When I was 16, I bought a 1988 Mustang GT. I enjoyed the car, but it got horrendously bad gas mileage. I saved every penny I earned for the next two years I had the mustang, and used that money as a down payment on a 2003 EVO. (used) My parents knew what an evo was when we went to look at them. My parents agreed to sign for the car as long as I made ALL the payments, paid the insurance, as well as gas. I bought the car my senior year of highschool (last year) By them letting me purchase this car, it has taught me a great deal of responsibility as well as how working hard pays off. To this day, my parents have not paid $1 of my payments, insurance, and gas. I am currently a college full time student, and work full time. I knew what I was getting into when buying my car, and would not have it any other way. There are kids out there that can afford to buy their own evo, and know how to take care of a car. I will admit that I am faced with the peer pressure of street racing, but I resist doing so because I know how hard I work for my evo, and would hate to loose it.

I know at my high school, I had a friend that's parents bought him a brand spankin new 05 evo his junior year. They put about $30K into it in performance parts/labor as a graduation present. There were the fair share of STi's as well as SRT-4's and cobras that were bought by mommy ad daddy too. These kids horse beat the sh*t out of them and didn't appreciate them one bit. I'm not saying that every kid that get's a car handed to them does this, but I just think that by paying for a car yourself makes you think twice about doing anything stupid in it due to the fact that you'll know how hard you've worked for it...

 

Average rice box

 

^^Good job on paying for your own car. See guys, some kids actually pay for their Evos and are also responsible.

 

im so sick of hearing about all this... it all depends on the person end of story.

 

And if i Buy an Evo in a year...i Plan on doing just that....

 

I got mine like amonth after I dropped out of H.S (due to certain teachers) I was there all 4 years, and was always told could never have anything nice or do anything my self proved them wrong that a hs drop out can have nice things and can make something of his life if you apaly your self to it. but its hard to mod as well.. working full time in construction insurance thats 3,000 every 6 months and a $617 a mnth car payment. I do it all my self, luckly my parents letme live with them...

 

what a tool! Just to let you know im not some kid in high school. Im a sophmore in college, and i think there's nothing wrong with a kid in high school driving an evo. I sure as hell wanted one in high school, but myparents wouldnt let me get one. My 1st car was a 95 300gt sl, 2nd car was a 98 na eclipse , 3rd car was a 97gsx, 4th car was an 91 Mr2 turbo, and now im on my 5th car an 03 TB evo. I had to deal with all the retarded cars my parent would let me to drive till i went to college. To say its dumb for a kid in highschool to own an evo shows how lame you are. Stop acting all butt hurt cause your parents wouldnt get you a nice car in highschool

 

Ok firstly, having a lot of cars means nothing. A friend of mine has gone through fice cars since he started driving and he's still the only person who can actually scare me with their driving. Why would people be "butt hurt" because their parents didn't buy them an evo (in some people's cases the evo didn't even exist when they were in high school)? I don't understand why any child needs a 300 hp car, it's just wreckless and idiotic on the parents part.

 

I can't say how much I truly agree with that statement and I'd have to say it applies to some adults as well.

Regardless of income or privilege level it has been my experience that most people need a few scuff marks, slap on the wrists, or even wrecks to realize that THEY ARE NOT always going to be the worlds best driver. I know so many people who justify themselves because they have not been caught, wrecked, or what have you with a vehicle and absolutely NONE of those points makes them:

1) A better driver
2) More responsible

Before owning an evo I humbly suggest people regard the following:

1) You should be financially stable able to pay for mistakes
2) You should have respect and have knowledge of a high performance car
3) You should be aware you will be put in situations where ego contests will abound
4) You need to realize how quickly you can get into serious trouble in this car and end up in another wrecked evo thread
5) Don't tell yourself "I'm not like that" because you'd be robotic if you didn't have urges

 

There ya go ^^^ !!

 

Actually, my first car was a z28 camaro provided by my parents. So that pretty much negates everything you've just said. Next?

 

This could turn into a shouting match really quickly, but here's my thought:

Instead of working your butt off to buy an Evo "on your own" (I highly doubt that's possible cutting grass), maybe you should put that money toward something that will actually pay off in the long run like a college education.

College might not be for everybody, but you have to do something productive with your life instead of driving a great car and living with Mommy and Daddy until you are 30.

I bought my Evo right out of college and now I can actually afford the monthly payments and insurance. Whatever happens, stay safe kids.

 

Still in High school...
Graduating ina month or sooooo

 

Great post.


You stated everythingh that popped into my head when I first read this thread.

Like you said many adults are not very good drivers, but facts (based on insurance statistics) indicate that males the age of 18-25 are much more likely to get into accidents than an older age group.

The Evo's appeal is right in line with that high risk segment.


I agree with you that everybody needs some battle scars to humble them from time to time.


My main observation is that parents allow their teenagers (16-18) the privilege to drive all too freely without enough supervised driving time.


That being said I respect anybody that is still in school (16-22) with the financial savvy to afford an Evo outright...........No money from parents and insurance in your own name .


I don't care how old an Evo owner is; just keep it safe.

BTW, these Evo age related threads pop up so often that I hope the moderators take notice by maybe ending these threads early.

Just my 2 cents.

 

I am well, well past high school but I still learned something from this, esp 3-5.