If your parents are going to drop nearly $30,000 on a car for an 18 year old, why don't they do something smart like buy you an Audi A4 or a Volvo S40?

I doubt anyone on this board will do much to keep you (or your parents) from getting a car, regardless of make/model. However, seeing as how:

1) You've already been in an accident while racing
2) You're blaming your accident on someone else (who WASN'T racing)
3) You are justifying your car purchase by "saving" your parents money

I'd think you are simply not responsible enough to drive a sports car. That includes a G35/Z, S2000, RX-8, RXS, etc. You'd be better served by something with much greater utility (4-doors, AWD) and less likelihood of misbehavior.

Finally, you're going to find an S2000 nearly useless in college. This is the truth. You'd be much better off with something capable of transporting you, your date, your roommate and his date, a case of beer, and whatever else you find necessary for date parties/formals/weekends away/etc. You can't do that in an S2000, no matter how hard you try.

P.S. - My recommendation is to NOT come back to this board in October with, "Someone vandalized my S," "Crashed the S," or "How do I get out of a speeding ticket?" because you'll be crucified. . . deservedly.

 

Also, if your parents were to buy you an S2000, I think it means they secretly hate you. Since, apparently, they are trying to kill you.

 

I wanted one when I was about your age and I just picked mine up yesterday....I'm 24

BTW, It was worth the wait

 

I cannot stand it when I meet some kid with a nice car and
come to find out their parents bought it for them.
I did get passed down to me a nice toyota 4X4 that was about 5-6 years old at the time... and I took great care of it, and sold it a couple of years ago with 230K miles for almoast 6 grand.

I bought my S right about the time I turned 23. (on my own.. parents live in another state)

Point is... wait until you can buy it on your OWN.
Dont beg mommy and daddy to buy you the 30 thousand dollar car.

 

 

4th or 5th one this week

SOMEONE MAKE IT STOP

Why did you even post this?

Either beg for the car, or buy it yourself.

But don't post, it's a waste of time because you are going to get ZERO help especially starting off with"

I was in an accident and I was street racing but it wasn't my fault.

 

Having a used economy car when you are 18 will make much more able to appreciate an S later in life when you finance it yourself.

And BTW your parents do not owe you a free pass to college and no parents should give out such things as entitlements.

Get a Civic and modify it. Or get a first gen Miata and enjoy 90% of the experience of an S for 1/10th the price.

 

I think having your parents help you with car payments is fine. My father bought me an Audi A4 after i got my license about two years ago (17 when i had my first car). I wouldnt call it irresponsible. And i wouldnt call it bad. As long as the parents keep he kid focused on understanding money and how important an scarce it can be to some, then i think it is fine. My father bought me the car, but i pay for gas/insurance/repairs/etc. Whether you people like it or not, we live in a new age, and these days in order for people to appreciate it, they gotta have it and its gotta be good. Trust me, if you compare a kid who drives a S2k to a kid who drives a neon, the kid with the neon is gonna be beatin his car to shit, and that is NOT how you appreciate money. It used to be "work and get your own car", but with the media/movies/EVERYTHING around us, even parents are willing and getting their children their first cars. It is then up to the kid to take responsibility, and appreciate the value of something.

Its like sending someone off to college. Your parents arent going to be around saying "you better get good grades and blah blah blah". No, thats high school, when you hit college youre on your own. YOU go to class, YOU study on your time, YOU do the hw if you wanna pass, etc. etc. Your parents can support you and start you off in high school, but once youre on youre own, IF YOURE SMART AND HAVE A CLUE OF WHAT LIFE IS, then you yourself will start to appreciate everything, and hopefully one day youll say, hey mom and dad, im going to work harder and harder until i can afford my next car!


thats what im doing. I'm working during school, about to finish first year of college, and im working all summer, gonna sell the audi, and hopefully within a few months of working and selling the car (which the money from the audi is goin back to my parents) , i am going to search for an s2k!

 

convince urself not to buy S2k
it seems like s2k isnt right car for u

 

Sounds like your story is a good reason to get the kid a sports car with better roadholding characteristics, rather than a two ton diesel that lets go of the road as soon as he drives it hard.

To the original poster: unless your F-150 is the new redesign, you might show your parents the pictures from following page:

http://www.iihs.org/vehicle_ratings/ce/html/0110.htm

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety rated that vehicle "poor", due to likely cab collapse in a crash.

Then, do a search for the thread on "I drove my S2000 off a cliff" on this site - the driver survived hardly a scratch after rolling end over end down a cliff.

But I do agree with those who say you'll appreciate it more if you pay for it, or at least part of it, yourself.