Cobra/Ws6 too much for a 16 year old to handle?
. My grandpa is about to buy a new 09 Ram 1500 and it will basically be mine, we went looking today and I love them. 
08-09-2009, 06:12 PM
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i bought my 99 ta when i was sixteen and didnt get into any trouble with it untill i turned 19 and had a dumb fender bender and a what should have been street racing ticket. as long as you think he'll have some respect for it i dont see why he couldnt handle it. btw i paid for my car and still am paying for it 3 years later
08-09-2009, 06:20 PM
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I know a very responsible 16 yr. old that has a 91 lx 5.0. Forged 306 block and it has the Helion turbo kit on it and AFR 205's along with a pretty respectable cam. It is a auto C-4 and is stalled. It also has a cage and a 9" with 3.70's. He drives the car with caution because it makes close to 600 rwhp with meth. I think it is all in the person, teenager in this case. If you think he can be responsible enough to handle it then I say go for it. Then agian the teen I speak of dad has a 89 rx7 with a 557 BBF that makes 1100 rwhp+ all motor and has a 500 two stage shot if needed. Meaning he was kinda bred for this stuff but then again its still all in the person.
Here's the RX7 just for ***** and giggles.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QELB5e75dw
Here's the RX7 just for ***** and giggles.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QELB5e75dw
08-09-2009, 07:30 PM
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my car list from 14 years old to present
1970 chevelle-14
1973 corvette stingray-15
1985 grand national that ran 6.70's in the 1/8-16
1994 z28 a4-17
1997 z28 m6 ran 7.80 1/8th-19
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i remember driving when i was 8 years old with my dad beside me of course so i had a few driving lessons before i got my first car but the way i see it is age really dont acct, for much.if you get him a honda civic when he does get a v8 rwd its not gonna be the same as the honda civic he will still have to learn how to respect it no matter 1f hes 16 or 30.ive had so many brushes with death i cant even count them but im still as wild now at 24 as i was at 14 in my chevelle.i just learned early how to handle a powerful car .he just needs a few (driving lessons) that aint in the dot handbook and he should be ok.just my .........02
1970 chevelle-14
1973 corvette stingray-15
1985 grand national that ran 6.70's in the 1/8-16
1994 z28 a4-17
1997 z28 m6 ran 7.80 1/8th-19
present car in sig 1999ss -24
i remember driving when i was 8 years old with my dad beside me of course so i had a few driving lessons before i got my first car but the way i see it is age really dont acct, for much.if you get him a honda civic when he does get a v8 rwd its not gonna be the same as the honda civic he will still have to learn how to respect it no matter 1f hes 16 or 30.ive had so many brushes with death i cant even count them but im still as wild now at 24 as i was at 14 in my chevelle.i just learned early how to handle a powerful car .he just needs a few (driving lessons) that aint in the dot handbook and he should be ok.just my .........02
08-09-2009, 07:41 PM
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best thing for anyone that age is to take some high performance driving classes. builds real confidence and allows you to feel what its like to lose control of the car in a much more control environment than the street which is almost guaranteed to happen if a 16 year old has either of those cars. i got in trouble with a 142 hp subaru legacy at that age, i cant imagine how many pieces i would be in with something actually powerful.
08-10-2009, 12:15 AM
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I don't know why he couldn't have one. All these other people are just jealous becaUse thier first car wasn't a v8. I'm 16 and I have an ls1 in my firebird
08-10-2009, 01:24 AM
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There is no such thing as "a kid cant handle a car"...thats bullspit. Power isnt the question, the question is if the kid(or you) will fk it up showing off or getting into an accident. I had a friggin station wagon as my first, so you should get a Scion.
Yea reminds me of High School when I graduated in 05, there was a brand new Vette in the student lot, pretty much the first C6 ive seen. Thing that got me P****ed off was that my Trans Am got voted #2 car in the whole schools parking lot. So if that chicks daddy didnt buy her a brand new vette I woulda been #1
But what really matters is the fastest car, and that woulda been my TA Yea, that would have ticked me off too. I personally didn't really care if my car was the fastest on the lot but it was in the top 3, but I was #1 for sexiest car. 
Originally Posted by Starz T/A 17
Originally Posted by kain01
Better option than the Dodge Vipers I saw at a high school the other day. In the student lot, with student tags.
But what really matters is the fastest car, and that woulda been my TA
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08-10-2009, 10:37 AM
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No ones jealous of anything. You really showed your age with that post. Most of us are just saying that as a teenager you do dumb stuff. I know i did, im willing to bet pretty much all of us did. Both of my best friends had ls1s, both of them totaled their cars. We do live in jersey, the worst state to drive in. It is alot of power for your first car. It is the combo of inexperience and power that makes it dangerous. If he can handle it thats great but 90% of teenagers can't.
08-11-2009, 02:42 AM
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My first car was a 1984 mustang 5.0.. Funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn car.. i want another one of these days. Seriously get him a fox mustang. They are super easy to work on and can be made very fast with very little money.
08-11-2009, 03:39 AM
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Get him in the car, and take him to the road course, drag strip, auto-x...whatever. The car is only going to go as fast as his right foot tells him to, and if he is as you describe, he will know the right time to do it, and the wrong time to do it. If you teach him how to control the car during that right time, then I see no harm done. When I was 16, I did auto-x's in my Integra, later graduating on to HPDE and drift events in my 240sx. They might not have been very fast, but I put those cars in very compromising positions. Lap after lap, break and power-steering fluid boiling out the resevoirs and all....
Another invaluable thing...take him out to a big secluded parking lot late at night. You would be surprised how much you can learn just screwing around.
I'm also getting a kick out of these people that are saying "OH NOEZ DONT GIVE A 16 YEAR OLD KID A BIG BAD V8" LMAO. PLEASE....you know how many old ladies I see driving the same ws6 I have?
Let him learn how to drive the car.
