btw, currently driving my parents ford mustang RWD 220 hp car, not my favorite but its good practice for the fd, even though completely different cars, it gets me from place to place

 

As a parrent there is no way in hell I would let my 16, 17, or even 18 year old drive an FD.

Exception: If I had been autocrossing with them from a young age.

 

eh whatever , i could spend days arguing over this everyone thinks different , im just glad my dad doesnt mind that i own a FD and that i am 17 , so im happy whatever

 

Your dad is going to mind when you die from it.

 

yea well , thanks for the nice thoughts

 

As a parrent there is no way in hell I would let my 16, 17, or even 18 year old drive an FD.
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Don't start this argument up again we've had a 7 page forum about it, this forum is to help the new guy out and welcome him.

 

xactly, thank you

 

I'm nearly 30 (started driving when I was 12), have a well paying job, have a daily driver, and have been wrenching on cars for 12+ years. I've just now started getting into auto-x and performance driving on the track.

Sometimes I feel I'm in over my head with my RX-7.

If I had gotten this car when I was 16, it would have either been sitting broken in the driveway or had been my coffin. I was a complete idiot when I was young behind the wheel (not saying all young kids are, just myself). It took flipping over an SUV to see that I was mortal and prone to stupid mistakes due to misjudgment/inexperience.

But anyways, welcome to the boards. If you do get an FD, make sure you know what's in store for ya. They're great cars, but when things go wrong they go real wrong. Do absolutely every bit of research you can about these cars and read/re-read the info about buying used ones.

Good luck,
-Colin

 

cthomp21,
Thanks for not bagging on the younger drivers in this forum. And actually giving some advice.

 

Look, you guys might think you're great drivers which is to be expected but whatever. I figure I'm at least decently able to really drive an FD up to its limits, but at the same time I know there are plenty of guys that can hustle a Miata around a track way faster than I could ever dream of doing with my current skill level. As they say in that commercial with the retarded dude who is different because he's a Cowboys fan that watches games with Redskins fans, "a little humility wouldn't hurt."

I don't consider myself to be bashing anyone, nor do I consider myself to be part of the old dude contingent seeing as I'm only 21. What I've been saying all along is that my own experience with cars and the experiences of pretty much everyone in my particular age group (which is to say those who are finishing up with college or have graduated) all point towards not having an FD as a first car. Lord knows most of my friends and myself all managed to get into some kind of stupid car-related incident in all kinds of slow, tame vehicles. Be it fender benders, speeding tickets, serious accidents, ill-conceived cutting of holes in rear decks to make sound from subwoofers come through better (I admit to doing that to a buddy's Ford Contour but hey at least we covered it with a spare speaker grille), whatever. You name it, someone probably did it. Take that information as you wish.

Oh, and good luck trying to convince your parents to let you have an FD; and even more good luck trying to pay the insurance for one.

But ya know what? None of you guys have listened to any of the other stuff I've had to say so I'm not going to expect it now. Keep on keepin on with your little support group that seems to have formed.

 

Skimming over this post, and me beeing 28 and allready wrecked an FD
<---- Badly...
I'd say if you really want an FD, drive the mustang as a Daily Driver, and take the FD to track events... Only....
I definitely learned my lesson, that no corner is safe, no matter what speed you take it at because even a 20MPH curve can become very dangerous @ 10 MPH with sand or Oil on the road.... I happened to take a 45mph turn @ 65 mph and lost controll due to sand... in the turn.. which had it (sand) not been there I would have been fine... had I been on a track I'd just have run off... but I was on a public highway.... and then you're not just endangering yourself you're hurting others....

On that note... Enjoy your crazy driving on a racetrack, and tell your friends if they want to race your fd to do it on a drag strip or a race track.... cause otherwise "it aint 'gonna happen"

 

Great advice, and thats probably whats going to happen. My friend and his dad are currently autocrossing in SCCA and I am going to learn a lot from them. I dont plan on using the rx7 for a daily driver rather then a occasional driver and on the tracks. I would never street race being that I have a couple of friends who have and got in serious trouble. I want to stay serious over this car but still have a lot of fun times, which from what ive hear is unavoidable in this car . Doncojones, I know that you are trying to help and I take in your advice, the only thing I have to add is that 16 and 17 year olds can drive cars with proper training. And I have found many people that will be able to help me.

 

Looks like you guys have got it all figured out then.