What should be ones first car???

[19988pasha]

Dont know but has to be affordable and not crazy like a Veyron.

 

[Time_Attack]

Totally a Veyron.

 

[Tornado]

One member, a couple years ago, bought a C5 Corvette as his first car (or something like that).




And let me tell you, he got several months of enjoyment out of it before he crashed it.

 

[Bopop4]

A truck.
They are the cheapest on insurance and you can get one for cheap too.
A beaten Ford Ranger is what I'm probably going to get, reliable and inexpensive.
Edit: Several months? Wow, he actually got a lot of use out of it. I was thinking more along the lines of several weeks, or days...

 

[MedigoFlame]

Thread seems a bit vague to me, is this supposed to be a general idea of what are good first cars for people? Or a suggestion thread for 19988pasha...? Would be nice if the OP wasn't that vague...along with the title.

 

[19988pasha]

Thread seems a bit vague to me, is this supposed to be a general idea of what are good first cars for people? Or a suggestion thread for 19988pasha...? Would be nice if the OP wasn't that vague...along with the title.

In general

 

[savage388]

A truck.
They are the cheapest on insurance and you can get one for cheap too.
A beaten Ford Ranger is what I'm probably going to get, reliable and inexpensive.
Edit: Several months? Wow, he actually got a lot of use out of it. I was thinking more along the lines of several weeks, or days...

Yes but for anyone who interested in a pleasant driving experience they are just awful. Bad steering, vague breaks, and the possibility of rolling kill any fun, unless off roading is your thing. Id say a smaller car with around 200 hp is plenty of sport for anyone like a used BMW 3 series.
I'm really surprised that guy got several months out of that corvette, there are PLENTY of grown men that don't last nearly that long with that much power.

 

[astrosdude91]

A Ferrari F50 would be a great first car! It's not crazy like a Veyron.

 

[Watt2159]

A little on the pricey side but if the driver knows how to handle a car they should definitely look into a Nissan 300ZX.

 

[19988pasha]

A Ferrari F50 would be a great first car! It's not crazy like a Veyron.

But its EXPENSIVEEEE

 

[UnionStrike]

How I feel while reading this whole thread.

 

[Antonisbob]

I paid $150 for my car. Anything older I'd say.

 

[Jet Badger]

How I feel while reading this whole thread.

+1. I think the OP should wait atleast a couple years before even getting in any car.

 

[Luminis]

A good first car is cheap to buy, cheap to keep running, cheap to replace.

Oh, and it should have low power. I don't care whether it's fun or not, but that usually contributes to the car being cheap to run. And, personally, the less challanged 16-18 year old drivers with NO experience whatsoever in overpowered cars, the better.

 

[Carlos]

How I feel while reading this whole thread.

^ + This is number.... 100+?

 

[Bopop4]

Yes but for anyone who interested in a pleasant driving experience they are just awful. Bad steering, vague breaks, and the possibility of rolling kill any fun, unless off roading is your thing. Id say a smaller car with around 200 hp is plenty of sport for anyone like a used BMW 3 series.
I'm really surprised that guy got several months out of that corvette, there are PLENTY of grown men that don't last nearly that long with that much power.

I assumed that he was 16-18 and so anything remotely fun would be ridiculous to insure.

 

[Kent]

I'd say you're first car should be something like a fully tuned '98 turbo supra running something in the neighborhood of 400 whp.
That's totally reasonable for getting an idea of how to handle your responsibilities and obligations as a daily driver.

If not that, I'd say something with AWD so you can harness that power... Yeah, a highly tuned Mitsu Evo is perfect for the youngster.

If you can't afford that, the honda civic makes for a great DD.

Whatever you do, don't buy a Subaru.
Good luck and ty for considering my advice.

 

[cabezzz]

BMW e30

 

[Kylehnat]

A Ferrari F50 would be a great first car! It's not crazy like a Veyron.

But its EXPENSIVEEEE

F50's are a bargain, because nobody liked them! You can probably pick one up for $250,000. Perfect car for beginners that fits the budget!

 

[savage388]

I'd say you're first car should be something like a fully tuned '98 turbo supra running something in the neighborhood of 400 whp.
That's totally reasonable for getting an idea of how to handle your responsibilities and obligations as a daily driver.

If not that, I'd say something with AWD so you can harness that power... Yeah, a highly tuned Mitsu Evo is perfect for the youngster.

If you can't afford that, the honda civic makes for a great DD.

Whatever you do, don't buy a Subaru.
Good luck and ty for considering my advice.

If you get an evo make sure it has at 500 hp or the extra grip from Awd is wasted otherwise.

 

[19988pasha]

F50's are a bargain, because nobody liked them! You can probably pick one up for $250,000. Perfect car for beginners that fits the budget!

Dude that a lot i meant around $0-$10000

 

[Jet Badger]

Definitely something with a V8. The bigger the better. Especially for the first car.

 

[CrashBandicoot]

For me, it would be a Datsun 510. Cheap and Reliable plus the part are interchangeable.

 

[daan]

This is all a bit pointless. By the time you're old enough to drive, there'll be a whole new set of cars out that we don't even know about yet.

 

[homeforsummer]

first car

A little on the pricey side but if the driver knows how to handle a car they should definitely look into a Nissan 300ZX.

Does not compute.

 

[Cano]

he perfect first car for EVEYONE is a Volkswagen Bug. They are cheap as chips, plentiful mostly everywhere (please not te the "mostly", as I don't wanna read later "omg you fool there no Beetles where I live lol"), their parts are as plentiful and cheap as the cars, they are the simplest thing in the world so it's easy as hell to work on them, the aftermarket for them is immense and they can run around with basically the smell of gasoline. And they have that strange carisma to them.

 

[Slash]

Yes but for anyone who interested in a pleasant driving experience they are just awful. Bad steering, vague breaks, and the possibility of rolling kill any fun, unless off roading is your thing. Id say a smaller car with around 200 hp is plenty of sport for anyone like a used BMW 3 series.
I'm really surprised that guy got several months out of that corvette, there are PLENTY of grown men that don't last nearly that long with that much power.

I'd get an F-150 or F-250 beater over a Ranger. They can do more and some can do better on mpg in some cases.

 

[Kent]

Seriously...
A Toyota Trollola from 2003-2008 or a Toyota Camry from '92-2001.
Those are beater cars for sure. I owned both and over 100k on both personally (when they were already used cars). Anything newer is probably garbage (from toyota).

Hondas a great first cars if you get the right one.

Small trucks are always awesome for youngsters so look into those as well (Ranger, old Tacomas, and old gm stuff).

Good luck.

 

[ShortAznGuy]

Their mom's or dad's old car.

 

[Slash]

Their mom's or dad's old car.

If I ended up with my dad's old truck I'd crash it considering it's all hi-po stuff. Wayyy too much power for me to handle.