Choose a car. Can't decide.

[Crighton]

Originally posted by rhetor22
Well if he's a good kid, and his parents have the money, they're probably making this a long term investment. Instead of buying him a $2,000 Toyota type-POS, they get him a nice little car that'll last, and that won't leave much to desire.

The point being 16 yr old kids usually DO NOT take good care of cars, and usually beat the hell out of them or crash them. Hence it is not a very wise long term investment.

[GT]

Originally posted by joez
yes, and it had been stated as just camaro, not z28, and then that was brought up. i figure if we are bringing up higher trim lines, then the STi would get mentioned.

straight base camaro with v-8(not ls1) would get hammered by the wrx.

umm the last few years all V-8 camaro's have been ls1's. I am sorry but a wrx nor a rsx are anywhere close to that car.

jb

[johnny_g_1405]

umm the last few years all V-8 camaro's have been ls1's. I am sorry but a wrx nor a rsx are anywhere close to that car.

this is true, but the wrx and the rsx have it in handling(sp), and you can atleast stick with the cars magsandguitars had chosen, out of all of the them the 350z is the best all around

[shartley]

[johnny_g_1405]

the reason handling was brought up was because it a another factor in all around performance(duh),

look at it this way, if you have 2 drivers of the same skill, and you put them in the same car, theoretically you would get a tie, but take the same drivers, put one in a wrx, and the other one in a camero, the camero would lose time during cornering, while getting better speeds on a staight away, the wrx is the exact opposite, better handling with a sacrafice in top speed(no clear winner imo)

i agree part of it is skill, but alot is also the car

[shartley]

Originally posted by johnny_g_1405
the reason handling was brought up was because it a another factor in all around performance(duh),

look at it this way, if you have 2 drivers of the same skill, and you put them in the same car, theoretically you would get a tie, but take the same drivers, put one in a wrx, and the other one in a camero, the camero would lose time during cornering, while getting better speeds on a staight away, the wrx is the exact opposite, better handling with a sacrafice in top speed(no clear winner imo)

i agree part of it is skill, but alot is also the car

[Automaggin2]

Originally posted by joez
why tell him to buy two cars that arent made anymore? o, and just some FYI, the wrx and rsx are both faster than ANY stock camaro, chevelle, and all but the cobra R and factory racing mustang. oh, and the new limited edition, the fasted mustang ever. you know what the fastest factory chevelle ran 0-60 in, 7.1 seconds.

ummmmmmm.....trans am? ram air? faster then a ram air? ummmm dont think so buddy




DODGE SRT-4

thats all i gotta say

[Automaggin2]

Originally posted by Orange Crush


According to car and driver, which I consider a much more reputable car rag than the "chicago tribune" the stats are as follows:

RSX Type S: 0-60: 6.8s, 1/4: 15.4s, top speed: 142mph
Camaro Z28: 0-60: 5.2s, 1/4: 13.8s, top speed: 158mph
Subaru WRX: 0-60: 5.9s, 1/4: 14.6s, top speed: 145mph

RSX Type S (performance package even)

Camaro Z28

Subie WRX

I don't know, looks to me like the Camaro tops out in all categories....

I am an import lover myself, and I would take the WRX from the choices, but I find it best to know thy competition based on fact and not on biased opinion.

I love you orange crush.


If my parents offered me one of those cars, i would decline. I would ask them for a 89 mustang and a few grand to work on it, or a trans am, or maybe a rousch. I'm not a big import fan.

But you know, im scared of fast cars. A kid in my school died this year driving and RSX. A pickup rolled right over the hood and crushed him. Doesnt that suck?

[Flamebo]

Re: Choose a car. Can't decide.

Originally posted by magsandguitars
I'm getting a car soon for my 16th birthday and I need to know which one to get. Pick from one in the poll. Only pick from those.

None of the above.

[Flamebo]

Originally posted by irbodden





I never said he was a brat because his parents had money, sorry bud. My dad has been in the top tax bracket now for 9 consecutive years, however I wasn't planning which SPORTS CAR daddy was buying me before my 16th birthday.

You obviously have the IQ of a rock or live under one, so I won't even both addressing your 2nd idiotic statement.

You lost me at "sports car". Regardless of what anyone says, these are little overpriced econocars.

[Greg98]

I find it a tad ironic about all this talk about imports having incredible handling, and in an old car and driver of mine it shows a new mustang Cobra schooling the much anticipated, much hyped mazda rx-8 around the track, as well as a sport tuned g35 coupe. Granted, the cobra is quite far from stock, but it is also much heavier than the nimble, and almost 50/50 balanced mazda.

Long live domestics

[GT]

Originally posted by Greg98
the cobra is quite far from stock,

excelent C&D article

[Greg98]

they were actually comparing cars in a price range, not performance packages.

[shartley]

[Xen]

not what car your going to get on your 16th birthday, what car your mommy and daddy are going to let you drive on your 16th birthday.