Getting A Fox As A First Car

If you get one, just have some common sense and respect the car. It may not be a race car, but it has enough power to send even experienced drivers into telephone poles. I've seen way too many "first Fox" drivers end up with theirs wrapped around a tree or worse.
 
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Thanks for all the above posts, I really appreciate it.
I'm gaining a lot of knowledge just by these posts so thanks!

I'll be having $3500 if I did my calculations right. Not spending any paycheck. Then my mom will have $4000, so thats a good $7500 to spend on a fox. :)
 
If you get one, just have some common sense and respect the car. It may not be a race car, but it has enough power to send even experienced drivers into telephone poles. I've seen way too many "first Fox" drivers end up with theirs wrapped around a tree or worse.
He is very right.

Young drivers can get themselves in trouble very quickly due to a lack of experience. My first accident occurred just after I got my license. I decide that a fishtail slide around a corner would be cool. The result was $500 worth of damage to the family car that was already part of a trade in for a new car. They year was 1962, so multiply that $500 times 4 or more to get the equivalent 2012 dollar amount - $2000 or more. It was a year and a half before I got to use the family car without being supervised by one of my parents in the front seat.
 
Thanks for all the above posts, I really appreciate it.
I'm gaining a lot of knowledge just by these posts so thanks!

I'll be having $3500 if I did my calculations right. Not spending any paycheck. Then my mom will have $4000, so thats a good $7500 to spend on a fox. :)

Now that will get you something nice! Next, take your time. It may take a while before you find the right one. Don't rush to failure, and don't buy it sight-unseen over the internet or something. Go see it with a pretty knowledgeable car guy or mechanic who can ID what the car needs work on. For $7500, you should get a premium stock Fox, or a decently modded fox with nothing more than a minor issue or two.
 
Haven't read all three pages but a fox was my first car when I was 16, and I am 23 now and still have the same car. If you are really passionate about these cars its a great first car. If you go with one make sure it is stock, you don't want someone else's project.
 
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A Fox isn't a bad idea for a first car if you want to learn how to work on it and if you respect it . Like others have said be very picky alot of Foxes have been beat to death and back . I held out after looking at a few Foxes and SN95 5.0's and found my '89 GT that was dead stock and in good shape for $2500 when I was 15 . I'm almost 21 now and the is still my daily driver after I spent my time before I had my license getting it painted and doing all the maintenance and some bolt-on's . It was an AOD car and at about 115k the trans started to have a hard time downshifting back to 1st and stuff , so I took a weekend and put a T5 in it and love it so if you find an Auto car in good shape don't be afraid to consider passing it up , a T5 swap isn't to bad if you do the research and take your time.
 
Turns out I'll only have about $5000 for one, not bad though I guess! Still will probably get me a good one. Sad news though: Well my parents are reluctant to get me a mustang as it is, so they are forcing me to get an automatic, sadly. Oh well, better than no fox am I right?!
 
My buddy who still has his first car that is a fox had the same problem with his parents not wanting him to get a manual. Their reasoning for it was that he was just learning to drive and wanted him to be able to spend all his concentration on driving and not having to worry about shifting.
 
Turns out I'll only have about $5000 for one, not bad though I guess! Still will probably get me a good one. Sad news though: Well my parents are reluctant to get me a mustang as it is, so they are forcing me to get an automatic, sadly. Oh well, better than no fox am I right?!


auto/manual who cares. get you butt into one..:) its easier/cheaper to find clean un molested automatic cars in my opinion. like you said you can always swap over to a 5 speed down the road.. $5K should buy a nice car if your patient and know what your looking at.
 
I hope they are also willing to cover the cost of the rebuild when that AOD ****s the bed.
Yeah but AOD's are dirt ass cheap to rebuild...
Entire job at my shop, us pulling it out, rebuilding it, a brand new converter, and putting it back in is only a grand. That's not bad at all compared other cars. Thankfully it's not an electronically controlled trans. Cost goes waaaay up then.


But if someone were mechanically inclined enough to build it at home, then they could save a lot of money. Labor at any shop is getting expensive nowadays.