hey i just turned 16 in october got my 98 white z28 (t-top and power everything and only 36k miles on it) uhhh yesterday 11/3/04 and i wanted to join a good forum, my dad has a 01 zo6 and got me into sports cars, lol always been a chevy guy, but my dream was a truck well outa my options witch were slim due to insurance, well so we thought, it turns out the camaro is less then the trucks i was lookin at 99 silverado (gota stick with a ls1) so i got me a camaro ls1 of corse uhh and thats about it, once i fiqure out how to add pics ill post some.

Ryan

 

Nice choice on the car man. I'm only 16 also.

Derek

 

who bought ur guys's cars?

 

Welcome Ryan and 'you are one lucky kid'

 

welcome aboard

 

Welcome man! You are lucky. When I was 16, I was a fat kid driving a 1986 Mazda 626. That car was bulletproof though, got it high centered off roading and rallying more than a few times and nothing ever broke. Now I won't even dare take my car on a dirt road.

 

Have fun! Tell a senior that you have a virgin car and ask her to help you break it in.

This thread made me think of my first car and the times I had in it. It was an old beater, an '81 Olds Cutlass, but I dropped a Chevy 383 (which cost $1000 more than the car!) and TH350 in it and had a ball.

Don't listen to anyone who calls you spoiled or anything. I tell you what, if my parents had the money and wanted to buy me a new sports car, you better believe I would have taken it. Also, you may get some hypocrites (not on this board, but in person) telling you to drive responsibly and to be careful and all that. I'm telling you to have a blast. You only live once. My high school years hold memories I will cherish for the rest of my life. Some of them included putting that stroker through its paces.

I'll probably catch for saying that, but oh well.

 

My dad, I have paid for all of my mods this far.

We got a really good deal on my car, and my choices were a ls1 or a classic car pretty much, and being we have quite a few classics already(71 buick GS 455 Stage 1, 71 Monte carlo, 76 monte carlo, 78 MGB, 2 67 camaros, my sis has a 69 camaro, 65 VW dune buggy) I wanted something new.

 

Congrats on the Z28. I got my WS6 when I was 17 and drive responsibly. That doesn't mean that I don't have my fun though. Anyways, get used to the power and have fun! Let the mods begin (you have to mod it, it's against the law if you don't).

 

yea my mom and dad gave me that speach many of times... and they r hipacrits but wht ever my dad will sell me some of his extra parts cheap so im good with that my parents bought it for me and they will pay for insurace but thats all

 

Yeah you are without a doubt one lucky kid. Enjoy

 

Nice car for you first one. Funny that the insurance is cheapper then a truck. Ahh my first car was a 85 TA with a 350 dropped in it black with pearl goast flames on it. But I didn't start driveing till I was 18.

 

hey, i'm 16 too. Right now i'm trying to fully convince my parents on letting my get a super nice WS6 trans am. My parents know I drive my cars hard and they think im gonna go crazy. But once my dad told me that I would need to pay back most of the 16000 that the car is, you can be assured that I will baby that sucker.

Got any advice for trying to get around the "It's low to the ground and it's hard to see over the hood." line my parents always tell me?

Sorry for my tangent I don't want to hijack this thread.

 

I think it got an excellent crash/saftey rating and remind her of the airbag.

 

Welcome!!

 

Got any advice for trying to get around the "It's low to the ground and it's hard to see over the hood." line my parents always tell me?


Tell them its stupid too look down at the edge of the hood. Always look ahead. NOT down. everyone should know that. Its like riding a bike. Look where you WANT to be and you will go there not where you think it should be because you will end up in a curb.

By the way...Congrats on the new ride.

 

Congrats and welcome to the youngn'.
Have a blast! SAFELY...

 

uhhh i dont have any advice, my dad owned a vette befor i wanted a z28 so he knows the safty crap and the low to the groundness, i say get ur dad to drive it lol then he cant use the to low to the ground thing, well atlest with my camaro you can see more then eather my moms bmw or my dads truck cus it is lower to the ground

 

Since the author of this thread replied, I guess it's okay.

If they are feeding you that crap, then the problem is not that it's too low or that it's hard to see over the hood, it's that they don't want you to have that car. Figure out the real reason and work on that instead. Just a hunch, but it's probably the fact that it's one hella fast car. No advice on that one since you say they already know how you tear up the tiers.

Buy a 93-97 on your own. Hell, you can get a really nice one for like $5000. Most banks will take a chance on you for that amount. By the time you're 21, you'll have super credit if you paid the loan off well.

That was my problem. When I was 21, I had lived on my own for a couple years and had gone through two cars and a motorcycle, but had never gotten a loan. No credit is as bad as bad credit! So, I got a $5k loan and paid it off in like six months. Still no good. They want to see a long-term payment history.

 

When I got my first Camaro it was a lot of work. What I found works the best instead of getting a straight up no is get him there "just to look". Then its "lets just test drive". Make sure you let him drive. Done deal after that.