steev182
06-05-2012, 12:57 PM
Hey,
I've been lurking a bit since one of my friends let me drive his Z28 and I've decided to sign up.
So, about me... I'm 26, born and raised in England and last May moved to the States to marry an awesome american girl. My car history back home is pretty typical, the highlights being a Peugeot 205 GTi (like a little rally car, loved lift off oversteer), VW Golf GTI (stuck to the road, but the oil-water cooler broke and made it so it was never the same again) and a Peugeot 306 XSi. Everything 2 litres and lower, but all had an important thing in common, Manual Transmission.
Then getting here, I've really only rented cars in the US, from boring Nissans and nice but kinda boring Impalas and Malibus, all the way to new Camaros, Mustangs and Challengers, which sound great and corner so much better than Top Gear alluded to "oh muscle cars can only go in a straight line", but their auto transmissions just took so much away from the driving experience.
Despite having my UK driving license since I turned 18, I have to take a road test for an NY State license, so on the 14th, I'm taking my test. Then, a couple of weeks ago, my friend let me drive his car. The first time in a year, I had a clutch pedal under my left foot, and it was connected to a monster of an engine and since then, I decided on the car I wanted!
The only thing is, the best insurance quote I got from Geico online for a 2000 Z28 is $509/month! That and car payments would still be less than what I've been paying to rent a car every weekend though, so it could be worth it.
Anyway, sorry for the novel of an introduction, but hi, hopefully I'll be driving a Camaro in the near future!
OK, so I paid for a driving school's car to use next Thursday and just looked on 21st Century insurance and they quoted me $450 a month with comp and collision which makes it a little easier to swallow! I also looked at insuring the Focus that a family member has said we can buy cheaply, but that came at $460 liability only, which doesn't make much sense to me! 3.7 extra litres should make the Camaro more expensive... Weird.
Just have to hope the Camaro is still there later this month (and hope I pass next Thursday, gonna practice my parallel parking this weekend. Do 50 or so parks and I should be fine for that, for some reason, flipping around the steering wheel and not having the control of a clutch made me struggle a bit, plus there are parking bays everywhere, so I didn't have to do it too much)...
I've been lurking a bit since one of my friends let me drive his Z28 and I've decided to sign up.
So, about me... I'm 26, born and raised in England and last May moved to the States to marry an awesome american girl. My car history back home is pretty typical, the highlights being a Peugeot 205 GTi (like a little rally car, loved lift off oversteer), VW Golf GTI (stuck to the road, but the oil-water cooler broke and made it so it was never the same again) and a Peugeot 306 XSi. Everything 2 litres and lower, but all had an important thing in common, Manual Transmission.
Then getting here, I've really only rented cars in the US, from boring Nissans and nice but kinda boring Impalas and Malibus, all the way to new Camaros, Mustangs and Challengers, which sound great and corner so much better than Top Gear alluded to "oh muscle cars can only go in a straight line", but their auto transmissions just took so much away from the driving experience.
Despite having my UK driving license since I turned 18, I have to take a road test for an NY State license, so on the 14th, I'm taking my test. Then, a couple of weeks ago, my friend let me drive his car. The first time in a year, I had a clutch pedal under my left foot, and it was connected to a monster of an engine and since then, I decided on the car I wanted!
The only thing is, the best insurance quote I got from Geico online for a 2000 Z28 is $509/month! That and car payments would still be less than what I've been paying to rent a car every weekend though, so it could be worth it.
Anyway, sorry for the novel of an introduction, but hi, hopefully I'll be driving a Camaro in the near future!
OK, so I paid for a driving school's car to use next Thursday and just looked on 21st Century insurance and they quoted me $450 a month with comp and collision which makes it a little easier to swallow! I also looked at insuring the Focus that a family member has said we can buy cheaply, but that came at $460 liability only, which doesn't make much sense to me! 3.7 extra litres should make the Camaro more expensive... Weird.
Just have to hope the Camaro is still there later this month (and hope I pass next Thursday, gonna practice my parallel parking this weekend. Do 50 or so parks and I should be fine for that, for some reason, flipping around the steering wheel and not having the control of a clutch made me struggle a bit, plus there are parking bays everywhere, so I didn't have to do it too much)...