Car Loan

[Josh]

Yeh dude - like rhianne said younger drivers in high powered cars can be a bit scary - I have had my license for a couple of years now and I still manage to scare the shit outta myself every now and then - these words aren't harsh - get a bunky and flog the shit outta that - you will learn much more in it and it helps if you aren't scared of it. And yeh - Karts? A lot different to a car - A LOT..

[shmiddy]

but you can still kill yourself in a bunky right??ild rather do high speed in my line then some datto with 2 wheel nuts on each wheel, i think no matter what you are in if ya be a dckihead wont stop the powerpoll commin through ya door.. but if ya do get a skyline or anything turbo, just be real carefull in the wet.. i remeber when i 1st drove a turbo in the wet and i was just driving normal but like i would in the dry, and i was facing backwards pritty quick.. so be carefull man..

but i would look into insurance also 1st can't see it being cheap.. might have to get a 2nd job at night whoreing your backside out just to get it covered

[alpinestars]

mmm yer having a car valued over 22k plus 3k for insurance(coz im 18) and fuel and services also spending big $$$ on mods for turbo, PFC, injectors, cams, etc... is alot for someone my age. But hey i love my car and its fun...

just think though can u handle it :

- loan repayments about 2 years paying $80+ a week ( would want to pay as much off as possible due to paying more for interest rates, also dont go for 5 years u end up paying double for interest)

- insurance about $2500-$3000

- Rego & Stamp duty

- services

- petrol

- living costs/going out costs

Edited December 8, 2005 by alpinestars

[32vspecII]

im 28 and have had a nissan turbo in various forms for the last 5 years

i think only now am I actually starting to become capable enough to properly and fully handle the car

and dont insure in your parents name , more and more insurance companies are refusing to pay . my nephew in law just totalled his v8 ute , insured in his mums name , no pay out . also totalled the other car 40k owed

could have been alot worse , there was a mum and 2 kids in the other car but everyone was OK . would you like to live with those deaths your head for the next 60 years ?

[Sammie]

im guess your all right but i never stated anywhere im a hoon and gonna be driving like ass,before my dad went through getting the car for me we did have a talk

[Josh]

Don't worry - you WILL drive like a hoon hahaha jk

No one is saying that dude - its not so much you driving like a hoon - its the car - too powerful for learners etc.. trust me - you will be better off learning in something lower powered - you will benefit more - you will be better driver for it..

[chaos]

Skidpan, take your car there and flog the shit out of it, will also give you experience in handling a car when things go wrong etc, or even performance driving classes, street for sensible driving, track for flogging the shit out of it. It's Best to insure in your dad's name and you only drive it a little, i dont think an insurance company would go near you whilst on your L's

[Josh]

I'd hate to think what it would cost.. Its bad enough when you have a license..

[Sammie]

yeayea ok ... im notexactly going to sell the car now and buy another so im gonna hav to live with it and ialso plan to do one of them defensive driving courses paul from autoworx recomended use one where they teach u what to do in differnt situations which he said is a great learning experience so i will take his advice and do it

[Josh]

Good on you! At least your doing the right thing about it

[Sammie]

thnx and i hope to join the club also in a month anda bit

[chaos]

Good work mate I also heard that those courses can help with insurance etc, not a great deal but every little bit counts hey.

[Sammie]

yep if i had my license earlier i would of joined the autoworx group there having one of them defensive driving days on the 8th but wont be able to hav it b ythen but ill book a day sum other time ill try and gather sum friends who got there licenses but thnx for the reply

[Miller the hoon]

Sammie champ possabliy the worst thing you can do i write your car off

and stand back and look at your sorry excuse 4 a liner that has its engine in the passeges lap

and the harsh comments are cause you r a young skyliner now and it would be shit to think we might see you no the news cause you have writen it off and died or killed mates

we do care even if we a harsh only have your best intrests to think about

james

[randominsanity73]

I think Sammie has a pretty good attitude. He's been driving for years now, and it doesn't matter whether it's a go kart or what, it's all experience even if it is fairly basic. Some experience is better than no experience. He's planning on doing courses so he learns how his car handles and how to drive it properly etc...

The thought of a youngen with a turbo scares the hell out of me. Not just for them, but because MOST of them are a menace on the road. They just don't have the experience to control a car like that. P-platers in general scare me, because most of them can't drive their way out of a wet paper bag.

Something to consider for the guy that wanted to buy an old R32 - There is ALOT of maintenance up front & early on buying a car that age. Trust me. I bought a 1989 Skyline GTR, and it has chewed up pretty much all of my spare money. They are old. All the rubber bits have worn out and need to be replaced. It has no doubt had the balls thrashed off it and not been looked after....Prepare to spend a good year just fixing the crap that no one else could be bothered fixing, before you start modding it and turning it into a showcar.

[Sammie]

thnx for your replys just hope u dont think im gonna be a hooner.and why would i want to thrash around a nice car on streets if anything it will be sumwhere legal eg kwinana or a race track.and yea i know karts are alot differnt the class i race in do up to around 120kms and they got a damn lot of grip but yea thnx alot for the replys

[alpinestars]

yer just dont crash ur car within the first 2 weeks u have owned it. Seen this guy who had his license for 2 weeks had his new series 2 he had for a week totalled it without insurance

[Sammie]

damn that would of sucked and i like ur username alpinestars is the gear i wear for kart racing,awesome gear i got a suit and nice f1 gloves

[alpinestars]

yer they got some good shit aye helmets and gloves and jackets and boots and shit...

[Kaido_RR]

thnx for your replys just hope u dont think im gonna be a hooner.and why would i want to thrash around a nice car on streets if anything it will be sumwhere legal eg kwinana or a race track.and yea i know karts are alot differnt the class i race in do up to around 120kms and they got  a damn lot of grip but yea thnx alot for the replys

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Dont worry dude we all give our skylines abit of shit now and then but what makes us different to the hoons is that we know our limits and our car limits, and althou we may give it a quick hit to 0 to 60km, we leave the 0 to 150km/hr to the drag strip

Mc is good, but if u wanna have more fun, come join the drifters every month at Warannon Raceway, its much more fun to drift then grip

-Michael