first car
11-09-2006, 09:37 PM
#11
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Connecticut
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RE: first car
ORIGINAL: 86 5.0L
my first car was a 86 mustang GT I loved that car, I learned SO MUCH, fixing anything and everything, I treated her right but sadly the good ones die young, damn leaking gas tank [:@]
I would get a junker/beat up one and slowly let him fix/pay for the parts that way he has a good understanding of what it takes to have a 5.0
my first car was a 86 mustang GT I loved that car, I learned SO MUCH, fixing anything and everything, I treated her right but sadly the good ones die young, damn leaking gas tank [:@]
I would get a junker/beat up one and slowly let him fix/pay for the parts that way he has a good understanding of what it takes to have a 5.0
I like that idea also. Get one that's not in A+ condition, so you guys can work on it together. I wish I'd had the opportunity to do something like that with my dad. Then let him drive it on weekends, or whatnot, until he gets a respect for what the car can do.
11-09-2006, 09:39 PM
#12
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: MO
Posts: 805
RE: first car
go for it, buy him the car, im only 16 and i treat my car like its worth a million bucks. Just make sure you at least teach him how, when, and where he can/should play around with the power and all.
11-09-2006, 09:40 PM
#14
The Rogue Mod
Join Date: Feb 2006
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RE: first car
ORIGINAL: mattdel
personally i wouldn't. unless your son is one of those dignified, does his homework goody tooshoes kinda kids, he's gonna beat it, maybe even hurt himself. he only drives good in front of you. he doesn't have the road knowledge or experience to be able to manuever a car like this, especially when he's showing off. just my opinion tho.... for his safety, unless you really believe he can handle it, i wouldnt. my 2nd car was a fox and i got REAL cocky. almost died a few times, till the tranny blew and i got a 4cyl wrangler. now there's a good starter vehicle.
personally i wouldn't. unless your son is one of those dignified, does his homework goody tooshoes kinda kids, he's gonna beat it, maybe even hurt himself. he only drives good in front of you. he doesn't have the road knowledge or experience to be able to manuever a car like this, especially when he's showing off. just my opinion tho.... for his safety, unless you really believe he can handle it, i wouldnt. my 2nd car was a fox and i got REAL cocky. almost died a few times, till the tranny blew and i got a 4cyl wrangler. now there's a good starter vehicle.
Terrible in the bad weather especailly snow. I've seen too many times what a car like this can do to a young driver. I would buy somewhat of a beater for him to draive for a while and prove himself. Then and only then, would I consider something like a mustang. My son will be 16 in April, and he WON"T be driving anything close to a stang.
11-09-2006, 09:44 PM
#15
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
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RE: first car
Exactly.. buy him a 4x4 truck.. that will be a good all year vehicle.. a lot better than a 5.0 on the snow
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ORIGINAL: FordMustangXBA
+1. Even the best kid will want to show off in front of his friends or a girl. He just doesn't have the road experience, I wouldn't think. He might hate you, but unless he really proves to you that he is level-headed (which is basically no teenage male), then I would be very cautious about buying him the car. I'm not sure what I would do, maybe not let him drive it all the time, or whatnot. I don't think a 5.0 is a very good first vehicle, though. Stock ones will still go sideways easily in the rain, and especially in the snow. My frist vehicle was a 94 Ranger with a 2.3L I-4 and a 5-speed...I couldn't have raised hell in that truck if I'd wanted to.
ORIGINAL: mattdel
personally i wouldn't. unless your son is one of those dignified, does his homework goody tooshoes kinda kids, he's gonna beat it, maybe even hurt himself. he only drives good in front of you. he doesn't have the road knowledge or experience to be able to manuever a car like this, especially when he's showing off. just my opinion tho.... for his safety, unless you really believe he can handle it, i wouldnt. my 2nd car was a fox and i got REAL cocky. almost died a few times, till the tranny blew and i got a 4cyl wrangler. now there's a good starter vehicle.
personally i wouldn't. unless your son is one of those dignified, does his homework goody tooshoes kinda kids, he's gonna beat it, maybe even hurt himself. he only drives good in front of you. he doesn't have the road knowledge or experience to be able to manuever a car like this, especially when he's showing off. just my opinion tho.... for his safety, unless you really believe he can handle it, i wouldnt. my 2nd car was a fox and i got REAL cocky. almost died a few times, till the tranny blew and i got a 4cyl wrangler. now there's a good starter vehicle.
+1. Even the best kid will want to show off in front of his friends or a girl. He just doesn't have the road experience, I wouldn't think. He might hate you, but unless he really proves to you that he is level-headed (which is basically no teenage male), then I would be very cautious about buying him the car. I'm not sure what I would do, maybe not let him drive it all the time, or whatnot. I don't think a 5.0 is a very good first vehicle, though. Stock ones will still go sideways easily in the rain, and especially in the snow. My frist vehicle was a 94 Ranger with a 2.3L I-4 and a 5-speed...I couldn't have raised hell in that truck if I'd wanted to.
11-09-2006, 09:45 PM
#16
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Wisconsin
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RE: first car
i had a 95 cutlass supreme for my first car (in 2000)
then in 2001 I told my mom 5.0s were slow and reliable and a perfect car.
then i started buying performance parts saying i would get better gas mileage..
and man am i happy it worked. ha
I also managed to buy a 91 cavalier, then a 93 escort wagon, and now a 93 taurus to drive for winter cars so i never had to drive the stang. Always kept 1 beater car and the mustang and im sure itl be like that forever
then in 2001 I told my mom 5.0s were slow and reliable and a perfect car.
then i started buying performance parts saying i would get better gas mileage..
and man am i happy it worked. ha
I also managed to buy a 91 cavalier, then a 93 escort wagon, and now a 93 taurus to drive for winter cars so i never had to drive the stang. Always kept 1 beater car and the mustang and im sure itl be like that forever
11-09-2006, 09:46 PM
#17
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Ontario
Posts: 547
RE: first car
i got my g2 and i thought i would be cool and spin the tires and look to the right and got (T boned lol) good times
well i say if u pick a truck go with a dodge dakota or ford ranger like my mom wanted to make me a deal drive the stang or dont for 3yrs and get brand new truck on 3 yr lease and she pay for it and i pay the insurence but i said hell no
well i say if u pick a truck go with a dodge dakota or ford ranger like my mom wanted to make me a deal drive the stang or dont for 3yrs and get brand new truck on 3 yr lease and she pay for it and i pay the insurence but i said hell no
11-09-2006, 10:03 PM
#19
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RE: first car
ORIGINAL: 90mustang5.0
i'd acually change my anwser to don't buy him it cuz when it snows it takes me like 5 minutes to get out the drive way even with 150lbs. of sandbags in the back
i'd acually change my anwser to don't buy him it cuz when it snows it takes me like 5 minutes to get out the drive way even with 150lbs. of sandbags in the back
11-09-2006, 10:19 PM
#20
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RE: first car
Im 17 and my 87 GT was my first car and i still have it, and im telling you i do get cocky somtime although i think everyone does in this forum because we have fast cars i mean ya know? But i think you should get it for him!