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Originally Posted by kinyu
I had a little time today, so I was actually reading through a few posts instead of just picking the one or two of the day that interest me the most.
During all my reading, I came across a lot of two future buyers:
1. “I’ve never driven a fast car before, but I’m definitely buying the v8/top dog version.”
2. “I’m getting a new car for my 16th / 18th birthday, and it’s going to be the v8/top dog.
Now, I’m no old man, but my first car was an 84 trans am and I got into some hairy situations with even that dog of a car.
Also, I built my way up the horsepower totem pole, my 84 to a Volkswagen vr6, to a lt1 trans am, to a ls1 trans am to a 03 z06 and now my beater ssr. I think the experience of gradually moving up has kept me out of trouble, like, I can’t imagine going from my 84 to the z06. It seems like I would have killed myself. I also remember when the last z06 came out, all the folks who crashed them on the way home from the dealer. There was a lot of talk about it on the corvette forums.
So all that said, am I the only one who thinks that jumping into a 400/500 horsepower car when the fastest thing you have driven is a ford focus is just a bad idea?
No disrespect to the folks who are doing this, just making conversation. I know most people will tell me to mind my own business, but I just had to say that to someone other than my girlfriend who could care less.
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Dont worry, the only 16-18 year olds that will be able to afford(payment/insurance) the 400+ hp camaro v8 will be the ones that have daddy or mommy buy it for them, just like you have now, few and far between. If they are 16-18 and have the cash without parentage involvement they are mature enough already for something of that caliber.
Hell I'm almost 30 and make decent money.. but still am leery about the price..