Wow, such intelligent and profound comments Dizzigital. Thank you, i feel much smarter for reading your posts.

 

dude take the G35 to please your mom after all you still live under her roof
she wont be happy if you get in any kinda trouble with the evo she can blame on the car
and sale it and left you with no ride

one more thing if you can find a 2004 left over g35 coupe take that
cuz the 05 G35 doesnt' have brembos

 

Man, I took differential equations in high school and all I got was a 1987 Prelude Si. (BTW: I graduated in 2000)

Dizzigital, I see why you have so many posts now.

 

Wassup Derick. yeha there is alot to be learned when driving. Although i am 19 I got a lot of driving skills under me. I drove my POS Geo Prizm. Dont drive that anymore because of radiator problems. I now drive a 99 Rx300(I bought with my own Cash). Almost got hit by a School bus the other day but quick thinking told em to slam on my gas before that thing rearended the crap outta me. Anyways dont be listening to any of these people flamin at you. You know what u are capable of handling and if you feel confident with manual tranny than go for it. Good grades and taking high classes doesnt necesarily mean you are mature, it just means u are inteligent. I know a lot of AP kids who are the most immatrue people. If you are going to be paying for your car than is your schol work gonna be affected, The answer will be yes cause u will be working your azz off for the payments, insurance, gas, maintenance. Is a car worth your education and your future life??? I am getting a evo or RA casue i already messed up my education but will still be getting my degree, will just take longer. I am basically working 1 fulltime job and 1 part time job to get some money together casue im only taking one class this semester. As stated earlier if u can handle the car than buy it and just buy it anyways even if your mom doesnt approve. Maybe slip 500 under table to the salesperson so he can tell your mom the car will be 24K instead of 24.5K. thats my brightest idea. Ohh yeah when u do get an evo dont get caught racing and if u are trying to focus in school dont get into the Racing scene casue it can mess up you education.

 

Thanks for all the supporters, but I guess I'm not getting a Evo anyways after all this.

I'm probably going to be looking deeper into Hondas, such as the old gen hatchback or the new gen preludes. Peace everybody.

 

well that was anticlimactic.

and if i were deciding on an evo, i'd wait till the 9 comes out; i made a vow to myself not to buy another evo till we get a full-spec one here... but that's just me.

anyway, i'm not going to flame about people getting cars from their parents... but i do have to say i feel a little more unsafe every day driving around.

i'm sorry but when you say BS like "i pay for every damn penny for everything to do with car" how the hell are you going to ask people to take you seriously or not to flame you? jesus christ, that should go without saying.

 

This might be a little late, but I gave the pop quiz to help him prove he's not a young punk, not incriminate him.

 

Sorry, but i'm not a fan of these young kids getting an EVO and it really makes me laugh when they say they are going to pay for everything themselves give me a break. My first 2 cars where major POS that I paid out of my pocket like 2 to 4 grand for and I can remember being in HS or college thinking man this car payment sucks and it was like 100 to 200 bucks a month. An EVO is a car you should build up to and pay your dues in my opinion to get it. I'm just 23 now, but have a degree and am active duty in the military, and some pretty damn good money management skills (we dont make alot) . And at times I still find myself setting home on the weekends just so I can enjoy this car. Just a thought and to be general the average person probably pays atleast $600 out a month on there EVO and I know there is no way going to HS or college you can manage this without mommy & daddies help. So basically dont dream you can because you probably cant and sorry but I know you are not ready for this car no matter how mature you think you are.

Staton

 

Interesting that you say its not possible to by an Evo in college. When I was getting my degree I had a full time job at the school and ran a computer business while taking a full load of classes every semester. I drove an Eclipse at the time that I had just bought and was always modding. Could have easily afforded an Evo at the time but they werent out yet. It all depends on hard you want to work.

 

There are many haters out there that will fu<k with your car just because you have an EVO. You may want to wait until you're out of high school to get it. Get something clean and nice to learn how to drive a stick. My sister bought an EVO because she liked mine (I keep mine in the garage and always park way far away from other cars) and 4 days later some punk knocked out her rear window and tried to break the wing.

 

I agree with you 100% however in todays world most people are not willing to work that hard or put that much dedication into things. However you are still an exception and for that I aplaud you, I worked a part time job and also did computer programming however I still dont think I had the dedication in college to afford a car like this, there where kegs to buy and easy ways to blow the money hehe! And in this kids case he's still living with his parents and doesnt even have a drivers licence yet, so I still think its a horrible idea to hand someone this young the keys to something they are not going to apprecaite.

staton

 

You guys don't read. Don't jump to conclusions.
It's pretty stupid when at your guys time of age when you got your license, if you were any, if all interested in cars, that if you had the chance to get an Evo, wouldn't you just love it. But at your point of time currently, older, you guys probably would realize different. Thanks for the flames and thanks for the supporters.

 

Wow, with the exception of being 6'2", that basically describes me. I'm also an asian who took a load of AP courses during high school (9 total) and ended up graduating at the top of my class. Plus I also worked in high school. The difference being I'm 4 years older and have a bit of hindsight you might find useful. My first car was, and still is, a 1994 Toyota Camry.

Back in high school, I always thought that I was a slightly better driver and a more responsible person than others. It wasn't until I got a few more years of driving experience under my belt that I realized how horribly wrong I was. I never noticed before when in HS, but over the years, you start building up numerous "moments" that culminate into a realization that you've got a long way to go before you can consider yourself a good driver (e.g. a few knicks on the curb here, a few distracting moments that cause you to take your eyes off the road, *near* accidents due to momentary lapses in attention, etc.).

I'm dead set on getting an Evo, and my parents probably have the funds to help me do it too (mom owns a 2001 325xi), but I know that I could easily use more time behind the wheel in terms of sheer experience and I definitely need to get to a point in my life where I rely on my parents much less. As of now, I pay for my own college tuition, but there is no way I'd be able to afford an Evo by myself. I know for sure that if for some reason I had an Evo when I was 16, my driving record would be a pile of crap (let's start with the profiling issues so many people are having with cops), and I'd have a nice hole in my pocket due to maintenance and modding issues. I'll definitely get the Evo one day, but most likely not for a few more years at least.

As for the day that I eventually do get an Evo, my Camry will NOT be sold/traded-in. That slow, reliable POS is gonna get a maintenance overhaul so that one day when I have kids of my own, they'll drive the Camry as their first car as well. The day that my under-18 kid asks me if he can buy an Evo XVI (or whatever the hell it'll be), I'll be the first to smack him upside the head.

There's always exceptions to young drivers out there, and you might just be one of them, but don't ever be cocky enough to think that about yourself.

 

So your complaining that you had to agree to above in order get a car handed to you by your mother I sure hope I'm not understanding something.

I would do just about anything to have someone pay a few months of my car payments. Mommy can you help me

 

Yup thats why I have been waiting to get my Evo or RA for so long. Im just waiting until i feel i can manage a car the an evo well. Patience is the key.