Iboc_C64
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Hmm, this is ond thread but I couldn't help but throw in my 2 cents. I started out with a subaru when I was 16. It cost $100 and came from the junkyard. It needed a heluva lota bondo and fiberglass because the last owner was a girl and she got caught in the backseat with some guy by her boyfriend. He wasn't too happy and took an ICE PICK to the roof and windows, TWICE. She didn't get it fixed the second time. I fixed it up and repainted it with my fathers help but it still require a lot of work. This gave me respect for the car to some degree because I wanted it to last. It was a 1987 GL10 Turbo Loyale, like 115hp, But there was a hole in the headers so the turbo didn't do much for it, but the exhaust sounded better than most of the hick trucks at school LoL! I got it fixed and it still wasn't that fast. Then the radiator F'ed up and it kept boiling over and the tranny wouldn't shift. Drove it for 2 years then paid $2400 for a 94 mercury sable 238hp, drove it for two years. Paid for a lot of repairs all from my own pocket. It drove like a twitchy bus. Then I bought a 97 Grand AM GT for $3000. It had 143,000 miles and I drove it for 6 years to 228,000 miles slowly upgrading what I could by trial and error until I found combinations of parts that I liked without blowing up the car. I still replaced 2 transmissions, and engine and full suspension. Only after all this did I feel I was ready for a $25,000 WRX. I still have bad luck, but have not had any speeding tickets yet. I got 4 over the 6 years with the grand am along with a failure to yeild which I won in court. Obviously I had a lot of growing up to do. Now I'm 27, I can afford the WRX and insurance all on my own dime. But I think I still have some growing up to do.... maybe.
That being said, I have a younger friend with a WRX whose parent's helped him get it but he pays for it and is a better driver in the seat of a Subaru than I am. He's not old enough to drink yet but if he can pay for it and accept any consequences of accidents. (he has had none compared to my new bumper and 2 new rims) I guess it's ok. It depends on the persons temperment and thier financial means. I'm still a little jealous he got it so early.
That being said, I have a younger friend with a WRX whose parent's helped him get it but he pays for it and is a better driver in the seat of a Subaru than I am. He's not old enough to drink yet but if he can pay for it and accept any consequences of accidents. (he has had none compared to my new bumper and 2 new rims) I guess it's ok. It depends on the persons temperment and thier financial means. I'm still a little jealous he got it so early.