Alright, well you guys sure did sway my opinion, thanks for the advice. But the $7K+ a year insurance also swayed me. It swayed me far away from the s2k. My mom said that she would happily "let me get one" when im 25. That means i would still have to pay for it. (just so you guys dont think im a spoiled little bitch and gets everything he wants)

I guess im going for the '98-'02 firebird as of now, but i still have a while to think about it.

I will probably learn a lot from a nice '02 firebird.

Thanks again
Bush

 

Noooooooooooo! Not a firebird! For god's sake not a firebird! Plus, wouldn't the insurance on a Firebird be astronomical too?

 

If you are "responsible, safe driver", whenever you are in driver seat, concentrate only in driving, nothing else. Do not exccess your driving or your car abilities, pay more attention when the road is wet. Whatever you drive, be carefull. Accident and/or ticket is not fun at all.

 

$7k+/year insurance?! jesus that's a lot. how many cars have you crashed and how many people have you hit so far? haha j/k...

 

I owned a GMC S-15 when I was 16
I bought a Jetta when I got out of college
. . . then I got the driving bug.

I bought my S2K last year, and the car is WAYYYY more car than I can handle presently.

Like someone earlier said, it's a lot of fun to drive, but once you find an S2K's limit, that's it; you're toast.

Get a Mustang. . . the Firebird might be fine for similar reasons (I've only driven a 2000 V6 'Stang of any of the cars mentioned).

Simply put: The S2K is a fun car, but the caveat is that it is UNFORGIVING.

-B

 

just deleting...

 

Well, you asked for advice so I will offer the best advice that I have. Although age, alone, does not guarantee maturity, chronological age and gender are among the best predictors of driving safety. These statements are incontestable. The truths have been repeatedly demonstrated by the striking correlations between brain frontal lobe activity and age and by tragic statistics identifying that reveal disproportionate numbers of automobile crashes and deaths among teen drivers. The risk of fatal crashes among male teen drivers is staggering and it is hard to imagine that these preventable deaths have nothing to do with driving experience, maturity or plasma androgen levels. Having once been a teen, I am well aware of the differences in attitudes, practices and skills that relate to safety that will change if you have the opportunity to gain experience and mature. With patience and experience, you will have plenty of opportunities to drive and own cars that have higher performance than the current S2Ks. My recommendation is that you consider gaining driving experience in a car in which you will be less inclined to exceed your current abilities and consider getting a high performance car after you have ten or more years of driving experience. If you are like many teens, you will depreciate the value and intent of this advice and may even argue that it doesn't relate to you and may even consider it to be unfair. I offer this advice in good faith and because you asked for advice on this topic. I doubt that this is the answer that you wanted to read and understand that others will provide answers that seem more attractive. Good luck, you have plenty of time, and please make certain that you make decisions now that provide you all of the opportunity offered by a long and healthy life. I understand that this path is unattractive and tough for a teen and will never make me popular. Regardless, I want to read your name in the paper when you win the Nobel Prize in medicine, not in response to a tragedy that could and should have been prevented. Now have a long and productive life and watch for me, I'll the the the guy, enjoying my blue S2K, who saw too many of his buddies pay a terriable price for their inpatience.

 

HAHA,

 

u guys are just giving this young fella a hard time.

OP, dont listen to these foolz, i have 2 great suggestions for you - either will get you TONS OF HOT CHICKS in college. you'll be known as "da man" on campus


option1





or option2

 

What's your problem with a Firebird?