im 15 now, and i really like the FD, and was thinking of getting one next summer. i just want to know how young ppl w/ one of these are viewed? i know some communities dont like young ppl driving the cars they love, and was wondering how you guys feel about it. are there any drifters here? or do you all drag/grip? i'd like to autocross an FD, dorifto-style. just showing myself here (i registered awhile ago, but i havent really come back, until i saw the price of the FD drop a bit, putting it into my price range, imagine my excitement! )

 

Im 16 and I have a 93 Black TT Touring FD. My name is also Josh! Its a great car. Even though you want to punch it DONT! You wont punch it much again after you have it go all squirley at about 110mph !#(*%!!!

Its a good car though. Reliable if you take of it. She runs depending on how you treat her!

Josh

 

oh boy, not again!
I dont think age matters, if youve got the money and know how to work on the monster under the hood.

Everyone else is gonna tell you to get a beater civic and learn how to drive.

 

Amen ijneb. We have been through these posts time and time again and well this is jus a forum and I bet no one would be so sarcastic in front of your face. People interpret what someone types the way they want to. So with that said and done and out of the way. Have fun learning how to use this wonderful beast, because after it's all been said and done, I don't think you will last . Ciao.

 

ive been driving my parents cars a lot this summer (i got my permit) i wouldnt say im good, but im better than most at my age. i can't shift yet, cuz ive only been able to drive my car twice before it went into the shop and both my parents cars are auto
ive already been around the block a few times on this car thing, i really wanted an RX-7 but they seemed like a lot of money, but they're actually cheaper, faster, and better looking (and also not also like by a bunch of ****** ricers), that is to say, the 99-00 civic. i do realize that the rotary engine can be a bigger bitch than an i.c.e, but i dont mind at all. im still kinda on the fence about this, on the one hand, i REALLY want an FD, and on the other hand im faced with the prospect of wreaking it, and id rather not see a really good car get wrecked. maybe im being too pessimistic? i dunno.

 

Not to be a dick or anything but if you are gonna use it for drift, you ARE gonna put it in to a wall or a dirt embankment or a ditch or something like that. The reason why I say this is because if you are only 15 and your gonna just start off to learn how to drift your not gonna be able to handle it. No one I know that drifts any type of car including myself has not put their car in to some kinda wall or something of that nature. Its just something you gotta accept when learning how to do it. Even the pros go into the wall occationaly because of gravel or a wetspot on the road. Also, your gonna put a lot more stress on every part of the car so please don't come on this forum complaining that fd's aren't relible; if you push any type of car to the limits, its not gonna last as long as it should. If you are going to use it for drift, perhaps you should take off the front bumper/fenders when you go out or perhaps you should look for one which was lightly hit in the front or back, it will save you quite a bit of money and its not that much for a new bodykit.

Insurance should cover anything that happens to your car although most will not cover your upgrades.

BTW: The hand brakes/e-brakes on our cars are worthless! Not to worry though, we can easily power over in order to start a drift

Another thing is that your gonna go thru tires faster then you go thru underware if you use if for drift and our tires are expensive! Try to go to tire dealers and try to buy used tires there, some will actually give them to you for free.

That being said, I think that a FD is a great car to own. Nothing in our price range can compare to its agility, speed, braking or looks.

Good luck

 

Hey, this might sound weird, but my name is Josh too. I got my FD at 16, which was last October. Its a great car, and I have not had any problems with the motor, but the tranny is fucked up, I had to get new shocks, I broke the front sway bar mounts, the windshield broke(on the inside), and getting it repaired is a bitch. But when I do have it, I love it. It is a great car, I learned to drive stick on it. If you do get one, spend the extra money to get one that is really well maintained. Also, when you drive it, be very, very careful. People kill themselves racing honda civics with fart cans and window tint. Killing yourself in an RX-7 would be much easier. Just be safe, be smart, and be really careful in the rain. I wouldn't know about drifting, as I have never done it intentionally. But good luck, and watch the throttle, just start off slow, don't accelerate hard. Oh yeah, be careful who you let drive it. Josh

 

i wasnt complaining about them being unreliable, ive heard from some ppl that rotaries in general have reliability problems (in just normal curcumstances even), im just saying what ive heard, maybe ive been misinformed?

yea, Josh seems to be a common name for those my age :/ it's kinda confusing in my spanish class, cuz there's like 5 Joshes there including me :x

oh, and i wont be drifting right away, ill get acquainted w/ the basics of driving before drifting. what i plan on doing first is a little touring, im going to head out to cali next summer (if i get a FD and have enough time in the summer, if not, the summer after next) and if there's time left in the summer ill go out to PA to see some old friends (i used to live there). so ill have plenty of time to get good at driving, and i hate interstates, so ill have lots of twisty back roads to keep me occupied... i hate interstates because they put me to sleep, too straight :/ id prefer interstate speeds on a twisty backroad (as long as it was deserted, that is) ive also just recieved an automobile magazine that says the best places to speed in the US, and i may check those out i apologize for the long post, but it couldnt be helped

 

You're just barely learning to drive ... and you want a car that's harder to drive than just about anything out there. Then you want to learn how to do controlled crash (which is what a drift is) in this car that people routinely crash just driving onto or off of freeway ramps. It's really not a good idea. I wouldn't advise anyone to learn how to drift in an FD, muchless someone as young as you are. I'd like to see you and the car live! If you want to learn how to drift, get a hachi ... it's easy to find replacement body panels for and it has very intuitive steering and is light enough on the power that you won't be overpowered. Then later upgrade to a Turbo II FC if you really want a rotary (great drift cars), with an ultimate goal of moving up to an FD in 5 years.

I commend your statement about not wanting to crash such a good car ... unlike most potential buyers and owners of the car, it shows that you have a conscience that proceeds your ego.

 

ive been intent on a hachi for almost 2 years... but ive happend upon the knowledge that getting a hachi back to stock can take lots of money, i love the car, but i dont have the resources or time to spend ~~15k on an old car, just to get it back to stock! :/ i would really like a hachi to start out on, but they're old, and i live in the midwest (land of the nascar-loving-domestic-car-hugging-red-necks :/) meaning it would be near impossible to locate one in even near good shape :/

 

Please excuse my ignorance, but what's a hachi? Never heard of it.

 

1985-1987 Toyota Corolla GT-S, for info: www.club4ag.com

called hachi cuz it's chassis code is AE86, and japanese for 8 is hachi, the full japanese nick for it is Hachi Roku, but ppl r lazy, so it's just hachi, even tho there are 85s and 82s and such, a hachi is known as a 86... odd, no?

 

ahhh, ok. I'm not too familiar with the Toyota world (or any other world besides Mazda for that matter). I actually did a Google search for Hachi and couldn't find anything. Thanks for the info.

 

You know Josh, where you live might actually be one of the best places to find a hachi at a steal because there isn't a trendy market there for them. I'm not sure what you mean by getting the car "back to stock"? Parts for an AE86 are very cheap ... it's all cheap if you know where to look and who to ask. 20Vs are cheap, too. I could really help you out with some people if that's the direction that you're willing to go.

 

ive become an established member of the forums at www.club4ag.com, so i should be able to find my way around, when i need to... thx for the offer, ill keep you in mind. if the FD is really as squirrley as ya'll say it is a hachi might be a better route. and what i mean by bringing it back to stock was restoring it... i dont like using the word restore on cars not too old, cuz it makes it sound like a bigger job than it is, heh :/ so anyway, i do want a hachi, but im scared im going to get it, and then not be able to afford working on it... i know i could do the work myself, especially since im taking a mechanics course during my junior and senior year... taking at a career center, so after those 2 years, ill be a liscenced mechanic, which should gimmie a decent income if im good i dont know what the mods are like here, so i dont know if they'd mind something as off topic as this, so ill shut up now. DK... are you a member of the 4ag forum? if you are, post me there, or email me at IMCL@otakumail.com or something sometime...

 

I might have a membership to Club4AG because I think I've made like two posts there in 3 years. Some of the better well-respected members there are all friends of mine ... at least I hope they're respected there still. I hear that forum is full of a lot of crap nowadays a la SRO, so they might not even be respected there anymore by the current ricers frequenting the boards ... which is also happening here.

We have a secret hiding place.

 

at 16 insurance for these cars will be over 300.00 a month...they are amazing cars but if your smart....invest the money and buy a $500,000 house when you are 25...you will get more *** with that house at 25...then you will with an fd at 16.....well i guess if you can afford to buy one of these cars at 16...it's prob. mommy and daddy's money so go for it.....just becare full....if you crash one that will be one less for one of us to have.....

 

there are no ricers on the 4ag boards AT ALL... the closest thing to that is the JDMers, which is half rice/half performance (if not more toward performance) there isnt crap at all really, i havent noticed any big conflicts in quite some time actually, its a nice place

 

I guess they fixed it then? I haven't been there in a while, nor did I ever pay much attention. I think I remember hearing how bad it got a while back. I have a short attention span for boards, really I only sometimes come to this one to try to help a few people out, and I go to a couple of my friend's boards and our secret hiding refuge.

 

If you're seriously scared about not being able to afford working on an 80's Toyota, then I don't think an FD is a good choice. FD's cost tons of money to maintain. I've owned mine for about 10 months, and have put about $500 in just repair parts. I've done the labor myself, and this does not include what I've spent on reliability mods either. If I was having someone else do the work, I'm sure I'd be down at least $2K by now.

 

ah the AE86, the only reason i did not think you wanted one and hence did not suggest one was because they seem to be very over priced, it cost about 8k for one in ok/so-so condition here in Hawaii and for that price, you could nearly get a FD. The power of a AE86 can't compare with the power comming out of a FD but then again you don't really need power to drift, it's more skill/luck.

BTW: I would recommend against getting a FD if you can't do all the work for yourself, it's not very hard actually and hopefully you can find some friends near you to help you out.

Good luck

 

yea, but... $500 isnt quite what one would have to spend on restoring a hachi... we're talking upwards of $10k :/

 

I got my FD at 18 years old and I am very glad I did. If I had that car when I was 16 and just learning how to drive I would probably have totaled it or my life. I would recommend getting some experience under your belt. But thats me
Trust me, it's worth the wait.