What did you want when you were 16?

I've just come up with the idea that I could buy by niece and nephew aspiration cars when they get their licenses. The niece is three next week and the nephew is right at two months. I'm not rich, but I've got a lot of time.

In case you're unfamiliar with the term, aspiration cars are cars that people aspire to. They tend to make people turn heads when they drive by. Today, asperation cars could be anything from a Prowler, SSR or Thunderbird to a 911. You might not see these cars everyday, and often, they're not practical, but they are beautiful vehicles.

I was thinking about buying a pair of today's aspiration cars to give on a 15th or 16th birthday. Cars tend to reach the bottom of their market value about ten years after they're made.

How do I know I won't give a flop? Well, giving any teen a car for their birthday will go over well, but to maximize the effect, I want to look at history.

So, when you got your first license, what car made around the year of your birth (+/- 5 years) would you most have liked to have owned?

Me, I was born in 1976, and when I got my license, I would have loved to have recieved a DeTomaso Pantera, Porsche 928 or Ford Bronco as a gift.

When I was 16, I wanted an Integra Type R. A couple years later, I'm looking more into cheap RWD sporty coupes, like the Camaro and 240SX.

kman , thats funny ... when i was 16 i was riding in my friends 5.0 alot and wanted nothing else , i had my goals set on getting a 5.0 ... but then my other friend got a gst eclipse and beat the 5.0 and i was totally amazed ... every since then ive been pulling for the underdogs/imports ...

For me it would have to be the original BMW M3 (E30).

hmm, for me it has to be a nissan 300zx, wait, i do have one when i am 16! another car i wouldn't mind having is a toyota mr2 turbo.

For me it would have to be the original BMW M3 (E30).

Definetly the e30 M3!!

If you care at at all about your nice and nephew you will buy them a nice safe FWD econo car. "Aspiration cars" such as a 911 will only put a 16 year old in a hospital or worse.


You can buy them super sports cars when their over twenty if they have a clean record.

kman , thats funny ... when i was 16 i was riding in my friends 5.0 alot and wanted nothing else , i had my goals set on getting a 5.0 ... but then my other friend got a gst eclipse and beat the 5.0 and i was totally amazed ... every since then ive been pulling for the underdogs/imports ...

How ironic, when I turned 15 and a half and got my permit, my best friend also had a 1988 Mustang GT that I loved. I would still probably get a Fox Body 5.0 if I could find one in good condition, but they're all so old.

When I was 16, I wanted a Renault Alpine A610...... I loved the shape and knew they went pretty fast :D.

But I had a Mazda 323 1.3 liter slug.....

when i was 16 i wanted a second generation lightning or a 1st gen firebird 400, oh yea wait i am 16, well ill be 17 in a few weeks anyways. I ended up with a first gen lightning.

I wanted a GTR Skyline, or an HSV GTS.

I got a Datsun 100a cherry. The ultimate FWD econobox (next to a Honda Civic of course) and probobly the only reason Im still alive today.
If Id had any one of the faster cars Iv owned later in life, I would have crashed it, fataly.

well when i was 16 i wanted a ( don't laugh ) a honda EG6. i thought they looked good, and they still look okay today. but i really wanted a GT-R. and even today i still want a GT-R. however i wanted to get a S14 since i was 16 as well since i found out it was a silvia clone and it looked waaay better then the EG. remember this was still 5 years ago before the whole drifting thing and before anyone other kid wanted a 240sx.

67 Shelby Mustang GT 500 fast back or 98 honda integra type r hmmm..... still want em.... dammit...

When I was 15/16 I wanted a Challenger or a Cuda, I actually got a '70 dodge challenger R/T (Go-mango color with black stripes), it ended up needing far more money/time/work than i had, so i sold it after six months. But for those six months i had my dream car

I guess I just like to keep it simple. I wanted and still want a Dodge Viper... lol

Feel free to hook me up too while your at it. ;)

well when i was 16 i wanted a ( don't laugh ) a honda EG6. i thought they looked good, and they still look okay today. but i really wanted a GT-R. and even today i still want a GT-R. however i wanted to get a S14 since i was 16 as well since i found out it was a silvia clone and it looked waaay better then the EG. remember this was still 5 years ago before the whole drifting thing and before anyone other kid wanted a 240sx.

sorry, drifting first started in the late 80's which would be about 15 years ago...

id settle for an rx7, mr2 turbo, 300zx, supra, and pretty much anything like that

Yeah, drifting really got going in the late 80's with cars such as the Sprinter Trueno, RX-7 Infini III, and S12 Silvia.

I wanted an e30 m3. Wait, I still AM 16!!!

i'm 23, and have wanted a 3000gt vr4 since i was 11.
my mom even put a picture of a 3000gt on my 21st birthday cake

a porsche 944 turbo.... can be had for like $7,000 too

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I fail to see the similarities between the two, people....

I know, but since he admitted to being 16 in this thread, I had to take the potshot here :)

Countach and Testerossa baby.

Nothing can compare to the appeal of those two.

How can anyone not drool at the picture of the deep blue Countach with the naked woman lying on it?

Hmm, when I was sixteen what I wanted most (because I knew I could afford one) was a classic British sports car.

I've now owned Layla for four years. Guess I got what I wanted. :biggrin:

when i was sixteen i dreamed of getting a peugeot 106 gti.

when i passed my test i made do with an xsi.
then some git ran into the back of it.
poor little tin box never had a chance.....

When I was 16 (a year ago), I wanted a early 90s Lotus Esprit, like the one from Pretty Woman or that movie where Michelle Phifer crosses her legs (cant remember the name of the movie, just the black and the white esprits in it).

McLaren F1, Porsche 993 RS (the last 4x4 turbo 993), BMW M3

All I wanted was a '88-92 Z24 with a 5 spd. Thats all I wanted! And I end up with a damn 3spd. auto :banghead:

im 14, and when im 16 i'll still want a 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T!!
like how my dad had when he was 16... grr lucky

If you care at at all about your nice and nephew you will buy them a nice safe FWD econo car. "Aspiration cars" such as a 911 will only put a 16 year old in a hospital or worse.


You can buy them super sports cars when their over twenty if they have a clean record.

true...but if they are like me...if im gonna die i might as well get it over with and have as much fun while doing it....now im not saying im going to drive on the wrong side of the road playing chicken with 18 wheelers...actually that sounds kinds fun...lol J/K...but i wouldnt put it past me...any ways....as long as im not endangering anyone elses life ill have as much fun as i can have...i just dont want to hurt anyone else...and i also remember hard work=good rewards...good rewards=fun...its why ive ben saving up for a vehicle since i was 11...i am currently in the market for a '95-'98 low mileage extended cab light truck or a '98-2000 little bit higher milage extended cab truck...and after buying all this i have already calculated it out to where i can but this truck...put a decent stereo in it...pay insurance on it for one year...and have enough money to start a project car...hopefully on a earlyer year 2nd generation RX-7....less than 2000.... as long as i dont grow to be an immobile geezer im happy....

im 14, and when im 16 i'll still want a 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T!!
like how my dad had when he was 16... grr lucky

im assumeing you dont like imports....im j/w....why do people like you not like imports? and im not tlaking about the honda acords with cut springs and 35% or darker tinted glass and heavy assed crappy stereos and heavy assed body kits and neons everywhere and a fart can exaust....and then the owners call them fast...when the car can barely turn if it wanted to and it runs like 20's in the 1/4 mile....im talking about imports in general....also, would you hate an '89 Honda CRX HF with a turbocharged B18? or a mazda RX-7 that is pushing 450hp? or how about a WRX that has true altime AWD (actually its 4wd) and 378 dynoes whp? or a '95 240sx that is probably the best local drift car i know of....all of these cars are real cars and theyare...for the most part..."rice" free...as in no body kits neons vinyl graphics etc... im just wondering why hardcore muscel car era lovers hate imports so much....

Maybe cause it lacks the cool factor of Raw power and a blower stickin thru the hood with the rear end jacked up... granted its not so good on the turns but feelin the raw power under the throttle, not many imports shake when you accelerate like that.

Btw A fast Japanese car is cool as long as it looks nice, CRX... not cool... no matter what sorry. RX7's and WRX's are sweet cant compete with a 3000GT but still nice :D

CBFryman: He's 14 and he doesn't know any better. Any time someone is being ignorant or intolerant, they're probably a little kid. I know I was when I was a little kid. And the older and more experienced I get, the more I accept other people's ideas.

well sounds like cbfryman, doesnt know any better and cant except others views.

well sounds like cbfryman, doesnt know any better and cant except others views.

i can accept his view...im just wondering why "muscel car" lovers cant accept import lovers views...personally i like both...but classics are too expensive...

Maybe cause it lacks the cool factor of Raw power and a blower stickin thru the hood with the rear end jacked up... granted its not so good on the turns but feelin the raw power under the throttle, not many imports shake when you accelerate like that.

Btw A fast Japanese car is cool as long as it looks nice, CRX... not cool... no matter what sorry. RX7's and WRX's are sweet cant compete with a 3000GT but still nice :D

oh yes it is kool to have poor motor mounts and loose all that torque due to the engine rocking so much....and then when i try to turn the corner the wheel hop is so bad it almost makes me cry....no when i say i like muscel cars im tlaking about a GT500ks 185mph supecharged and nitros asisted....not a Chevelle SS with massive rear tires and skiny as a pencil front tires that can accelerate quick enough to run 9.0sec in the 1/4 mile but if you asked it to turn at any rate of speed it would flip

I don't like Kerry that much. He flip-flops on too many issues. But I HATE the Republican party. If you're not white, male, and you love titties and your guns, you're a fucking outcast. And the fact that Bush lied to get us into Iraq to finish what his daddy couldn't doesn't help either.

wow... you're less educated about the issue than I am... :loser:

but if you asked it to turn at any rate of speed it would flip


LOL... Damn you... You speak the truth!! :nono: hehe, yeah well Both versions you mentioned would be sweet, I think I'd rather have a 67 'cuda tho :P

ummm, can we stay on topic?(back to cars)

oh boy where to start... well mustangs in general, they were the dream car (ive wanted a mustang since i can remember) back before specs or money mattered... when i use to walk to school (3-5 grade) there was a red mustang convertible (95-95), dont know if it was a 6 or 8 and didnt care... when i got older i got into the classics (always wanted a 69 mach one even if it isnt the rarest or fastest) then as i got older (15-16) and realized i was poor... i really wanted a 77 cobra II jet black with gold stripes cause it was the cheapest cobra... then i gotta job! and wasnt poor anymore so i quickly set my sites on a 78.. oh ya... then i was introduced to the fox body cobra... it looked so sweet, hard to believe what a cheap body kit could do for the fox body's looks... but overall the one car i wish i could own over any other would have to be the herts shelby 350... OMG that car blows my mind... not just that its a shelby or the fact that its like the rarest mustang but the fact that back then you could rent a race car for the weekend... thats like renting a porche or sumthin and on top of that knowing that u were supposed to dive it hard. its a serious piece of automotive history...

am i a little byest towards mustangs? well mustangs werent the only cars i aspired to own, ive always wanted a porche, if i had it my way id drive a mustang everyday and come home to my porche... (unless i had the hertz shelby, then it would be the other way around) but if i could choose from any of the NEW aspiration cars and money werent an issue it would be between an f40, saleen, gt, vanquish and porche carrera... i wish i was rich...

hmm, how about if you could only have ONE car.
what would it be?
for what-ever reason.

just ONE.

no lists.

ONE car.

hehehe, how tough is this gonna be?

That's WAY too hard a question...I have no clue...I can't even answer that.

2005 Ford GT.

'89 mazda RX-7 with a 13B sequincial turbo swap tuned to a reliable 350hp and basicly made for drifting suspension wise....or any year corolla AE-86 with an SR20DET swap....once agian suspension tuned for drifting....old skool ricers :-P as i got older, however, i would like the shelby mustang i listed before....GT500ks....or a '69 Cadilac Coupe 2dr Convertable DeVille....or a Porsche 911 carrera GT2....still deciding....

ummm, this is not the off topic area, this is car comparison forums, gosh.

I'm really sorry, if he responds, I'll take it to private message.

Anyways, I thought about the question more, and I'd probably take one of the high-end Japanese sports cars. Supra RZ, RX-7 Spirit R, Impreza WRX STi, Integra Type R (or even NSX Type R!), Evo VI Tommi Makinen Edition...I don't think I could pick just one, though :)

Just for the record, I'm going to delete all of the political comment posts from this thread. It's far off topic, inflammatory, and we have a whole different forum for political mudslinging if that's what everyone wants to do.

And, while I'm on the subject, let's stop right here - right now, with the pointless "import versus domestic" debate. People are allowed to dream about whatever car they want. When I was six I thought it'd be the coolest thing in the world to own an Amphicar.

http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/A/AmphiCar.jpeg

All a matter of taste and opinion. Hardly anything to debate there.

Layla: That's the coolest thing I've ever seen. :D

I wanted a Honda Civic Si-R, I got a VW Jetta 1.8, probably a good thing, as I'd have killed myself with the Civic. I don't want an Si-R any more though, that's doing things by halves. Give me an EK9 Civic or DC2 Integra Type R any day.

That was my realistic dream car though. My fantasy car back then was an Aston Martin DB5.

when i was 16, just last year, i wanted a 2001 type s prelude, but the only thing i could affor was a 1984 b2000 mazda truck with a primer hood. If i could choose now it would have to be the same.

now that i think about it i would have a datsun 510.

Im still 15 and i got a 95 civic dx for my birthday. If my mom would have had money for any car that I wanted I would have chosen a BMW. I know what it looks like but I dont know the model name. A black one with 20" black rims with a polished lip would have been the best.

My dream car back then, was a '61 Jaguar E-type, series 1, 3.8 roadster, in scarlet red, with black leather. To me, that car was, and still is, sex on wheels.

PS. you're not helpin on the BMW front 95dxcivic. Check out the BMW home page, then tell us which one it is. Or give us some pointers. Eg. Coupe, cabrio, saloon, estate. Engine size would help too. BMW's are a good brand to be into though.

Well all be 16 in november but the cars i want are (well dream cars are)

Evo,sti or wrx,S4 or A4 turbo,G35,Rsx type-S,3-series,is300.

I'm 17, and last year I had a longing for a silvia......atleast I have an sr motor

I just wanted something to drive! I would not buy a 16 year old anything great. They're prolly going to abuse it for a while anyway.

when i was 16... i just started getting into cars my friends got, as theyre all older than me. haha actually wanted something to at least keep up pretty well on after-tech sprints to the diner... was lookin around for anything to get me aroudn tho,had an extremely limited budget... saw this car or sale at my neighbor's house, my mom had a talk with the owner, and my aprents surprised me on my bday with a loan and the title. Havent hurt anyone yet - but then again its just a weak 6

well at first I wanted a 5.0 Mustang when I was 16, but then I changed my mind and got what I have now, 1976 chevy shorty pickup. I've always liked the look of a lowered 73-87 chevy short bed pickup. The aftermarket is endless, and I get compliments everywhere I go.

I wanted a red Lamborghini Countach. :smokin:

as a kid growing up I knew every single car in my area except for one. It would turn out to be a Chrysler Conquest (Mitsu Starion) and from about the age of 5 or 6 that car has always interested me.