Hey fellow RX8 owners. I recently *4 months ago) got an RX8 as a birthday present from my dad, and i cant drive it on the roads because i am 16. I will be 17 in march, so currently i drive my RX8 on the land around our house, and the drive way lol, and its not illegal because its private land. So anyway i cant wait till im 17 lol. I will post a picture of it later or 2moz, its yellow, and has sat nav, phone system (6310I) TV/ DVD + a BOSE sound system,and adaptive BI-Xenons (they swivvle left/right when you turn the wheel). My dad imported this so he paid a fraction of the dealer prices.

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I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!! Keep us posted PLEASE!!!!!!

damn, and all i got for my birthday was socks & underwear... lol

damn, and all i got for my birthday was socks & underwear... lol

you got socks? arrrgggg.

beers :beer:

yeaaa:lol:

Really lucky. Welcome to the forums, good luck with the car.

RX-8 for a new driver?

It's going to be a shame when that rare yellow 8 is in pieces.

What the fuck is wrong with people today!

:scratchhe Yeah.....

:suspect:

Lucky bastard! :ylsuper:

Dang! You got shocks, pegs... LUCKY!

Hey fellow RX8 owners. I recently *4 months ago) got an RX8 as a birthday present from my dad, and i cant drive it on the roads because i am 16. I will be 17 in march, so currently i drive my RX8 on the land around our house, and the drive way lol, and its not illegal because its private land. So anyway i cant wait till im 17 lol. I will post a picture of it later or 2moz, its yellow, and has sat nav, phone system (6310I) TV/ DVD + a BOSE sound system,and adaptive BI-Xenons (they swivvle left/right when you turn the wheel). My dad imported this so he paid a fraction of the dealer prices.
congrats, your gonna love it.

its my first car too.. and ive old had one major screw up... spun out during the first rain. And i have bsase model w/o DSC :)

BTW, is it 6spd or AT?

welcome. be good, smart, blah blah blah... oh yeah, be safe & have fun.

There's no way this is for real....

I dont get shit for my bday. My Parents ask me for PRESENT on my OWN BDAY ! ARGH !!!!

Where you live dude ! I want to come and take your 8 .... I mean take a look at your 8 ~~~~

hohohohoho~

the things he posted... are those even options? turning with the steering wheel crap?

enjoy your car and drive safe

the things he posted... are those even options? turning with the steering wheel crap?

They are not options in the UK, and it has them because it was imported from Japan / or the far east. I will get the website of the importer later for you. But the swivvel lights are just "xenon headlamps ... Bi-Xenons" but they are 'adaptive' so they move around corners n stuff .

And ty guys for the welcome, and btw this was like a 1 off present, i dont get new cars for my birtday or anything :)


O and i live in lsouthgate, london, england

But the swivvel lights are just "xenon headlamps ... Bi-Xenons" but they are 'adaptive' so they move around corners n stuff .

Bi-Xenons are different than "just" Xenon. Adaptive? Are you sure about that? Maybe adaptive, up and down, based on position of the rear end, but I'm not sure they swivel side to side. Maybe you got confused reading the handbook for a BMW. Or maybe I'm just not JDM enough to know the offerings in the other market.

Yep, the training wheels will come off eventually...

do you use your nav system while you are driving in your drive way? btw grats

Sigh...

Can your dad adopt me?

Tell him I'm Canadian.

I remember my first car was a 1992 3000GT VR-4... I wrecked it like 2 months later even with AWD... I slid right off the road going like 60 mph in a turn, totaled it. So all I can say is take a driving lesson before you start tearing it up.. and make sure you have good insurance.. lol.

bi-xenon is a xenon projector headlight that can be used as both low beam and hi beam by changing the optics inside the projector. There are also projector headlights that swivel when the wheel is turned. Two completely different things. These are options on high end cars, and neither is available on the RX-8 even in the Japanese market, unless it's some secret that they don't put on any options websites. I imagine you are talking about the autoleveling feature that the xenon headlights in the RX-8 has.

spoiled bitch.. i mean.. uh... yeah congrats.

i got really hammered for my birthday and ended up puking in my friends BMW..that was the best present ever..

It just reminds me of when I was a kid and was learning how to ride a bike, I wasn't allowed in the street so I had to ride in the driveway and around the yard. Just a real funny image of the 8 with training wheels.

^lol

All I got at that age was a crysler k-car...




I took the bus to school instead.

damn im really surprised.....he only got singed just a little.....not even a decent flame in there.....impressive!

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d37/Jedi54/intelligence.jpg

RX-8 for a new driver?

It's going to be a shame when that rare yellow 8 is in pieces.


Excuse you, BASTARD. I take SERIOUS offense to comments like this. I am 16, a fairly new driver (6 months) and I just purchased an RX-8. Try to AVOID confusing retards and drivers! Just because we are young does NOT mean we have no driving skill whatsoever.


Fucking idiot..

And no, my mommy and daddy didn't buy it for me. I work for my shit. I hope yours ends up in peices just for being an asshole.

hey give him a break, he doesnt have the fault that his daddy gave him an rx-8, i do think is not right but hey, i've seen worst!.

Don't listen to the haters and don't let them get to you kid. feel lucky you are 16 and have such a nice car...at your age all i had was a mountain bike! :dunno:

Excuse you, BASTARD. I take SERIOUS offense to comments like this. I am 16, a fairly new driver (6 months) and I just purchased an RX-8. Try to AVOID confusing retards and drivers! Just because we are young does NOT mean we have no driving skill whatsoever.


Fucking idiot..

And no, my mommy and daddy didn't buy it for me. I work for my shit. I hope yours ends up in peices just for being an asshole.


Wow, 16 years old and showing SO much maturity for your age already.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d37/Jedi54/intelligence.jpg

I remember getting bashed here when I was getting my rx8 (almost two years ago when I was 18) =D Yes, it was my graduation present.

Love this car so much

been through a lot with this car, and they're all good memories

trouble free from the day 1
never had a problem with my baby except condensation in a fog light

and I STILL SAY SCREW THE CURSE OF THE SILVER
it can't get me

Congrats on your car

treat her with care and love
and she will not leave you

o btw
Why is this in the multimedia/photo gallery?

Excuse you, BASTARD. I take SERIOUS offense to comments like this. I am 16, a fairly new driver (6 months) and I just purchased an RX-8. Try to AVOID confusing retards and drivers! Just because we are young does NOT mean we have no driving skill whatsoever.


Fucking idiot..

And no, my mommy and daddy didn't buy it for me. I work for my shit. I hope yours ends up in peices just for being an asshole.

whoa whoa chill out man, making us young people look bad. Sheesh

Anyways congrats, you're gonna love the car

a lot of guys make us young people look bad... he won't be the last.

so is it 6spd or AT?????????????????

Ha, this thread has everything - a lucky kid, a few people angry at the boy for being lucky, a youg buck with serious emotional problems, a Napoleon Dynamie quote, adaptive bi-xenon headlighs (actually quite helpful when navigating around the landscaping at dusk) and a little bit of JDM mixed in for good measure. Somehow, someway, somebody needs to throw in a comment about a certain Chrysler.

I thought this thread was going to make my soul sad, but it's really quite entertaining.

If it's AT,

Imma have to start bashing too =D

Don't listen to the haters and don't let them get to you kid. feel lucky you are 16 and have such a nice car...at your age all i had was a mountain bike! :dunno:


I had a bus pass.

Oh yeah, to the OP, are you American or English? Or an American that moved to England? You in the military?

Well -- I will say congrats, but also your spoiled.

It's a simple fact that when you just hand someone something badass they will never treat it the same way as if they earned it themselves.

I never even had a car till I was 19... and the only reason I got it (2nd hand hand-me-down) 98 Saturn econobox... was beacuse I needed it for college when i tranferred up to the main A&M campus.

Getting handed the keys to an RX8 when you are 16 is stupid, most people will agree with me that every young person on the road should start out with a simple/cheap/non-powerful car. No matter how careful you are no matter what you do, you WILL fuck it up, just like if i decide to get a sport bike, im not going to pick out some powerful race bike if I can afford it due to the fact I KNOW im going to lay it down at some point.

Mommy and daddy didnt buy my 8 for me... im 24 years old and have worked my ass off to pay it off. No help with downpayments, maintainence, ANYTHING. Don't be too sad when you fuck up on something and they take away the keys to your 8. hah

The only thing worse then parents buying their 16 year old spoiled kid a car like this (or anything equal or above) is the fact that AFTER The kid goes and wrecks it, they just say "oh well and go buy their kid another one".

Enjoy it man, 99% of us didn't have it that good and actually worked for our shit.

I had a bus pass.


When i was 16, my ride was called "mom" (no... not like that you sick fucks)

When i was 16, my ride was called "mom" (no... not like that you sick fucks)
that made me giggle. but yes a +1 to your post.

its amazing how rude everyone can be just because a 16 year old has an rx8. you dont have to be in your 20's 30's or 40's to drive one. keep the rude somments to yourself, and let him enjoy his car, and ability to use the knowledge of others on this forum just like the rest of us.

HA, who cares if he gets an rx8, its a freakin car. just cuz some didn't get a nice car at 16 doesn't mean he get. ITS A CAR PEOPLE, hell you should read the vette forums, quite alot of 19 year olds have Z06's and the older crew doesn't care what so ever.

Congrats on the ride UK dude. don't do anything dumb, well you probably will (part of learning to drive is 'close calls'), but don't kill yourself.

Just because we are young does NOT mean we have no driving skill whatsoever.

While the comment about the "rare yellow rx8 in pieces" was surely based on the author's experience and is backed by statistics, your vengeful outburst interjected with childish insults only serves to expose your immaturity and inability to express your opinions in an adult like fashion.

The truth of the matter is....

"Statistics show that younger people are more likely to be in a speed-related crash in a sports car or performance sedan. Chalk it up to peer pressure, the sound and feel of these cars and marketing. The same holds true for convertibles."
Source: http://www.autoextra.com/firstride/do-tips

While it is also noted that youths who purchase their own cars are less likely to wreck them, they are still significantly more likely to wreck than an adult driver. Sporty cars increase the odds even more so.

Call me (or anyone else) whatever name you so desire. It won't change the facts.

Excuse you, BASTARD. I take SERIOUS offense to comments like this. I am 16, a fairly new driver (6 months) and I just purchased an RX-8. Try to AVOID confusing retards and drivers! Just because we are young does NOT mean we have no driving skill whatsoever.


Fucking idiot..

And no, my mommy and daddy didn't buy it for me. I work for my shit. I hope yours ends up in peices just for being an asshole.
Sigh. Your mommy and daddy own it. Whose name is on the title of the vehicle and the registration/insurance? :rock:

RX-8 for a new driver?

It's going to be a shame when that rare yellow 8 is in pieces.

i got an rx-8 for graduating, and it was my first car, yes i am lucky, but my car isnt in pieces, my car is still show room, an 04 with only 13000km, but my friends and I love cars so we try to keep our cars as minty as possible :mdrmed:

Yes you can get adaptive bi-xenons as options, and many other garages can fit them for you. They do turn when the steering wheel is turned. And yes i use the sat nav in my drive way lol, and no my dad doesnt want to adopt anyone. The only reason my parents can afford to buy me an RX8 is because they both work really hard as most people do anyway, my dads a StockBroker + my mum is a lawyer .... my dad drives a Range Rover , and my mum has got the new Audi Q7.

Sigh. Your mommy and daddy own it. Whose name is on the title of the vehicle and the registration/insurance? :rock:

Dads name lol. Gettin a private number plate on it in the next few weeks. Got £8000 to spend, but i will only spend £5000 or less on plate.

But i wont / havent crashed it. Im gonna get my driving lessons in my RX8 not a corsa or Micra. Im gonna hook up with the driving instructors that teach you in your own cars, but i cant wait till i can go to a Track day at Silverstone or the Nuremburg in Germany.

i got really hammered for my birthday and ended up puking in my friends BMW..that was the best present ever.. hahahahahahahahahaha. awesome....

stealthfox is the worse..hahaha

stealthfox is the worse..hahaha
:icon_tup:

If the worst problem you have in life is not being able to drive your new RX-8 on the road at age 16, then you're in pretty good shape compared to most people in the world lol. Ain't life a bitch?

Dads name lol. Gettin a private number plate on it in the next few weeks. Got £8000 to spend, but i will only spend £5000 or less on plate.

But i wont / havent crashed it. Im gonna get my driving lessons in my RX8 not a corsa or Micra. Im gonna hook up with the driving instructors that teach you in your own cars, but i cant wait till i can go to a Track day at Silverstone or the Nuremburg in Germany.
wait... what? how would you know? you havent really even gotten into te captains seat and drive the rx8. you cant tell the future.

wait... what? how would you know? you havent really even gotten into te captains seat and drive the rx8. you cant tell the future.


True .... I just ordered Road Angel Plus 299.99 in shops, found it going for £200 on the web :) should keep the speeding tickets to minimum.

True .... I just ordered Road Angel Plus 299.99 in shops, found it going for £200 on the web :) should keep the speeding tickets to minimum.

Not even ready to drive the car on the real streets and you're already planning on getting speeding tickets? Tsk tsk.

I have nothing against kids having nice cars (there will always be kids born with silver spoons in their mouths), but I don't agree with it at all.

Excuse the "outburst" but this subject is getting increasingly annoying to me!

It seems almost daily now that a kid comes on here, explains how his parents bought him a car, and everyone bashes him/her saying they will wreck it.

Seriously, it needs to stop. Just because people are young doesn't mean they are completely ignorant to the rules of the road...

I am 16. I drive average. I don't ignore stop signs, red lights, speed thru yellows, I use my turn signal even when I probably don't have to, and I am courteous to everyone else on the road.

Facts aside, this subject really pisses me off.

True .... I just ordered Road Angel Plus 299.99 in shops, found it going for £200 on the web :) should keep the speeding tickets to minimum.
so you already know that youre going to be speeding eh?

Excuse the "outburst" but this subject is getting increasingly annoying to me!

It seems almost daily now that a kid comes on here, explains how his parents bought him a car, and everyone bashes him/her saying they will wreck it.

Seriously, it needs to stop. Just because people are young doesn't mean they are completely ignorant to the rules of the road...

I am 16. I drive average. I don't ignore stop signs, red lights, speed thru yellows, I use my turn signal even when I probably don't have to, and I am courteous to everyone else on the road.

Facts aside, this subject really pisses me off.
then stop reading them cuz its still going to occur

so you already know that youre going to be speeding eh?


I have a radar detector simply because I have a problem maintaining speed. I use cruise control whenever possible, but, in the city thats a bit hard to do. If I am at the speed limit, a couple of seconds later I find myself 5-15 over it, without even knowing it. The car rides too smooth :\

wow do i miss being that age, headstrong and invincible!

Excuse you, BASTARD. I take SERIOUS offense to comments like this. I am 16, a fairly new driver (6 months) and I just purchased an RX-8. Try to AVOID confusing retards and drivers! Just because we are young does NOT mean we have no driving skill whatsoever.


Fucking idiot..

And no, my mommy and daddy didn't buy it for me. I work for my shit. I hope yours ends up in peices just for being an asshole.

Awwwww...did I hurt your wittle feelings? I'm sowwy. :cwm27:

I'm not even going to bother responding to this post.

Excuse the "outburst" but this subject is getting increasingly annoying to me!

It seems almost daily now that a kid comes on here, explains how his parents bought him a car, and everyone bashes him/her saying they will wreck it.

Seriously, it needs to stop. Just because people are young doesn't mean they are completely ignorant to the rules of the road...

I am 16. I drive average. I don't ignore stop signs, red lights, speed thru yellows, I use my turn signal even when I probably don't have to, and I am courteous to everyone else on the road.

Facts aside, this subject really pisses me off.

But I'll respond to this one since you actually made a little sense there.

It's easy to see why my remark would easily strike a nerve, but I know what I'm talking about. Buying a teenage novice driver a brand new (and beautiful looking) sports car is just an all around dumb fucking idea. Sure there are always exceptions and hopefully you will be one of them, but you sure as hell won't see me holding my breath here.

They lack real world driving experience what with their young age and immaturity. They're easily prone to aggression and are constantly seeking thrills. They overreact to stupid bullshit. They misinterpret things because they just don't know any better. Worst of all they underestimate the consequences of their actions because they've barely lived through any, and are at times care free since they have parents that wipe their asses for them.

Now you're going to take all of that shit and stick it in the driver's seat of a sports car? That's just another young "bad ass mother fucker" I want to steer clear of on the road...especially while I'm watching TV in my car at the same damn time.

Hey im 19 .... and i have a turbo 8 and everyone has seen the pics ... I have alot of money into it ... I drive like an ass .. and i speed through yellows ... Does that make me a bad person ... or a bad driver .. i have never been into a accident .. But i have 17 points ... ha

o well ... they should go away within a month or two

shane

Not to change the subject on this very intresting thread .... but where it says post in the right hand corner .... is that how many time you posted ... if so i been here for a long time and check this everyday and i dont post to much ... hmm o well

shane
again ....
just tryin to now get my post higher since i been here so long

I have a radar detector simply because I have a problem maintaining speed.

I do believe that is what the speedometer is for. You're obviously not concerned about speeding, you're concerned about getting caught speeding. There is a difference.

I do believe that is what the speedometer is for. You're obviously not concerned about speeding, you're concerned about getting caught speeding. There is a difference.


Like I said before..I look down and find myself going faster then I was seconds before. I can't explain it, but, meh, it happens.


And uh..to Jerky RX8 Owner. I fully agree that parents should NOT buy their young (new) drivers a sports car. I also think that a parent should never buy their child a car period, but, meh..

I know where your coming from with your comments, but, its still sad that young drivers have to be categorized into a group of bad drivers. This is exactly why insurance is higher for males vs. females! :nono:

^ well it depends on teh car and the price and knowing what their kids are capable of. if it was some POS civic or econobox for 1-3k then why not? im sure as hell that i wont buy my kid a sports car. ill buy him a freaking 900 POS 95hp econo box and have him pay for the insurance.

Hey im 19 .... and i have a turbo 8 and everyone has seen the pics ... I have alot of money into it ... I drive like an ass .. and i speed through yellows ... Does that make me a bad person ... or a bad driver .. i have never been into a accident .. But i have 17 points ... ha

o well ... they should go away within a month or two

shane


Thats good driving ... and no your not a bad person :)

I love when people who've been driving for 3 years brag that they've never been in an accident.

Do you want a hero cookie or something? 3 WHOPPING YEARS?

khtm ... you think i can get like a metal or something ???

Yes, I think you have some metal coming your way, real soon.

S

lol Stealth :mdrmed:

Hey im 19 .... and i have a turbo 8 and everyone has seen the pics ... I have alot of money into it ... I drive like an ass .. and i speed through yellows ... Does that make me a bad person ... or a bad driver ..


Yes it does -- when you drive like an @$$ and speed through yellows.

funny how i been driving 14 years and only been in 3 accidents.....each time t-boned by some one under the age of 18 either running a light or stop sign......none of the accidents were deemed my fault......but kids drive great!

honestly im going to have to agree with most of the ppl so far, young age/immature driving is prone to either accidents or just tearing up the car. and btw not trying to be mean but at almost 16 you havent had much of a chance to mature. your not used to driving conditions yet or how to react with the car in certain situations. i think most all of us can look back to the first car we started to mod and think of all the short cuts or unnessisary things we did. so the stereotype of wrecking the car does apply to most ppl if a sports car is their first. my suggestion is to take it easy learn the car, seriously consider taking a road course class that teaches you how to handle the car. other than that congrats hope you enjoy it. :biggthump

honestly im going to have to agree with most of the ppl so far, young age/immature driving is prone to either accidents or just tearing up the car. and btw not trying to be mean but at almost 16 you havent had much of a chance to mature. your not used to driving conditions yet or how to react with the car in certain situations. i think most all of us can look back to the first car we started to mod and think of all the short cuts or unnessisary things we did. so the stereotype of wrecking the car does apply to most ppl if a sports car is their first. my suggestion is to take it easy learn the car, seriously consider taking a road course class that teaches you how to handle the car. other than that congrats hope you enjoy it. :biggthump


With you completely on that, especially on the driving class thing. I took one, got to drive a high-end RWD BMW, I learned things I would've NEVER expected at that school. Just how good ABS can be, and when it lets loose...

Wow khtm ... maybe chrism should get one of those cookies to your handing out these days

Wow khtm ... maybe chrism should get one of those cookies to your handing out these days

is that supposed to be an insult?..... :dunno:

And uh..to Jerky RX8 Owner. I fully agree that parents should NOT buy their young (new) drivers a sports car. I also think that a parent should never buy their child a car period, but, meh..


Depends on the situation. If you are financially secure, your child is GOOD, respectful, trustworthy, and responsible, then why not buy them a car? I fully agree that SOME children should not just be given a car because they would not understand be thankful or deserving enough to get it.

funny how i been driving 14 years and only been in 3 accidents.....each time t-boned by some one under the age of 18 either running a light or stop sign......none of the accidents were deemed my fault......but kids drive great!
There are adults that drive like idiots too :)

My friend had been t-boned twice BEFORE he was 18, once buy a 30 some year old guy looking for the chicken he "dropped" on the floor and ran a stop sign, other time by a 70 year old guy that claimed the light was still green.

I was side-swiped by a 40 some year old guy in a giant truck that said he couldn't see me... in my SUV...

Bad driving isn't necessarily correlated with age. Yes younger drivers are worse at driving because they have less experience. But there are BAD drivers that remain bad drivers their entire life. This is usually because they are morons.

i never said that all young drivers are terrible.....sure i inferred it with my sarcasm but i was young and stupid too.....and i drove like an animal when i was younger.....took me a while to get that out of my system....matter of fact i still do drive stupid occasionally....but not as much as i did when i was in my teens

i never said that all young drivers are terrible.....sure i inferred it with my sarcasm but i was young and stupid too.....and i drove like an animal when i was younger.....took me a while to get that out of my system....matter of fact i still do drive stupid occasionally....but not as much as i did when i was in my teens
Yah I know, and I agree with you that most teenage males with a "sporty" car are idiots. I had friends with turbo eclipses that were not very smart, it happens. I just wanted to point out that there are a lot of crappy adult drivers too :p:

ok quick question why is this still in the multimedia section????

now for my two cents

to me it seems like u came here to show off...all the things you have before even being able to drive it and best of all you didnt pay for it. now you say you worked hard for all you "shit" hmmm at 16 idk what could be so hard, go to school come home and play some video games..im guessing on you 80" plasma home theater. that about somes it up. when i was sixteen i had a grand am gt...bullshit to all of thos that say you wont speed especially in an 8. i know if i had the same car back then god knows what would have happened to me. lucky for me i never got into an accident (knock on wood) there were a few clos calls altho. and for the guy who cant explain why he goes over the speed limit let me break it down for ya...ITS CALLED SPEEDING simple. im 20 now and keep my baby safe since im paying for it.

that is all make this thread intresting and post some pics of it aleast..your daddy got u a camera right????

^ he brought him a Veyron too because he took out the garbage.

Excuse you, BASTARD. I take SERIOUS offense to comments like this. I am 16, a fairly new driver (6 months) and I just purchased an RX-8. Try to AVOID confusing retards and drivers! Just because we are young does NOT mean we have no driving skill whatsoever.


Fucking idiot..

And no, my mommy and daddy didn't buy it for me. I work for my shit. I hope yours ends up in peices just for being an asshole.


Yea! He's been driving for 6 months, so he obviously hasn't crashed the car and wont because 6 months is like an eternity!

P.S What job at 16 affords 30k per year, and a credit rating able to afford a car like this? Are you sure it's not your parents name on the paperwork? Next time you think your parents didn't help you buy this car, think again.

Btw, the good thing about being a young driver and having prejudiced comments directed your way is that in a few years you won't be categorized as a young driver anymore! So just suck it up, and in a few years look back like the rest of us have and decide that you are now a more responsible adult driver than when you were younger.

Again, why the hell is this thread in Multimedia section??

no clue lol

When i was 16, my ride was called "mom" (no... not like that you sick fucks)

:rofl: That was my ride up until I got Bella finally, at 25. :eek:

That almost seems embarrassing that I didn't get my license or my first car until I was 25. Oh well. I'm happy now and I figure by waiting this long to finally get a car and working I would be able to afford something decent, so I didn't care too much that my mom had to drive me everywhere.

Edit: I have been driving since I was 18. I just never got my license because I didn't have my own car, so there didn't seem like much point.

Sigh. Your mommy and daddy own it. Whose name is on the title of the vehicle and the registration/insurance? :rock:

Yep! A 16-year-old can't legally enter into a contract.

I got a scratch-off lottery ticket in a card when I was 16 and got to drive my dad's Ford Tempo. Lucky bastard.

And I have to agree w/ Shakrpah, Mutimedia section?

when I was 16 I bought a $1,100 Cavalier Z24 and had to put another 500 into when i got it on the road to run... two years later I got a FC3S for $2,200 (now hooked to rotarys), A year later sold the cavalier to buy a 95 Cherokee winter car.... 1 year later got a job working 40 hours a week, and bought a $24,000 RX-8 All on my own. My car payment is 1/4 of my monthly pay so it sucks but love the car. I know so many 16-17 year olds with brand new cars and totaled them one being a Cobalt SS. Point of the story, be safe, don't get peer pressured into doing stupid stuff...and you should be fine.