Ralliart for 17 year old?
haha thats kinda funny. Im 17 I bought my 2010 RA in April 2011 (one month after I turned 16), i payed for it all. I have gotten 2 hefty speeding tickets after getting my car resulting in my license suspended. If he gets tickets, make him pay for his insurance, mine went high as f**k and now I have to pay for it :| I learned my lesson from that. My friend also got a RA a few months before he turned 18. They can be a lot of trouble and depends how mature he is. Let him you only live once!
Give a what? You did not finish your sentence. Also, I am having trouble understanding the point of your argument. OP should buy his son an RA, despite the examples you have given, simply because "you only live once"?
if hes any good? let him earn it... if my parents spoiled me this way at 17, id just be expecting way too much from my parents and not enough of myself.. thats too much of a car/gift for a 17 year old... FWD lancer FTW!
honestly youve seen the posts.. hell just get lots tickets run up your insurance, im sure this issue will solve itself..
honestly youve seen the posts.. hell just get lots tickets run up your insurance, im sure this issue will solve itself..
He was talking about that super cool story (bro) in which you described losing your license. I used to speed, too. I learned my lesson a long time before they took my license away.
Selling points of this car:
1). It is really safe.
2). It is kind of practical. The Sportback is king in this department.
3). It doesn't cost a fortune.
Downsides:
1). It doesn't get the best gas mileage, around.
2). Maintenance can be costly. God forbid you void the warranty and need a new transmission.
3). There is a kid here at Duke who put "Milr Tme" on his license plate and drives a black RA. He is a d-bag (maybe the biggest d-bag ever). If you can stomach the thought of driving the same car that he does, then you are more man than I. I guess a different color would be acceptable. Black has been killed.
Selling points of this car:
1). It is really safe.
2). It is kind of practical. The Sportback is king in this department.
3). It doesn't cost a fortune.
Downsides:
1). It doesn't get the best gas mileage, around.
2). Maintenance can be costly. God forbid you void the warranty and need a new transmission.
3). There is a kid here at Duke who put "Milr Tme" on his license plate and drives a black RA. He is a d-bag (maybe the biggest d-bag ever). If you can stomach the thought of driving the same car that he does, then you are more man than I. I guess a different color would be acceptable. Black has been killed.
I think that if I had to buy a 17 y/o a car, it would be a Saab 9-3 Aero. They are turbocharged, and that is kind of cool. It is a pretty car. And they are DIRT cheap, because Saab just went out of business. With that being said...
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I 2nd that, my 1st car was a 88 be cabriolet (rag top) and I was 16 years old and I ran that into the ground. It was given to me by my brother an I think judging from experience you should not waste the money on a car like these and get him something cheap...
Serious answer to the OP, it depends on the kid. If he is mature, no problem. If he is like the morons in this thread, then don't do it.
Last edited by otter; Feb 27, 2012 at 05:22 PM.
Thread cleaned, take your arguing elsewhere. Enough with the stupidity.
bwanner - you seem to be going out of your way to prove the point of the people you're arguing against. I'm sure they appreciate it.
bwanner - you seem to be going out of your way to prove the point of the people you're arguing against. I'm sure they appreciate it.
Last edited by otter; Feb 27, 2012 at 05:21 PM.
nobody knows how it got suspended so why make up stuff? it got suspended cause I was beside my friends black charger when he was timing his drops and the cop thought it was me flooring it
ND police dont have cameras on the front of most of their cars so i couldnt do much about it
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