NO.

 

unless you are ready for lots of maintenance and have a daily driver.... NO

 

Unless you have a lot of $$$ saved up and your folks are helping you out a lot it's a horrible idea. Now a n/a 2nd gen wouldn't be such a bad car...hell even a TII wouldn't be so bad...fairly easy to maintain and reliable, but a 3rd gen would be a bad choice. Not to mention insurance...I highly doubt someone who is just now getting their first car (I take it you're pretty young...16'ish) will even get insured on such a car let alone get cheap rates...hell I'm 24 and have a flawless record and still pay over a grand a year for mine. Check out some 2nd gens then work your way up. Just my 02¢

 

NO

NO

and

NO

 

go with your heart man everyone is going to tell you no, so make ur own decision...

 

I would recommend a 2nd Gen over a 3rd Gen as well. A 2nd Gen was my second car and I loved it. Never had any problems with it, and it just ran great (until I wrecked it that is).

Keep in mind, that if you are under 21 (which I'm assuming), it won't matter what kind of sports car you get. Any of them are going to run a lot of money for insurance.

Get a quote from your insurance company before you purchase any car to see what you will be dealing with... Good luck.

 

YESSSSSSSSS

 

Visit a Houston RX7 meet - every 2nd Sat of the month....DOH! Speaking of which I missed another one!

You'll get to see all sort of nice 7s of all three gens.

http://www.houston-rx7.net

 

2nd gen wouldn't be too bad for a first car. just make sure you change the oil frequently. a 3rd gen would either kill your wallet or flat out kill you if it was your first car.

 

Dude, *don't* get a 3rd gen as your first car. Trust me. I have maxxed out credit cards to back me up . Don't get me wrong, I love the car to death, but to mod/maintain it costs money. This is not a camaro or mustang. I think a normally aspirated (non-turbo) 2nd gen would be perfect for you. You can always move up later.

my 2 cents--

 

I would say no unless your willing to put up with the hardships of working on it, or paying for repairs. It also helps if you have lots of friends that can take you to school if your car gos boom. If you willing to put up with all of that stuff then go ahead and you really thing you can afford it, then go ahead and bet it becasue nothing beats the stared you'll get from just driving around.

As someone said earlyier insurance is crazy. I'm 19 and my insurance is $2400 a year becasue I have my good student discount. If I didn't have my discount it would be $3200 a year.

 

I would say no unless you know how to work on it yourself. I just bought on in may and have already had the turbos off to replace leaking exhaust gaskets and the gaskets alone were over $300, and that was my buddy who works at a dealership getting me parts for cost. My car was also down for a week while I did the work myself. It is though a very rewarding car. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Well what I'm saying is if you expect to just drive the car your screwed! But, if you plan on maintaining it and also expect some problems, then its not so bad.

 

no

 

Depends. It was my first car but...I've dumped soooo much money into it and I live not too far from KDR. So, you should if you have a good a good job and a good mechanic near by and can get a ride if there's something wrong with your RX.

 

No way! the car would become your worst nightmare!

 

Here i will put a twist on this subject as this is what i hopefully will do as i have fallen in love with the car..

Pay for the car cash when you buy it so u still have money to do other things??

 

Mine is my 2nd car. The only way i would get one as your first is if you have a daily driver as well. You have to be prepaired to do maintinence RELIGOUSLY. If you are not prepare or want to do regular maintinence then I wouldn't do it. If you do go ahead with it make sure to have some $$$$ saved up. Little things can happen unexpected. I just got my car running last weekend after a silicone hose job that turned out costing me about $500+ in other little things that i found along the way, and my car has only 41K on it. So be prepared for more little things with a higher mile car. But that is beside the point the cars are alot of work but I wouldn't give mine up unless I absolutely had to.

 

I dont think you need a daily driver at all, as long as you keep up on maintenance and check your car out every so often it would be an ok daily driver, mine is since I got rid of my 2nd car. The car can be expensive to maintain but I have had mine for almost a year now and its been great to me, of course it had a brand new engine in it when I got it and I did most of the reliability mods. I wouldnt recommend it as a first car unless you know alot about cars but it would sure be one hell of a fun first car, right guys. I love the car and wouldnt trade it for the world now, even though I need new trailing arms, damn knocking is driving me nuts,

 

I would never have a 3rd gen as my first car or daily driver. First of all, you never know what you're buying with a 3rd gen - it's hard to find one in good condition that hasn't been trashed or even babied too much. To be on the safe side, find one for about $11000-$13000 with higher miles and have about $5000 handy for an engine. I recommend when replacing the engine to do oil and coolant porting, have all the factory o-rings and seals replaced with silicone, and if you plan on modifying the car do a street-port. All of this with the cost of the engine installed costs $5000. Then start with eliminating the AST, get a Fluidyne rad, go non-sequential (while your engine is out), get a dp, eccentric shaft plug mod, and go from there. To mod the FD will cost another $1500-4000 depending on what you want. It can be the most rewarding and fun car that you'll ever lay your hands on - including exotics. With my setup I can blow by even most exotics on the road but for a first car - this is not the car to go with. My first car was a Chevette and a year later I got a N/A MR2. Even a stock FD is too much for anyone's first car. Good luck