$300 a month

 

Good one.

I just stole mine from some guy in Charlottsville VA.

 

same **** with me...........i worked for my dream car got it @ 17........now 18

 

Wanted an RX-7 ever since I was 10. My dad had a 1st gen. and I wanted one of those but then the 2nd gen came out, I still wanted a 1st gen. Then the glorious 3rd came out and I had my mind set on a '93! I bought it once I graduated and turned 18! Worked for it and got it. I'm now almost 20 (birthday is April 15th) and still own the car! It's finally moving along as my project track car as I will be looking to buy another car soon. I guess anyone young that buys one is just lucky they have rich parents. Sure it was your money but how did you get the money? Someone gave it to you, cause I know a 17 year old or younger person can't work for a high paying job and not spend money on the way up to $12,000+ or however much the car cost.

 

paid for about half when i was 17. then worked for about 4 years and now i fully own one.

 

Bought mine almost 5 years ago, and got a nice 3.9% rate on it Better than most new car rates.

 

I bought mine cash and I'm over 20

 

I had about $10k and wanted to buy a FD outright. After talking to Lance at www.LAMotorcars.com he convinced me that with these cars you really get what you pay for.

I opted to get the most pristine one I found. Absouletly perfect condition, all stock, all service records with just about everything replaced under warranty, and still had a Mazda warranty. 3k miles on motor, 7k on oem turbos. Blue book was $19,900 and I told him I would only finance $7k, so he worked with me and sold it for $15,800.

I'm so happy I chose this over over the $10k cars. After 3 years of owning it, it still doesn't have the mileage and is in alot better condition then the cheaper cars. Well worth the extra $7k.

 

ditto

 

whored myself out to rich older men.... oh no that was series7. I whored myself as a Software Engineer and paid for it all by myself!

 

bought a duplex, rented the other half out, so basically my tenants have paid for my fd and modifications

 

hey...I bought a MB 94 from him back in august...drove my 69 Camaro SS from here in TN and then drove the 7 back.

Cool guy, not sure if he knew...but he failed to tell me that the car had previously been wrecked...looks like it had been run into a ditch and then repaired well on the outside but under the bumper looked like ***. Everything is finally working 100%.

BTW...I am 19, and was 19 when I bought it myself.

 

the impression i get from many of the 16 year olds who pay for it themselves is that while that may be true, they don't have to pay for anything else themselvs. makes it not so hard, even on burger king wages...

 

I bought my FD when I was just turned 16. I got a loan cosigned by my father of course becuse i could of never got a loan by me self. I put 6gs down and got aloan for 9gs and payed it all off my self by the time i was 18. I also payed for fullcoverage insurance. And i also get called a daddy's boy all the time. Well people can think what they want. I also pay for eveything else by my self. And i work my *** off. So yeah it is hard.

 

You guys who have paid for your car yourselves when 16-18yo, what sort of jobs did you have?

I worked part-time in a local shop from when I was about 10yo and when I was 16 was only on about 1.5 an hour. Obviously things will be different in the US compared to the UK, but for a 9k car that would mean working 6000 hours on top of attending school, or 57 hours a week for 2 years.

This is assuming not spend any money at all during the 2 years. As it was I had to buy clothes, shoes, etc and used the rest to get computer games, music and sports equipment.

 

I got a job in a Vet clinic when I was 17 and moved up to a Vet Tech. I was living at home and rent was the only thing i didn't pay.

I had the Del Sol at the time so gas and insurance wasn't anything.

 

It would be interesting to see how many FD owners live at home. It's entirely different buying it yourself when you don't have a mortage and bills to pay versus living with the parents.

 

after i paid off my truck, i saved 9k. used the 9k as a down payment, $200 montlhy payments. by the end of the summer it'll be completely mine.

 

Yeah but buyin the car when we are 16-18 is just our advantage. Dont hate on us just becuase we bought our FDs younger than you did. We just found our cars at the right times. I dont brag to people because i have an FD and so do you and i am this much younger than you. If you were in our position you would of done the same thing. Its not like we are your age and still living at home to afford our cars. But hey we are all rotary heads here. We need to stick together. Or thous dam DSMers will take us over.

 

I paid $6300 for a '92 FD with full RE Amemiya Aerokit, RE CPU, Intercooler, full exhaust, mazdaspeed rims/PPF, OS Giken twinplate clutch, 5 greddy gauges and a whole bunch of other crap.

 

I paid for mine with insurance money from a near fatal wreck, so i guess you could say i payed for it with pain.

 

I paid $38.000 in cash for my -93 FD three years ago.
That's Norway for you...

 

Saved money since I was 13, worked every saterday and in vacations.

1992 Rx-7 FD RHD costs with necssary mods(paint job, bodykit, IC, boostcontroller, new brain, radiator etc.) costs 25.000$ in Norway

 

Yes, living at home is a HUGE advantage, over half my income goes toward my car payment & insurance, that would not be possible without the loving kindness of my mom & dad.

I'm 21 years old, making ~$14/hour, sometimes I try to tell myself I could do this without my parents' help, but I realize I would need to get some roommates and live in a trashy little place to be able to afford this car if I didn't have a free place to stay. It's still cheaper to live at home and make payments on my dream car than to live at college dorms though.


Next order of business is getting into a house in the next couple years...

-s-

 

I bought mine with my monthly retirement checks.
by the way, i'm 65. all u young punks are lucky to
own one that young!