Quote:
Originally Posted by White Shadow
Hmm....lots of assumptions in the responses so far. My first car was a Mustang GT. V8, RWD, manual transmission, and plenty of potential for fun (and trouble). Purchased it brand new at the age of 18, without any help from my parents. Got my own loan and my own insurance.
Did I enjoy it? You better believe it. Was it too much car for me back then? Probably, but I respected the car from day one, knowing that it was far too easy to put in a ditch or worse yet into a tree. I have no regrets buying that car and other than a couple of speeding tickets with it, no problems at all.
|
Don't know where you live, but around here an 18 year old male, with a brand new V8 muscle car such as a Mustang GT will pay at LEAST $4000/yr for insurance, and that's being conservative. Pretty sure it would be easily north of that. Insurance rates around here, especially for males under 25 is ridiculously expensive, and why you see most of this demographic either scamming/lying (ie: its the parents car
) to drive a sports car, or driving more basic cars until they break through the 25 barrier.