A better alternative is to just not drive the car like an idiot in the rain. Even better: Don't drive it in the rain.

 

how about don't even drive it when its humid? you can lose the back end even when its dry. and thats stock...

this car scares the **** of out of me. and yes i drive it like an old woman 90% of the time.

 

Damn, cut the kid a break, would you rather he refers to us as a bunch of dickless loosers?? Would that make you happy?? You have nothing better to do than sit behind your computer and take shots at a 18 year-old kid?? Who's the one who needs the life?? Stop being a dick.

Kevin

 

Yeah...Don't drive it in the rain!!!
Good call clay...
Mine hasn't seen the rain or salt in my ownership of it...especially after the paint job coming in the future...I HATE Michigan!!! Still below freezing here. Southerners, enjoy your weather!

 

Did you have that kind of money when you were his age?

 

No, and neither does he, I'll bet.

 

i think that regardless of money, at least some people have made a choice to get an FD and try to make it work as opposed to getting a civic and spending money on bodywork.

 

Sweet Jesus! Talking about bashing people.

dabigesii: Welcome to the FD's. I am a newbie myself to 3rd gens.(but not to rotaries) and recently had a blown engine. If you are not very familiar with these cars or their engines themself, I suggest you take care of her as much as possible. Take it to a shop that knows how to work on them if you don't do it yourself. Make sure you have some money saved up when "blown engine times" come.

 

Congratulations on your FD. It is more car than someone with limited driving experience should have. If you don't watch it, you'll join the really elite group of people that wasted themselves and/or others with their FD.

 

Yet another "I'm xx age and own an FD" thread..

 

WoWow one little innocent post sparked up all this. hmmm. Thanks for the welcome everybody. You can't have an official welcome without the good and bad so now I feel like a part of the forum. And yes I guess I did use the the wrong word to describe the group, but I was just trying to describe the way I feel. Anyone can get a civic because there everywhere, but hardly anyone can get an rx7 no matter how cheap they can sell for, because hardly anyone sells them and because they're so few in quantity. So I guess I'll say proud to be part of a privelaged group to own such a capable car that can run toe to toe with some exotics for a fraction of the price.

 

I can't believe how ignorant some people can be. Congrats dabigesiii on your purchase of an incredible car. 7 years late to the party, guess that means you have to be at least 30 to be part of the "in" crowd. You know what, our cars may be a decade old, but I get looks in mine every time I drive it. Not cool to own an older car? Guess my grandma's 58 vette convertible must be a complete piece of crap then.

 

Hey dabigesii, welcome to the boards and congrats on your 7. I'm 20 and paid for mine myself. Don't let these guys get to you. Half the forum are ********, you just have to learn to ignore them and the other half will give you good advice about your car. Some people on here have nothing better to do than say "I only know one fact about you, but I know you don't deserve a 7!" I'm just curious as to what profile deserves a 7. From what I've gathered, you have to be over 30, own another car, and have at least $10,000 worth of mods before you can win the respect of some people. Just say **** 'em. If you need anything, let me know

-Erica (oh and I guess you can't be a girl and own an FD either)

 

werd

 

Had the word "elite" been swapped with the word "unique", this thread would have been entirely different... It's interesting to see that some things so small garner such respones. Unless flaming unknown people over the net is a release of sorts, I'd hate to see what other catalyst lead to such anger from otherwise harmless statements.

dabigesii,
Congrats on your 7, welcome to the forum, and respect/take care of the vehicle.

 

No, but I see a lot of younger people bragging about buying their own FD who aren't honest enough to report that the name under "owner" on their registration isn't theirs. It's probably one of their parents or the name of a lending institution. That doesn't constitute ownership, just in case anyone was in doubt.

Sure, someone owns the car... but it's not you. Title in hand, in your name, legally signed, is what constitutes ownership of a car. How many people here can honestly say they truly own their cars? If you're under 18, put your hand down. You can't even sign the paperwork yet unless the laws in other states are different than in this one.

The same goes for bragging about paying for the car with your "own" money. If you've still got mom and dad's roof over your head and they're picking up damn near everything but the car payment (not to mention probably co-signing for it), then making your own car payments isn't really anything to brag about. Count your blessings, but don't brag about it until you're paying your own way for everything. A lot of people could afford to drive nicer cars if they still lived with their parents.

In the rare event the car actually was paid for outright, who really paid for it? Did mom and dad or another family member give the money to you at some point? Even if it was given to you in the past and earned interest or did well in the stock market, it's still not "your" money. They might as well have just given you the car. It's exactly the same thing. Did you work to earn the money from an external source to pay for the car all by yourself? If so, I salute you, but if you're pretending that you've accomplished more than you really have and you're bragging about it here, that's pretty lame.

I don't mind someone being enthusiastic about being a new owner, and I'm not one of the people who will say that younger owners don't "deserve" an FD. However, I am one of those people who thinks that younger owners should probably be cutting their teeth on something a little less lethal, and I do mind these me-too "I bought mine with my own money and I'm only xx years old" brag-fests because they're full of people "stretching the truth", to put it nicely.

Bottom line, I think most older owners object to younger owners because it's the younger owners who are trashing and wrecking FDs because most of them didn't earn them and don't have any real respect for them as a result. There are fewer and fewer of them as time goes on, and we're well aware of who we have to thank for them becoming more and more "elite"...

 

I've owned mine outright since i was 18.... so BLEH....

And yes that was with my own money....

 

Well put Jim.

 

This is so true it's silly. Imagine what mods I could buy if I was living at home and wasn't paying $820/month mortgage and $200 in utility bills - and those numbers are very low. Very low. It's not that I couldn't mod my car, but I have other priorities. When you're young and single, you're priorities are looking rich and getting your fingers and other little things wet with n**kie. You don't care about savings, tax breaks, kids, anything. Nothing actually belongs solely to you and there's not much you can do about it until you move out, and financially that is a huge jump.

But seriously, for all the attitude a few noobs come in with, the older (grown-ups?) often go bananas on them, but would have done the same exact thing if they were in the younger persons shoes. If by adulthood a person hasn't learned the world is not fair w.r.t. money, they haven't learned much at all.

Please, an open request: avoid bringing finances up in this forum, and grownups could stand to lay off the young owners since they're going to learn about their things the hard way anyhow. Better things to go grey about.

Grr. I guess this post went nowhere.

Dave

 

No ****. $820 here in the San Francisco gets you a room! My uncle who just moved here from Philadelphia pays over $3K/month for a 4 bedroom house!

 

Actually your post did go somewhere. Who cares who financed the car or what someone's financial situation is. Making "fun" of someone's financial situation is the most arragant thing I've ever heard on this forum.

Honestly, you can't blame younger people for wrecking the FD...maybe for making the price drop initially but eventually most of these people will be holding onto their FD for a while eventually raising the price because of the less amount of cars for sale.

One last thing, the stereotype that younger people crashing this car is quite rediculous...I've seen just as many older drivers wreck their cars as younger drivers. Younger drivers might not have the experience but I imagine that they've just taken a fresh course in driving and don't have bad driving traits yet. Another couple reasons you may believe this stereotype is because younger people seem to be on the internet a bit more these days and I would imagine for an older person that can afford it, they probably use the FD as a second car or a summer/weekend car.

That's my .02 cents yet again - I'm glad to see some other people agreed with my last opinion...it's a nice relief from the constant abuse new people see on here

 

I just wish people on this forum wouldn't be so damn judgemental. If you don't like it that someone didn't pay for their car, why do you feel it's your duty to let them know that in your opinion, they don't deserve the car? It's just rude and one of the reasons I don't really respect most of the people on this forum.

People can have their opinions, but I guess their mothers didn't tell them "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all." And by the way, I can say I bought my FD with my money and my name is on the title. So I'm not biased by saying any of this.

I can understand the FD being "lethal" since it is a very capable vehicle. I personally think it all comes down to the individual. Maybe it's because I'm a girl that I don't rag it out or do anything dangerous ever in it, and I know guys tend to be more...brave...with cars. But again, that's a generalization. This guy could be the most mature 18 year old in the world but yet people make premature assumptions. That's the **** that gets on my nerves.

Guess it takes all types for the world to go around, people to judge, people to be judged.

 

sorry double post

 

Who was making fun of anyone's financial position? I'm just saying be honest about it.

The hell I can't.

People who can afford to keep good tires on the car because their car payment doesn't consume the bulk of their earnings and aren't out trying to "drift" don't wreck their cars very often. The younger people ARE wrecking FDs, and if you don't believe that, you need to start reading more of the wreck posts in the 3rd gen. forum.

Spelling ridiculous with an "e" is ridiculous, but that's just my opinion.

Sure. OK. Whatever.