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Originally Posted by Rags
Yeah, I know "turbo" is a thousand times cooler than the non. Even so, we're talking about an 18 year old boy / young man. As a dad I'd have some concern about putting him behind the wheel of a speed machine. He's a very safe driver - aware and responsible - but still, I'd be fretting.
On the whole I think we'd rather start with the N/A. I might could be talked into the other but I'd need some convincing (not to mention the mom!).
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BTW, the reason we're looking for a '93-'95 is the suspension / rear wheels thing. Seems safer, especially for non-pro drivers like us.
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Thing is that as long as you don't push it hard, and you drive carefull in bad weather it won't really drive that much different than a normal car, at least thats what i've found.
I'm no pro driver either and i'm a young guy also (19) and i haven't had too much trouble with my '86 N/A even though i drove in winter, on snow and ice. But really you DO need to take it to some place where you can experience that snap oversteer if you plan on A) driving the car lots and in bad weather or B) driving fast, or aggressive. And really, at some point we all chuck these into corners hard, so it will be driven aggressively sooner or later.
My first experience with snap oversteer was only 2 or 3 days after buying the car, i came around a corner and there was a patch of ice there which was very odd for the time of year, and i let off the gas while on the ice (bad idea) and i still managed to save it (after a few overcorrection slides) that really did scare me, mostly because i didn't see it coming AT ALL until half a second before hand when i saw the ice.
So i'm sure if i can do it, you can manage in texas... with no ice...
Maybe what you could do is scare the crap out of your son with horror stories until you get to a track day so he can practice!