View Poll Results: 3rd Gen Owners How old are you?
< 20
318
21.75%
20-25
473
32.35%
25-30
268
18.33%
30-35
179
12.24%
35-40
80
5.47%
40-45
58
3.97%
45-50
35
2.39%
50 >
51
3.49%
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#176
The shy megalomaniac
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Originally posted by curlybillbrosie
yeah but everyone here is claiming mommy and daddy didnt help them.
yeah but everyone here is claiming mommy and daddy didnt help them.
I suppose I could've afforded one when I was 19, but I'm not paying more in insurance than the car.
#177
Rotary Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2002
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i'm not claiming that.. my parents bought me my car and they pay insurance. i'm not bragging, but i'm also not ashamed. if i'm the only one then that's fine, but i'm not embarassed and i think anybody wishing to waste their time getting upset about such irrelevant things should stop wasting other people's time and keep it to themself.
#178
AponOUT!?
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Originally posted by curlybillbrosie
yeah but everyone here is claiming mommy and daddy didnt help them.
yeah but everyone here is claiming mommy and daddy didnt help them.
not everyone has to have their parents help them just because of their age.
#179
Da RX7 iz my Mistress
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Ok this seperates the realism the kids that brag about not crashing are the ones that probably are going to crash them. Im 17 bought mine the summer when i was 16 paid 7k for it had been working since i was 15 mowning lawns 30 per lawn at 3 lawns per day you figure out the figure for those lazy asses ou there yeh i slacked a little in it but now i have people tha tmow lawns for me and i work 2 other jobs. parents did help a little due to the fact that my money was spose to be saved up for college...But like i was sayin don't underestimate my car i was riding zx-9's at the age of 15 in SC because u used to be able to get motorcycle license's then. So i know speed...BE SAFE TO THOSE 2f2f WANNABE RACER 16 YR OLDS and DON'T LET PEER PRESSURE USE U...ITS TEMPTIN YES BUT LIFE AND DEATH IS ONLY A HEARTBEAT AWAY
#180
3rd motors a charm I hope
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i am 18 and been saving for a while for an FD, i saved up 8500 dollars, paid my other car loan off ($2000), and went to the bank and got a loan for the remainder of the 14000 dollars i paid for my 93 rx7. i had no help from my parents, with money and i didnt even get a cosigner for my loan and got a decent interest rate (7%). The only think that benifits me is the fact that the car is on my parents insurance policy, and it is a lot cheaper on me (but i pay it). I live at home and go to Syracuse University (chemical engineering) full time while working 20+ hours a week delivering pizza. I havent asked or got a penny from my parents in the past 5 years, unless it was a gift for birthday or something. I feel that people who dont pay for thier own cars and other stuff, dont apreciate it as much as when you do! This is why everyone come down hard on people who have there parents buy them there cars, because they almost always ruin them, and these cars a rare enough to get in good condition. Please people have some self respect and buy your own cars, Mommy and Daddy arent always gonna be there for you!! If you cant afford the car yourself then you shouldnt own it, simple as that!!
#183
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Re: *********...with an "I"
Originally posted by SleepR1
Small *********, small engine, big power!
Interesting that most 3rd Gen owners are between 20 and 25. How the heck do you guys afford the car??
I'm 35...
Small *********, small engine, big power!
Interesting that most 3rd Gen owners are between 20 and 25. How the heck do you guys afford the car??
I'm 35...
It had me ROTF. That sound like my life.
Oh yeah the commercial was for a debt managment co.
and I am 24. USAF and about 60K in debt (just got a 03 Xterra) and proud of it. I should probably get the number off that commercial... Naaa
#185
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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first RX-7 (TII was when I was 16) I got my FD at 19 (still am) I must say that I will never go back to a piston rod powered car... unless I make it my bitch car (aka daily driver)
#189
No it's not Turbo'd
I'm 27 and wanted to wait 'till I could afford the Inshurance... and even then I was a dumbass, got into a turn that would have been fine.... had it not been for the sand on the road... and wheeee... did a 180 straight off the road and flipped my old FD end over end !!!
So just because you're young doesn't mean you do stupid things, adults do too... but we're ususally a bit more fearfull of truely stupid things....
My 2 Cents....
-DC
So just because you're young doesn't mean you do stupid things, adults do too... but we're ususally a bit more fearfull of truely stupid things....
My 2 Cents....
-DC
Last edited by DCrosby; 08-21-03 at 09:16 PM.
#192
wow im quite impressed theres such a high percentage of drivers below 20. im almost 20 and over here in the uk, an rx7 is an insurance group 20 (highest group) car, and people dont get insured on this sort of think till there about 24-25, im just very lucky and managed to because i know the owner of an insurance company. the point is though its funny seeing the massive difference between insurance in the UK and US, and quite disturbing that 20% of ppl on here are very young drivers for this sort of car and even if around half crash it then i feel disturbed by the dwindeling numbers of the seven
#194
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19, the seven is my 5th car, now going on my 7th car once the seven sells. it is now my daily driver sence i sold my 5.0. i do pay for gas and the car itself, but my parents help out on the heafty 300/6month insurance hehe... im lucky.. and i get bored EASILY.
#195
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just turned 18. i Bought my 94 FD a month after my 18th birthday...had this beauty for about 3 months now...Chicks love it....i call it my P-magnet ,you know what i mean......also own 95 del sol with LS motor plus nos, 93 hatchback with B20 motor+nos, and a 85 firebird...
#197
aka KingDrunk
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Re: *********...with an "I"
Originally posted by SleepR1
Small *********, small engine, big power!
Interesting that most 3rd Gen owners are between 20 and 25. How the heck do you guys afford the car??
I'm 35...
Small *********, small engine, big power!
Interesting that most 3rd Gen owners are between 20 and 25. How the heck do you guys afford the car??
I'm 35...
paid 12k w/ 17k miles on it.... still smells new.
#198
il Cosa Nostra e vivo!!
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Originally posted by David Beale
I'm too old (55- just retired) - my car's too sexy for me, my car's too sexy for me....
I'm too old (55- just retired) - my car's too sexy for me, my car's too sexy for me....
#200
Eats, Sleeps, Dreams Rotary
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FB at 16, FC at 18, FD at 21. I'm 22 now.
Was lucky enough to get a 60k job not too long after high school, and able to pay for it myself.
Then the ****** ceo had to make the company go bankrupt and close it down *sigh*
Was lucky enough to get a 60k job not too long after high school, and able to pay for it myself.
Then the ****** ceo had to make the company go bankrupt and close it down *sigh*