Is this your first RWD car?
 

Yes or no? :iono:

If it is i highly suggest you take it easy until you find out the limits of a rwd car since they behave completely different than a AWD or FWD car. Reason i am saying this is i would hate to see tokyo drifter wannabes sky rocketing insurance prices, i highly recommend a drivers education program at a local race track so you can learn the limits of a rwd car before pushing it around corners. I think being such a well balanced and light car it should be a perfect learner rwd car :thumbup:.

I still remember the day when a local 17 yo kid traded his VW GTI for a shelby GT500 and after one week of owning the car he died as he was trying to drift the car at high speed he hit a curb and rolled over several times he was pronounced dead at the hospital. RIP

N ways on to the vote.....

This will be my first personally owned RWD. I dont have near as much experience as some of the other members on here. I'll take this car pretty easily for a while, then begin to have more fun as i take more driving schools and play in more autox events. Im not ken block, and dont plan to be. As well as the fact that id rather not put all this money into this car, just to see it in a junkyard.

Technically no.

I owned a '66 Mustang for a very short time but regrettably had to sell it as the parts and labor involved were more than could be covered. My dad and I were sad to see it go, fortunately he's still got his '65 :thumbup:

But aside from that, no. I've not had the chance to own a RWD car.

Agreed !

I am looking forward to tracking the car - never had a chance (heck, never had a car worthy of tracking).
However, once it snows a little bit, I might be tempted to find a large, empty parking lot and just get a feel for how to recover from skids/slippage etc.

Thats the correct attitude man!! Learn to master the car so you can get the max out of it instead of ruining it. Ive had my share of rwd cars and even though i know how they behave im not taking the ESP off during track days until i learn the limits of the car and how it behaves when pushed to the very edge.

Props to you for your attitude and sincerity!!

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Very good idea, great way to learn how to control an oversteer situation try to learn a bit about oversteer etc. :thumbup:

First RWD car for me too. I am really excited to see how it differs from all the FWD cars I have driven in the past, especially on all the twisty mountain roads near where I live. I currently have a base RSX, and I must say it is a blast on those roads, even though it doesn't have a lot of power (and even less torque).

RWD FTW!

I had a 04 S2000 for about 3days then took it back Idk if that counts.

Other then that iv never owned 1 driven a bunch about it.

My first personally owned vehicle altogether.

This will be my first RWD car, but I'm planning to use it mostly as a daily driver. Any precautions I should take?

This will be a great RWD car to learn and hone your driving skill in! Light, tossable, nimble and with a limited-slip differential. You could all learn a lot from driving this car! I recommend you do it in a legal environment such as an autocross, rallycross, drift or track day. At the very least in an empty parking lot far away from civilization (and pesky police).

This will be my 12th RWD car... if you don't include the 4 RWD parts cars I've bought, LOL

No ! My first cars were 2 red AE86 coupe's.

No, not my first rear-drive vehicle.

Good poll. Nice to see a bunch of folks making this their first RWD vehicle -- it will surely be a great platform for driver development.