my 3rd gen rx-7
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From: Bradenton, FL
why is everyone saying they worked so many hours to pay for thier fd? you know banks do finance and i bought mine when i was 16 with my grandfather cosigning of course. im 21 now and i would be debt free if it werent for credit cards.but reguardless you can buy an fd even if you only made 1200 a month which isnt hard to do anymore. i made that at the gorciery store i worked at.
Nice Boobs!
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From: Baltimore
If your willing to buy a car without doing research on it, take it out, race around like a moron endangering you and other people, you don't deserve to drive the car and when you crash thats of course what you get. Harsh but true.
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From: Jersey
Well the reason im not willing to take out a loan for a car is because im also saving for a dp so that i can get a house. The car is something i would love to have but only if it doesnt put me in more debt.
I got my FD a couple of months after I turned 20.... didn't have crap for credit until then.... went through a couple of cars... 98 Mustang LX (got rid of that sucker fast) then I got a 2003 lancer, and now the FD which I've had for 2 years... did a whole single conversion, etc etc. Majority of the work done myself with the help of a few friends. Paid for the single upgrade from all the tax-free cash I made in Iraq when I deployed last year. My insurance is 1013 for 6 months (that is with 2 cars, and a clean record on my side.. so you figure about $130/m for full coverage on my FD). I've had a few speeding tickets and an accident that didn't involve anyone (but I've taken traffic school so my record remains clean). Regardless, I've put more money into her than shes worth to anyone else.... infact, I just bought an AF61R from Davinci... she goes in next friday!! Anyway, good luck with your car.
ha! I'm 28, bought the car at 27 and still owe money on it, also owe money on the daily driver and on the credit cards I used for the FD mods!
oh and I rent so I'm all negative equity haha
oh and I rent so I'm all negative equity haha
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From: Las Vegas
hey 17 wow i would like to own a single seven but i'm fine with what i have now. I bought my FD at 20 which i turn 21 in Oct. Just keep it safe don't drive beyond your limits and watch out in the rain. i mess around a lot in the rain b/c i feel comfortable with the car but it can be tricky at times in traffic. no hot rodding in the school parking lot and take care of it. welcome and be careful
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From: Mt Vernon MO
Originally Posted by loren
why is everyone saying they worked so many hours to pay for thier fd? you know banks do finance and i bought mine when i was 16 with my grandfather cosigning of course. im 21 now and i would be debt free if it werent for credit cards.but reguardless you can buy an fd even if you only made 1200 a month which isnt hard to do anymore. i made that at the gorciery store i worked at.
Ya soounds nice but you left out one part, i dont have parents or eny family to co sign and i didt have the credit. so to answer you some people just do what they have to in order to get what they really want. "RX-7"
Originally Posted by scotty305
Good luck to you, you're going to need it. Please read the following ADVICE carefully, with an open mind. I'm not saying any of this to offend you, I just want to pass along a few things that I learned (sometimes the hard way) when I was your age.
My opinion is that teens shouldn't drive FD's. They're not a good learner's car. If you haven't already learned to drive well in an underpowered car with decent handling, you will NOT develop good car-control skills in an overpowered car with very good handling. The handling limits of the FD are so high that you won't be able to recover once you've found them.
Whether you can admit it or not, teens simply lack the experience (which develops the necessary skills and judgement) required to pilot something with the power-to-weight-ratio of an FD. There are many things that can ONLY be learned from experience, and driving is one of them. It's a physical skill like running or playing basketball; you can't get better at driving just by thinking about it or trying to be careful.
What's more, mistakes, accidents, or lapses of judgement can be expensive or fatal in a car, and a high-powered car will cause everything to be happening at much faster speeds, which leaves less room for inexperience.
Since you already own the car, you're going to need to learn quickly. Attend a race-driving school, it will teach you how to properly control your car. Start autocrossing, it's a very safe place to learn car control. Expect to spin out a lot, but be glad you'll be hitting cones and not guardrails.
Here are a few examples, all from the past year. Don't become another stastic.
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/one-less-94-chaste-white-road-405893/
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/boost-bald-tires-sand-%3D-ouch-361006/
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/another-stupid-16-year-old-368567/
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/almost-blind-one-eye-curb-checked-fd-%3D-359402/
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/i-owned-myself-pictures-tommorow-452405/
-s-
My opinion is that teens shouldn't drive FD's. They're not a good learner's car. If you haven't already learned to drive well in an underpowered car with decent handling, you will NOT develop good car-control skills in an overpowered car with very good handling. The handling limits of the FD are so high that you won't be able to recover once you've found them.
Whether you can admit it or not, teens simply lack the experience (which develops the necessary skills and judgement) required to pilot something with the power-to-weight-ratio of an FD. There are many things that can ONLY be learned from experience, and driving is one of them. It's a physical skill like running or playing basketball; you can't get better at driving just by thinking about it or trying to be careful.
What's more, mistakes, accidents, or lapses of judgement can be expensive or fatal in a car, and a high-powered car will cause everything to be happening at much faster speeds, which leaves less room for inexperience.
Since you already own the car, you're going to need to learn quickly. Attend a race-driving school, it will teach you how to properly control your car. Start autocrossing, it's a very safe place to learn car control. Expect to spin out a lot, but be glad you'll be hitting cones and not guardrails.
Here are a few examples, all from the past year. Don't become another stastic.
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/one-less-94-chaste-white-road-405893/
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/boost-bald-tires-sand-%3D-ouch-361006/
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/another-stupid-16-year-old-368567/
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/almost-blind-one-eye-curb-checked-fd-%3D-359402/
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/i-owned-myself-pictures-tommorow-452405/
-s-
Watch out for boxes of construction nails in the road too......
