Best First Car?  

313GNT.Aurion

MX5 FOR YOU SON

sshhh12

lucky you having that much money for your first car, to me thats my uni tuition fees already... i agree with a modern hatchback, i started in an 06 mazda 2 when i was 17 on my p's, its not that good-looking nor fast but hey its cheap on fuel, sits 5 comfy (sorta) and get you from point A to point B...

and people are right when they say you still have to learn and be a better driver once you have your p's... im 19 now and still a p plater... i suggest get those new model mazda 2 or those new honda jazz... not too bad looking, safe, fuel-efficient, and hey you can even put a cannon just to make it sound "tough" if not a bmw if you wanna look fancy...

Joyrid3r

whoa, whoa, whoa!! hold up!!! fucking what?! tough??

A newish small car is good advice though, I'll give you that.

sshhh12

haha it was a joke... mark the quotation marks

crpstra

Buy a shit box, you'll end up fucking it.

Fuck i had a 1.8l astra as my first car, Had dreams of putting a fully sick turbo on it etc etc.


I still rolled the fucking thing in stock form with all of 1.8l of furry.


This was back when i was 19, Im 25 now.


Your young and dumb, dont ever think other wise.

Fuck at 25 i still do some stupid shit in my car, The difference is i know how to handle it now.

nightcrawler

So true , listen to your old man buy a shitter for a couple of grand , get some experience up then go talk to mum . Something like a VR commy would do , bit of power and reasonably safe .

dano4127

Take the $16,500 buy a S13 and chuck $10,000 in a managed fund and keep adding to it when you get off you P's use the money you have saved to buy something nice!

truffles

You didn't read. The kid has $1500 and the rest is mummy's money. They will only get the $16000 if they buy a car that's 1 year old.

DAL32

LOL @ everyone thinking you'll fuck your first car. I didn't put a single ding on my first car. Just a couple of gutter scrapes on the wheels, heh. Owned it for 9 months after I got my license then I upgraded.

My advice is still take the more economical car, don't try and be hectic, get off your P plates then sell the car and get something more fully sick bro. By the way, girls aren't impressed by 20 year old pieces of shit, only your bogan mates. Just saying.

truffles

I never did a single thing to my first car either, but if OP buys said RWD can for "getting the back end out" and generally driving like a wanker, the chance of crashing car increases tenfold.

Joyrid3r

did you have the mindset of 'stepping out the back end'?

does this answer your question?

DAL32

Nah, never intended to drift my 1.2L Barina Although, I did manage to chirp every gear because it had a brand new clutch and shit tyres. 33 killer wasps at work.

screwball

You need to admit though Dale your kind are the exception to the rule.. MOST first cars end up fistfucked.

jbear

mate your just a total fuck wit

clutch-monkey

my VN did! although maybe i felt at the time that it was the best way to get rid of it.

DAL32

I got a mate whos first car didn't get fucked and it was a VK.... and there was burnouts and max doughies everywhere.

Just sayin!

*It did have a GT wing fitted.. and he paid for the fitment at some place...

dano4127

True but I reckon mummy will like my idea

S2krazie

I like you, you're humble, not an arrogant prick.

VersionR

Awaiting wolfman101 for arrogant prick comment

DAL32

I thought you worked for Pirtek as per your post in your M3 Members ride? Do something on the side also?

jazza95

Well my first car was a el xr6 still got it

xilli

Appreciated! There are enough arrogant pricks to go round as it is.. just hang out in Broadbeach for a few hours



Correct. My family has owned the Franchise in Toowoomba and surrounding districts for a long while. My brother and myself are now the directors of the company

TyD

You got your Learners 3 weeks ago, so I'm guessing you were around the dinner table talking about how you totally passed the 30 question test, and your mummy said she was going to give you some cash to buy a car because she is happy you passed the test first time...

After you found that out I guess you thought "I'ma jump on boooooost and see what awesome car I can get 12 months from now when I am going to purchase the car."

Maybe you need to hand in your Learner licence and tell them you will retake the test when you more mature.

and...

mark1414

Pretty sure a JZA70 would have a JZ motor as the prefer would allude to..



I agree, its taken me this long to work that out and I have gone to far to turn back

MV 383

datsun

mark1414

Those Datsuns make good first cars, although I was talking to a bloke the other day that said Toyotas are the best first cars. Even saw a guy with a Mitsubishi as a first car once!

MV 383

huh? my first car was a datsun never looked back & thats 10 years ago , but there's heaps of good first car's

KammdUP

take the 5.5K and buy a manual commodore, enough power to "hang the ass out" and big enough to carry a few mates to the coast and parts are easy for when you crash and insurance isnt too bad either
im posting from experience
edit: scratch that all!!
get a little front wheel drive car and drive that for the first year, you learn how to drive properly in an underpowered car, im so glad i drove my 1985 mazda 626 for the first year with all of its 60kw(i think mazda was a bit hopefull) cabied goodness cleaned her up, converted her to manual and chucked some nice rims and tyres under it with a sports muffler and loved every second of it, took whatever i threw at it, took it up glorious a few times, drive it to bundy and back, took it to the tweed with all my wakeboad gear in the back, countles trips to the coast, get somthing small manual and fwd(your brain cant handle rwd yet) its the essence of driving, and getting a dunga and fixing it up youll love it and respect it alot more then a shiny car with a bow on it, i loved my little mazda, i STILL love my little mazda, so much so that i still have it in the shed and now my little brother is experiencing how great it is:) i consider myself a pretty good driver, but i attest most of that to that first year of learning how to make a slow car go fast with track days and driving mountain roads you learn what its all about. so yeah dont try to be a red p hero and be the new "dk" just get a little car with a clutch pedal and a decent stereo and enjoy it

Darkness

I remember my old man and his 180b SSS, I wanted that car so bad, he ended up giving it to my younger brother who wasn't even old enough to drive who ended up selling it.

jo88

op and this guy should have a talk
https://www.boostcruising.com/forums/index....howtopic=352006

Zippy

should also mention my other option is my mum's 09 ford focus, it is manual?? but i dont know, still dont like the thought of a fwd car :/ and a lot of people got me wrong with the swing the back out part, i ment it has enough power to rather then die out.

still thanks for the help

ant85

Get the new car. Sell it in a few years when you can drive.... and get something half decent.

v6calais

i got a r33 gts non turbo manual with some mods, and is one of the fastest P platers car out there. unfortunately its to fast and im to much of a knob to slow down so i now have no license for another 5 months, hence why im selling it, not to old and not too new, 8g and its yours?

truffles

Quoted for lulz.

zorba

Get an old datsun, My parents payed for my first car a few months before i got my P's. $450 Absolutely loved it. So easy to fix.. If something went wrong and didn't have to worry about it.