My mom really thinks i shouldnt get an fc rx7 due to safety concerns (note that i am a very safe driver). She said i could try to convince otherwise her but i cant find any safety ratings online. Please help fc's are my dream car

 

This is what my friends's FC looked like after t-boning a Mercedes ML at 55mph back in 2006.


He walked away with only a cut on his knee from the key.

They are robust cars for what they are and N/A's aren't fast. They're good first cars that you can still tinker and learn on, you just need to manage expectations and understand that due to the age they will break.

 

Maybe,

-Save up more money with time to your advantage
-Use the time of saving money to not be bound by parents
-Use saved money after a period of time to pick a nice FD and build it the way you want without money woes


Just an idea. Convincing mom may not be the best choice.

Mike

GL

 

Work, save money, buy your own FC. While you're saving up you should also be researching these cars, learning their in's and out's, and getting a better feel for what is, and is not, a good deal.

If you're old enough to drive than you should be old enough to look towards financial independence.

If your mom buys the car than your mom owns the car, she'd just be letting you drive it. If you buy the car than you own the car, and nobody can hold it hostage from you.

 

I think a better questions to ask us is:

"how can I become financially independent so I never need my parents permission to do anything".

Financial independence is FAR better than any car.

 

 

Ah context!

Honestly if you are 15 I would just be super grateful and let you parents buy whatever they think is best. That way if it breaks down or there are any issues or you have an accident (hopefully not) then you avoid the painful argument where it becomes your fault for getting the RX7.

If they choose the car they will be more likely to pay for your insurance and any maintenance, making your life easier. Enjoy your parents financial help while you can!

Leave the RX7 for a few years down the line when you have saved your own money and have some good driving experience and no claims bonuses on your insurance

 

^ did you think he was going to be 42 or something? My parents never bough me a car though, had to save to buy a shitheap econobox. I say show her molotov's post. Thats pretty impressive safety design for an old car. Proper crumple zones and rigid safety cell. End of the day a free car is a free car and mother knows best though. Any car is a fun car when it's your first car. Safety, reliability, fold/down backseat shagability, fuel economy, manual transmission and handbrake for stupid driving shenanigans would be my priorities.

 

im 15 years old

 

guys, im 15, not 30

 

 

Just save up. Wait until you finish school. No rush. Take your time. Thats the beauty of building a car. Enjoy the process.

 

I started working at 14. I saved up and bought my first car when I was 17 without any assistance from my parents, hell I even needed to pay for my own drivers ed course. No offense man, but being 15 isn't a good excuse to me. If you're financially dependent on your parents than you should take what they give you and thank them for giving it to you. They are not obligated to buy you the car that you want. If you want to have the car that you want than you should be paying for it.

Like others have suggested, get yourself a cheap piece of **** to learn on and throw away without remorse once you've passed the stage where you're going to make novice mistakes.

 

I started working/saving at 14 so I could buy a car as well.

Turned 16 and parents made me buy their old car. It was that or no car. OK, better than no car.

As you say, you are 15; listen to your parents and learn. At 18 you can start making your own decisions.

By all means keep researching and dreaming in the meantime.

 

I agree with everyone here. Get a reliable car first and learn to wrench on it. You will need those skills if you are looking to buy a car that is nearing 30 years old. She wont keep that car for long if the repair bills start to add up if she is the one who has to pay for it. My advice, get a Miata with a hard top and have a blast. Its like a FC but will be newer and more reliable.

 

I'm more than twice OP's age, and I bought myself an 80's sports car when I was his age... Probably the worst decision I could have made, financially.
I can't imagine buying one TODAY and thinking it would be anything other than a project that required tons of attention, maintenance, and troubleshooting skills.

Thank mom for even offering to buy you anything, and get a 2000+ Corolla or something and drive it until the wheels fall off enjoying proper fuel economy.

 

GL OP.

Some grown men can't even come up with logical reasons to convince themselves to buy an rx7.

 

Or keep!

 

I'll add some perspective for what it's worth as I was in a similar situation at 15. The FD had been my absolute dream car for years by then. I practically lived on this forum and was as passionate and knowledgeable about these cars as anyone who'd never owned one. My father was strongly against it, more so from a reliability standpoint and time/attention having to be dedicated away from school. Who was paying for it also did not matter because I respect my parents and have to listen to what they say.


After looking looking at every FD for sale within reasonable driving distance which wasn't Montego Blue, I realized my father was right. There's no way to sugar coat it...most were complete pieces of ****, and the ones which weren't still needed a ton of work. I wasn't about to turn into a garage mechanic as a college-bound teenager and would not have been able to afford the appropriate maintenance and upkeep of a daily driven FD. The car would likely have ended up in a junkyard within just a few years like many teenager-owned RX-7s, so I moved on.

17 years later, I bought what many would consider one of the cleanest FDs in the country which also happened to be the exact spec I had dreamt of back in the day. I am quite certain that I would not have enjoyed the car even a fraction of how much I do now had I gotten one in my teens. There's also a chance that had I been forced to work to be able to afford maintenance and modifications, inevitably surround myself with different social groups, and had the overall distraction of a high-maintenance car, I wouldn't be where I am now.

 

Take these guys for granted. The instant gratification of having an FC as a car for your parents to lend you as a first most likely won't be worth it. Unless you're able to suffice with the electrical or other mechanical gremlins like that of any old car, let alone it being a Rotary, you're going to have a rough time mah boi.

****. I wish 19 year old KookiDowg never bought his first FC at that age. Screw you 19 year old KookiDowg. Well yet again, that allowed me to truly see how bad it was on the wallet to daily an old car even though it wasn't entirely on its last limb. I learn things the hard way unfortunately.

Good luck.

 

Kids shouldn't buy RX-7s. It'll get run in to the ground and you've already proven that you don't have the money to maintain it. Get an Integra GSR if you want a cheap, reliable, and fun car.

 

Just get a Honda and beat the **** out of it.

 

Dont let these old wash women discourage you.. push your mom to buy an FC, i rather see kids like your self spend time and money on cars than drugs or sitting around all day playing video ......... KEEP THE ROTARY ALIVE!!!!!!

 

Or just get a hyundai and drive the **** out of it on your way to get drugs, which you can now afford.