Pros (for getting it at age 15):
- You'd be the "Cool kid" :) having a "Sports car"
- You would own a Z!Cons (reasons to not get it)
- Insurance costs
- Parts are getting harder to find
- in 10 years most "new OEM" parts probably won't be available.
- Repair/Parts cost. Price a timing belt change. At the minimum, you are looking at about $500 if you do everything yourself, but you break or need to replace another $1000 worth of parts while you're in there.
- They are hard to work on if you've never worked on a car before (engine area).
- They are VERY unforgiving cars as far as handling goes. Once the car starts to "come around" on you, it is very tough to "Save it".... and the other end of this could be a light pole, tree, ditch, etc. If you live where it snows or ices up, I would avoid it. If you drive it in the rain, you would have to drive it like a grandma. And I don't know ant 15/16 year old that would drive like that. There's probably more I could think of, but basically, without a high level of income, or your parents paying for a lot of this, it will be a tough car for a first car. Mucho props for wanting one though. It was my dream car since I sat in one in a showroom in 1992. I owned my first one in 1998, when I was 17 years old. I had been working since I was 14 years old to buy it (used).
Z's:
1990 TTZ (RB26DETT nearing completion....running soon!)
505 RWHP/483 FT/lb @18psi @ 380' ALT Oct. 2008
457 RWHP/441 FT/lb @18psi @ 5800' ALT Nov. 2007
436 RWHP/433 FT/lb @17psi @ 5300' ALT June 2006 Previous Z's:
1991 TTZ 368 RWHP/404 FT/lb @17psi
1994 TTZ 262 RWHP/271 FT/lb @11psi
1990 N/A 238 RWHP/226 FT/lb w/50 shot Nitrous
1990 TTZ (from the THIEF Arley Leghorn in Mt. View, CA) 2003 350z Sunset Lemans Touring Edition
2003 G35 Coupe, procharged.
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