[QUOTE=zoomkat,Jun 2 2008, 06:39 PM] Sooo..., whats on your mind today?

 

^ when's your next show in what comedy club. i want tickets :r ofl:

 

I guess I'll go ahead and add my $0.02 cents here. I am 22.

My father took me out in his 1994 Isuzu Trooper SUV to learn to drive manual at like 5AM on Sunday mornings in empty parking lots when I was 15 or so. He insisted that I learn on manual and I know he genuinely enjoyed teaching his son to learn to drive stick. My first car they bought for me at 16 was a '96 Toyota Corolla that we bought from my grandmother when she became hospitalized and no longer needed it. It was an automatic and the only automatic I've owned to date.

I soon got tired of it after a little over a year and the following summer when I was entering senior year in high school I got a '98 Integra, manual. My parents paid $10,000 for it up front and I basically took a loan out from them and paid them back over the next couple of years. That car was fun for awhile but of course I wanted more.

So March '07, in junior year of college, I get my S2000. Same deal I got with the Integra. Parents pay for it up front, and I pay them back over time.

My mom has loved the car since I brought it home even though she never saw it before I bought it. She's always trying to get me to let her drive it.

I don't think there is anything particularly not new-driver friendly about the S2000. It is underpowered and it takes a determined foot to make it step out. I know I have to try to get the rear loose in all but the wettest conditions. If I had a 16 year old son or daughter and they wanted an S and I could afford it I would not hesitate to buy one for them.

Unfortunately for me, and them, with the way the auto industry is headed coupled with the prices of gas, I fear that there will only be boring autos by the time my children are old enough to drive. Along with that, I fear that there will be no more manual transmissions for me to teach them to drive

In the OP's situation, if your parents are paying for it at all, you have to either have them on board with your decision, pay for it yourself, or come up with a compromise. There is no other way. I'm sorry that your parents are not as accepting as mine are and my only advice to you is to keep trying to convince them. It's a fun car.

 

Sometime Red you need to post your entire car history... every time I hear of another car you had I get jealous.

 

is there a way 2 make it redline @ 6249? then i think it's ok

~tina~

 

No-no ,nothing drastic and deffinatly not suicide.
Cut one finger off every day until she gives in.
My guess, two fingers tops.

 

First car? I don't think the S is a good idea, I know I'd be dead if I picked up the S as my first car.

 

Just tell her it's the Power of Dreams man, the power of dreams!!!

 

Easy, BBB.






Bury the Bitch in the Backyard.

 

Hahaha, we've owned way too many cars. When I was growing up it was common for people to buy a new car every year or two, and I picked up the habit early on. I doubt I could list all the cars we've owned over the years. I had the Ghia, then the MGA, then a Chevy Impala Convertible, followed by my first new car, a Fiat 850 Spider. Traded the Fiat for an MGB, then after that I got married and we started having multiple cars, and it's hard to remember what we had or when we had it. While there are a few exceptions, we've owned very few cars that we didn't feel passonate about. If we'd been smarter we'd have kept many of the cars a lot longer, so if I were you I wouldn't be feeling jealous. It actually makes me feel a little stupid to think of all the cool cars I've let slip through my fingers.