I's more about your brothers level of maturity, which only you can judge. If he's a responsible, intelligent kid, who has respect for his pocessions and for his fellow drivers, then maybe it's a good idea. However, since it's his first car and his parents are most likely buying for him I say screw that. I got my evo as my second car after saving for a couple years and for that reason I think I have more respect for the car. I don't like it when kids are just handed things like cars. Just my 2 cents.

 

Pros= Nice car for a first car...
Cons= insurance,maintainance,speeding tickets,insurance just incase insurance. lol

 

I'm gonna put this here since apparently some people can't be bothered to read the thread or look at dates.

 

His brother is like 21ish now... Just my 2 cents.

Pros= This thread is ancient and now we can make fun of you
Cons= You look like a fool and ruin EvoM by bringing up dead threads. (Also, insurance isn't that bad if you're smart about it)

 

And just so people can see it on this page:

Dec 29, 2004, 07:19 PM

 

Who cares. It's still a relevant topic.

 

No it's not, the OP hasn't posted in two years and his brother is 5 years older, the topic is about as relevant as debating whether America should fight in WWII.

 

Doesn't matter. The subject is still relevant.

 

No, it's not. The thread is old as ****, there are newer threads that are centered purely around the topic of young drivers and high performance cars. This thread ran it's course and should be allowed to die. The OP doesn't care anymore, therefore, this thread is irrelevant as far as what it was originally created for is concerned. Young drivers considering an Evo won't read it anyways, if they did, we wouldn't need a new one every time some 16 year old thought he was hot **** and deserved an Evo.

 

But answering the OP's question is not. If someone else has the same question, then by all means raise it from the dead.

 

Needed a good laugh today..

So what ended up happening?

 

haha lmao "that was so 5 years ago"

hahaha

 

Guys what would consider an "experienced driver"? how many miles done on a car would be considered experienced enough for evo/sti/ etc?

 

It's hard to say what or how many miles would be considered experienced. As long as you aren't stupid, I think a 16 year-old can handle and Evo/Sti etc. It's not insane power, and with AWD and the way the cars handle they can make up for a lot of stupid driver mistakes. If you're just driving a normal car and are a pretty idiotic driver, I'd say at least 2-3 years of driving or 30k-ish miles. But even then, old habits die hard. The oldest/most experienced of drivers still do stupid things.

Now if we were talking Carrera S or Z06 or something like that... We'd have another story. I think some practice is needed before hopping in to one of those as a first car.

 

this just made my day