Sacrilege?
Just like everyone says. It's not your age, it's your maturity level. We just don't like our insurance rates going up because of stupid people (not just kids) behind the wheel. Good Luck. I'm 23 and I don't have mine yet. Hopefully by May I'll have mine. Meanwhile, I'll keep flashing my lights and honking and waiving to all evo's and lancers alike.
Originally Posted by WilliamH
Hi guys. First post. And i wanted to get everyones opinion on something. I, bit under 10 months from now will be turning 18, i know its a long way off, but basically i wanted to ask if it is a sacrilege, so to speak, or offensive to all you evo owners out there, if i were to get an Evo at about the time of my 18th birthday. Just for clarification, it wouldn't be handed to me or anything, and yes im still living with my parents. basically what would happen is for my 18th birthday they would give me permission to sell my current car, an '02 volvo S60, i know, i know, ima big cheese, and i would then use the money from that in addition to a bit of my own to attempt to purchase an '03 Evo. Just to reassure any of you otu there who think that an 18 year old is not fit for an evo, i am a bit of a car buff, already experienced at manual, although never on a car of the performance capabilities of an evo. So basically, i wanted to get all your opinions on whether you would take offense at an 18 year old being at the wheel of everyones favorite, or if, given the circumstances, being good with cars and all, you guys wouldnt mind. I chose the evo because it does not sacrifice practicality for performance, two goals i have in mind for my next car. So, with that said, please give your opinions on whether an 18 year old, however good with cars, deserves to have a car like this. If its any consolation i am accident/incident free for the entirety of my driving career, however short that may seem.
I'm really growing tired of these posts...honestly, as long as we're (I got my Evo at 17, I'm 18 now) not idiots and immature online...no one cares, back when I started into cars I was an immature idiot...now I laugh at the immature idiots, you'll probably find there are a ton of us around this age (16-19) but I think with most of us (maybe I'm wrong) the speed at which we mod and the level are much decreased compared to those of the mid-20 year olds...and yes, I could be over generalizing, but that's what I've come to notice, in the time it took me to save up to get my TBE, 2 guys here got all the way to cams...and I really wish people would stop feeling like they have to say "I'm buying it with my own money" most times, people don't even care about that, you want an Evo, and we ALL share that (some of us just have what we want) just don't do anything stupid and that goes for all of us, not just the young guys
hmm... this has been a pretty good honest thread, so i think i'll just say this. performance driving is a life long process, it's one of those things where you wake up 20 years from now and realize... oh ****... i'm pro level now, but it never shows up if you look in the mirror every morning gleaming, awww shucks... look at that pro evo driver.
so take the time to learn the car, it's been said that the break in period is for the driver not the car. in any case i've been driving my evo for maybe 8 months, i'm pretty diligent about it, been to eoc events and it's still a learning process, gotta know when those brakes fade, even little things like that. and the things you've learned about your car, once you change something or once something gets more worn out, you gotta learn it again.
so yeah... stay humble learn the car. lots of people get the car slap a buncha stuff on it and then what? that's fine if you have many years of experience but for someone i guess like you and i where this is the first awd hi-hp car you've owned... you wanna be more... diligent.
so take the time to learn the car, it's been said that the break in period is for the driver not the car. in any case i've been driving my evo for maybe 8 months, i'm pretty diligent about it, been to eoc events and it's still a learning process, gotta know when those brakes fade, even little things like that. and the things you've learned about your car, once you change something or once something gets more worn out, you gotta learn it again.
so yeah... stay humble learn the car. lots of people get the car slap a buncha stuff on it and then what? that's fine if you have many years of experience but for someone i guess like you and i where this is the first awd hi-hp car you've owned... you wanna be more... diligent.