
Also consider the Miata, if you are not on freeways in the city much. A Miata is fun for back roads. A pretty easy car to learn. It talks to ya, and you get a pretty good idea how it handls and how to drive it within a few months. Oh yeah, one more bit of advice. When you go out and buy a car, be sure to pay cash and not finance it. Try to stay as much debt free in life and you pretty much have it made. No reason to enrich a bank while buying a car.
LOREN