waxyourboard

Why dont you find out from her which one she likes best? Have her go out and test drive both, then let her decide. She's buying the car, after all. Check with insurance as for the rates too, i dont think either of them should be through the roof, at 17 mine cost the same as it would have on a honda civic

Crystal

I forgot about all the newest safety features like the air bags, anti lock brakes as well as the improved gas mileage with the SN95. I was just thinking that I am finally going to get a car!

waxyourboard

You could always buy mine.... ( http://www.94mustang.mypicgallery.com )

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72MachOne99GT

dont know what everyone else thingks, but most (90%) of teens should not learn to drive with a rwd v8... just isnt the safest thing to do

i learned in my 89 Grand Marquis v8, no alb, no TC, no airbags. fortunately i had no urge to be a speed demon and rarely caught myself doing stupid things..

i know that whenever i have a kid, he/she will get a fwd vehicle with lots of safety features, cause learning to drive a car is one thing

that first winter alone is quite another

Party_kid

I agree with the statement that you can go fast in any car (had a 4banger that ate post 98 vettes for lunch at the drag strip), but the more power you have, the more likely you are to use it at ever occasion possible. (I.E. shooting across the intersection in a really tight break of traffic). I am 17, and am getting a stang in the next 2 months or so I can't be a hypocrit and say it shouldn't happen, but I have also been driving on a hardship liscence since I was 14. Not to say that I have became the perfect drive in 3 years, just saying the stang will be my 5th vehicle and I have learned to respect power from many, many close, and I mean close calls to dying from stupidity (aka jumping hills at 90+ mph, spinning 180 degrees across a interstate median at 100mph, and outrunning the police, not that they wern't waiting at my doorstep with my parents when I got home).

waxyourboard

I actually find fwd vehicles harder to drive than rwd cars, because of torque steer and all that good-ness. But anywho, i still think that you should let her choose whatever car she wants, especially if she's paying for it.

If you can't find the cars she's looking for right away, go to used car dealers (or even new ones) and just ask them to take test drives.. (i used to do that when i was bored).... Just dont let her drive an '05 mustang, or she'll be wanting it, even the 'little' six cylinder lol

Party_kid

Yea. Tq steer is exactly what my teg did to throw my aross the interstate. That combined with falken azenis up fron and bald $5 junk yard specials in the rear promoted a hellavolute of oversteer. Even with the quaife torson LSD. BTW, I vote fox body. Plain old good american sexyness. She'll have car nuts like me chasing her them, lol.

JonBeast

I vote for an SN95....because.....ugh, im ashamed to say this....its a little more.....girlish than a foxbody. Plus it has better safety features and will most likely be more reliable and last longer for her.

DaGGer

get her a v6 or a 4 cylinder 5 speed because they aren't that slow if you get one with the dual plugs seeing as how i had a 1993 notch 5 speed, and i currently have a 1990 hatch auto and there is a BIG difference, and if i had a v8 i more than likey would have killed myself now because i do drive my car lites its a race car even though its slow as hell.. personly i would say get a v6 sn95 because they aren't going to be too fast but there fast enough, get good gas milage, have a nice body style look, are reliable, and are pretty good on insurance.

mkspeed26

i say let her decide. its her car and shes payin for it. now, onto the whole v6 vs v8 thing. i would have more respect for a v8 car, and drive it more precautiously where i would pound on a beater POS. also, if it is a v8 there is a better chance that the previous owners(s) took better care of it.