FirstCar

like everyother 15 year old i am thinking about buying mi first car...
im looking around 7k or lower..
would perfer it to be manuel and be able to take in alot of new parts..
any suggestions? or opinions?
thanks

get a cheap, older car for your first car. when you are still learning, if you havent had a whole lot of driving experience, you will get in to accident, being at that age, you will have high insurance unless you have a lot of discounts. I know, i am 17, rolled one car and have been in 4 other accidents, a lot of kids your age up to 20+ get into a lot of accidents, get one with good saftey specs.

get a cheap, older car for your first car. when you are still learning, if you havent had a whole lot of driving experience, you will get in to accident, being at that age, you will have high insurance unless you have a lot of discounts. I know, i am 17, rolled one car and have been in 4 other accidents, a lot of kids your age up to 20+ get into a lot of accidents, get one with good saftey specs.
insurance you car !

insurance you car !
I actually have soome cheap insurance, anout 450 every 6 months, for some reason the reportrd accidents (2) and speeding ticket are not on my insurance and i have some really good discounts, without the discounts i could be paying up 800 every 6 months. But that doesn't mean that you will get cheap insurance, since you are 15 it is a great idea to get good grades, it would have saved me another $105 every 6 months but I should have it by the next semester.

r u saying that if i have good grades i can get cheaper insurance?
i have high 80s average.. so i should be ok?

A b average usually, a 3.0 gpa or above, talk with your insurance company about any discounts you can get

I actually have soome cheap insurance, anout 450 every 6 months, for some reason the reportrd accidents (2) and speeding ticket are not on my insurance and i have some really good discounts, without the discounts i could be paying up 800 every 6 months. But that doesn't mean that you will get cheap insurance, since you are 15 it is a great idea to get good grades, it would have saved me another $105 every 6 months but I should have it by the next semester. Yes if you have accidents on reception of the discount at insurance (http://car-insurancep.netfirms.com/) to expect difficultly

Mine is cheap because I get my parents discounts, they havent had any accidents in the last 5 - 10 years except my dad hitting a deer in his semi going to Omeha. That saves me about 150 - 200, i should soon have the good student discount, I had one for drivers ed and a saftey program, but the saftey program was dropped after my first accident. Its possible to go cheap even with an accident or two and a ticket

Mine is cheap because I get my parents discounts, they havent had any accidents in the last 5 - 10 years except my dad hitting a deer in his semi going to Omeha. That saves me about 150 - 200, i should soon have the good student discount, I had one for drivers ed and a saftey program, but the saftey program was dropped after my first accident. Its possible to go cheap even with an accident or two and a ticket To receive discounts of parents it it is convenient! But you see it can become known sooner or later

Whatever you get, make sure it's cool - you gotta like it - don't get some p.o.s. cause it's cheap - be proud of your ride dude. Someday, and forever, you'll be saying my first car was a....

One more thing...as a new driver, you are about to enter the most dangerous time of your life, so be careful out there. no really.

i was thinking about a white jetta ....
they look awesome and one of mi favourite cars...
either than the evo.. lol
any suggestions to what i should do to it first?

learn its limits before you mod it, learn how to drive the car before you give it more power making it harder to control, i will need to relearn when i switch to a rear wheel drive car like the 240 i am looking for, it will help

like everyother 15 year old i am thinking about buying mi first car...
im looking around 7k or lower..
would perfer it to be manuel and be able to take in alot of new parts..
any suggestions? or opinions?
thanks
Regardless of the car, get a manual and learn how to drive, see what the car is capable of and what it's limits are. An unmodded civic or saturn should be everyone's first car; you'd probably be happy with a CRX SI if you want a really sweet ride but it's hard to find one unmodded. I don't think you should mod your first car at all (may eliminate the civic from your list) cuz you won't know how to drive it and your first car should be a learning process of cars in general and the open road you're driving on. You got plenty of time in your life to get and make the ultimate modded 4-banger of your dreams or whatever your favorite cars are. I would say a saturn since they're cheap and probably the best car insurance-wise for people your age. And since the mods available for saturns seem to decrease everyday, you won't try to make and/or look like the fast car on the block (hopefully) like a lot of those rice idiots your age. I think you are gonna like ANY car that you choose since it's your first car and it's YOURS. Good luck, grasshopper:wink:

lol grasshopper..
i like the sound of that..:lol:
i ill definatley look into a saturn
and thanks for the info guys

I would have to say that the perfect first car would have to be somthing like a 92 or 93 Honda Civic Hatch back. Only for the reason that it looks cool, easy to drive, gets great gas milage and there are numerous after market parts for them. It's not going to blow the budget and you can pick one up for around 2-4 grand. Insurance will be cheaper becaue of the year and model. BTW a good student discount gave me a $200 break every 6 months.

I would't mod it out right away. LEARN TO DRIVE FIRST! If you want to mod the car wait for at least a year or two and start with the engine. Its every kids dream to deck the car out in stickers, spoilers, and rims and such, but a nice sleeper is a lot more fun.

Ive noticed that the older cars if you have just liability stay the same with state farm, i can get a decent sports car around '90 and older for the same price as my buick, but the saturn would probably be the cheapest, they are pretty snappy too, a friend drove one (he just snapped a rod) and i was riding with, and it had decent acceleration, could stop really quick cuz its light, and had some balls, otherwise, i liked my buick, i understand they last forever, and it will stay with a friends 300zx no problem with just a high flow exhaust kit on it, i wish it were lighter tho, i may do that still, but it is a grandma car

lol about the student discounts n stuff...
i live in canada..
is it different here?
i only live like 30 mins from the states..:frown:

and i looked around for a saturn near mi area and i found
1996 saturn l series $1,750 192,000 km
but i dont really like the looks..
should i get a cheap car or a car that i acctually like.. lol
im a kid i dont now much yet

i guess im not sure, i live in south dakota, but i dont know for sure, id call around to insurance agencies and ask about quotes and discounts, for the good grade discount here, you have to have a b average (3.0gpa) or higher

and about the car, id get one that you feel comfortable with, one that you like, yet fairly cheap, but not to cheap cause you may run into problems, thre are many to choose from, one way to look at the body styles, you could go to ebay motors http://motors.ebay.com/Passenger-Vehicles_W0QQcatZ6001 and look through the list there, civics are decent but i wouldnt mod it being your first car, the link will give you a list of most of the cars made by different companies and you can look at pics, good luck

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