Hey guys, I know this is kinda stepping into a death pit.. But here's my issue. I'm 15, turning 16 in January. I'm very into Evos and would kill or one.. See where I'm headed?.. I've talked with my mother and I asked her if she could take a loan out for me after my permit and all so I can get a decent car rather than driving around the unreliable car I'm potentially going to drive. She told me that if I keep my grades up and don't be an idiot by annoying her and she'll think more about it. So I know 16 male in a Evo isn't the greatest thing you've seen.. But I know limits, and my father is one of those guys who has his "minions" who tell him everything.. So I can't speed or drive like an *******, or anything. Plus I have respect knowing that it isn't like playing Forza.. If I do everything I expected to do my mother will be the main driver on the car so the insurance won't be through the roof and I'll be working to pay her for insurance, and the loan. The main idea of this post was to ask what y'all think.. I know it seems sketchy and all but don't view me as "That normal 16 year old male" I do have a lot of respect for power and know limits very well. Thank you if you read this whole long post and for input. Have a great day guys.

 

I will probably get bashed for this but I don't think an Evo would make a bad first car. If you keep it close to stock it should be reliable and would be a great platform to do whatever you want with when you get older and have more extra funds to modify and repair things. You'll have a better idea of what you want most out of a "fun" car by then also. Whether you want handling, straight line performance, or a nice balance the Evo is a good platform to build on.

Kmow before that if you modify it too much you very well might get into something unreliable and expensive though. Especially when first setting everything up. It might be tempting but I would stay away from buying built cars or very modified cars because major repairs are very expensive.

 

Using the argument "get a decent car rather than driving around the unreliable car" may work until they actually see the car.

A 16 year old should not have an evo.

 

Thank you for replying man, and that exactly what I was getting ready to add. I plan keeping the car well, forever honestly. Once I'm fully financially stable and have good income it's going to become an Autocross car. I want to buy a stock one, but sometimes that's like trying to find a needle in a hay stack. The most modified I'd be comfortable with is exhaust and intake. I don't want anything major tampered with because I don't know how the build quality is and how well it was maintained. I don't want somebody else's headache.

 

The Evo can cost more to run than a sh!tbox like a Yaris. Have a beater car that is reliable and cheap to fix and run as a first car. Evos will still be around when you've become financially independent. As a new driver you will run into things, just from lack of experience. Don't learn on a platform that punishes you harder for the same beginners' mistakes.

Respect for power I can give you that but how do you "know limits" if you've not gotten your permit yet? You don't really know a car's limits until you get into a Driver's Education day on the road course, at the very least.

Good luck.

 

I'm sorry, I worded that kind of wrong about limits, by limits I mean I'm honestly scared of speeding. That the "limit" I'm talking about. The thing that made me scared of speeding was my friend from school and I were headed to the local store in my area and he was going kinda fast, and I was sketched out to begin with because I didn't feel comfortable with him and he came into a turn doing about 75-80 in his truck.. Mind you this is on a road that the speed limit is 45 mph and the truck went up on two wheels and came back down. After that I was petrified of speeding and get uncomfortable going 10 over the limit. So by limits I meant I'm not going to be pushing the car thinking I'm Senna. Nor thinking awd will save me and I'm invincible.

 

wait until you actually learn how to drive before the idea of having your own. an evo is not a newbie driver car imo, nor is it for a newbie owner. everyone is scared of speed until they tr it themselves. boost is a bit addicting. so..... i think a nice na (non turbo) will be better for you to start with. (honda/acura are super easy to learn and work on and much cheaper to own.)

 

With friends like that, you are going to experience peer pressure, and inevitably give in to some of that.

"Its an Evo, man! If my truck can do 80 around the corner, surely yours can do 100!"

This is probably an appropriate time to revisit this thread, and look at how AmericanM5 posted, reassuring everyone of his maturity and ability to evaluate risk.

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e60...ts-m-mode.html

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e60...-5-killed.html

 

There's a dozen of these threads on here. If you haven't figured out the search function yet then you should probably stay away from an Evo.

 

and to add to that the insurance for a 16 year old with a turbo car will be ridiculous especially a evo. I'd say wait because getting driving experience is way more important then having a fast car you don't even know how to drive plus you still need to learn how to drive a manual. get a beater car with a manual and learn off of that. the evos will always be here so just be patient and wait a while.

 

The car, at best, is 10 years old. Saying you'd rather get one than something unreliable is stupid.

Also, you won't be able to afford the car. at least 15k for a GOOD evo that's mechanically sound, an that's probably 100k miles. Can you make $300 payments every month? Do you have a job? Can you afford all the maintenance on the car? Can you afford your $200+ insurance payment every month? You're going to be spending probably $600+ a month on this car. I doubt a 16 year old can afford that unless parents are paying. Save the money and enjoy being a teenager. What car you have doesn't matter at all.

 

Learn how to drive a 5 speed before you even think about a evo

 

Havent read other posts so forgive me if this is redundant; I would advise against it. You would then be obligated to continue to pay A LOT for the car to possibly discover that you're not really a car guy and are then tasked with selling the car as a teen. Being in high school, paying for the loan and insurance, properly maintaining the car and mods (+/-) will be difficult. Even without mods thats a lot of money. That only gets worse with college or going the working route and trying to save money in order to move out. Get something eligible for historic tags and thats cheap so you can work and beat on that and learn more about driving, car care, maintenance, and repairs before you dump a fat loan on any vehicle.

That being said I'm 20 and just bought an evo 12 days ago. Full time college student, part time job, i live at home and commute to school. Before i bought it, i made sure i had an uh oh savings (most people recommend $6k but, relative to what you break and how you rebuild, that can just diminish almost instantly). I also work on cars for a hobby from bolt-ons to swaps and have plenty of friends and resources to do almost everything except tuning, body work, and actual building of the internals of the drivetrain components.

So you wanna buy one... what do you know about cars? or evos specifically? common problems? tell tale signs of a bad vehicle or bad components? buying tips?

This isn't meant as an attack at you but just trying to put it into perspective for you. I was in your same boat so i can probably help you with either choice you make. Feel free to PM me

 

I say get the car. Why? Because who cares what you do. Just make sure your parents get a life insurance policy on ya and that you were a helmet, and youll be just fine

 

A helmet