first car
#1
first car
I am thinking about a 5.0 for my son who is getting his lisence soon. I am not sure if this would be a wise choice due to the fact that he would be driving in the snow. He seems do be an excellent driver, he is really pushing for one. He says it will help his mechanical abilitys. I am wondering those of you who have had a 5.0 fox for your first car have you had good experiances or people who have bought there kids 5.0's. I no this is not the appropriate section for this but this is the place where you can get a good response from 5.0 guys. Thanks
#3
RE: first car
I don't know how well they would do in the snow. i know mine is lousy just in the rain. i would be more worried about a new driver with that much power. my son is going to get a huge pos truck for his first vehicle whether he likes it or not. lol
#4
RE: first car
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.
#5
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.
#8
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.
+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.
#9
RE: first car
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 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