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Originally Posted by mikeswickednick
no, im tired of idiots thinking its okay to go out and try to take a turn on a busy street at 80mph, it is damn well better to be scared of the car, its a powerful machine and can end people.
and your court system can find a car as a deadly weapon, you dont see people saying ohh ill figure out how to use a gun in public. if i mess up ill learn right?
do the stupid shit off the roads at an autox or somthing
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Cant agree more^^. Im 20, and i have had my license since i the day i was 15, with my learners permit 6 months prior to that. I have now had a LOT of rides (FWD, RWD, AWD, 4WD). I have also had a buttload of close calls because i was gravitating towards cars outside of my abilities (u will see in the list) and it took getting almost killed/maimed in a few underpowered cars and late-nite parkinglot sessions and canyon 'rallies' till we got some SCCA auto-X up here and all that jazz finally stopped. I think the bottom line is, get what u can really drive, and if u cant drive it well then ease into it in a safe place. Safe as in far away from ppl/property/police/houses that could be damaged OR annoyed.
My Rigs- (chronologically ordered)
1977 F-150 custom- 428 cobra-jet, cammed, dual 4bbls, 6spd, LSD (sold, triple-plate clutch went, and 4MPG on pump gas)
1986 Firebird- stock V6 45K miles when purchased, not worth much attached to a telephone pole though.
1994 Chevrolet Z-71 1500- stock BB 454/TH400 (one of veeery few) street straight piped (sold cuz mom was broke)
1989 Chevrolet S-10- LSD, Brembo discs all around, pontiac goat rims, plow clutch
1989 Chevrolet Caprice Interceptor- Lightweight Special Chassis 389 FI/TH350 turbo and 2speed auto overdrive gear vendor (top speed...... were still tryin to find out.. 150?.. theoretically)
1989 Subaru GL- 1.8L FI boxer, 4X4 high/low 279K miles, friend rallied it off cliff
1984 Nissan P/U- it sucked
1989 Saab 900- 82K miles, NA, good rally car, heavy, but safe, Hit deer 24 hours before my full coverage kicked in
1984 Subaru GL- 1.8L Carbed, 169K starts when its -40, drives through snow till it comes over the hood, rallies too (like a 4X4 swiss army knife)
1989 Nissan Hardbody 4X4- Good truck, helluva mudder with 31 inch wompers on it (3rd place mudboggs in my class last year)
1985 Ford Bronco II- Fix Or Repair Daily, seriously, 3months, $5K
1982 Toyota Supra- FAST but dangerous!!
1985 Toyota MR2- Work in progress