I got a car!!!

F-14 Ace · **on:** March 22, 2006, 10:16:06 PM

I wans't sure where to say this, but I got a car today! Yipee!

Petrie. · **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2006, 10:17:34 PM

In a video game? :unsure:

F-14 Ace · **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2006, 10:24:04 PM

No, really. My parents got me a car. I didn't know where else to say this, even if it is a bit off subject.

action9000 · **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2006, 10:29:12 PM

Haha, sweet

What are you driving? I'll bet it's nicer than mine

Petrie. · **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2006, 10:29:39 PM

A car at 15? Isn't that a bit....young? You can't even legally drive until you're 16 up here in NY, and even then you're severly restricted to what you can do until you're 18. I think it makes perfect sense to, because we have a ton of idiot drivers....and you guessed it...many of them are young kids the hype up their cars to look and sound like race cars. <_<

action9000 · **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2006, 10:33:38 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, Roger, but F-14's profile says his birthday is July, 1989. Mine is July 1986 and I'm 19. Would that not make F-14 16 right now?

F-14 Ace · **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2006, 10:38:32 PM

I'm not 15. I'm 16. Going to be 17 this summer.

Petrie. · **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2006, 10:39:52 PM

Now you know why I'm not going for a teaching degree in math.

Still, sixteen or seventeen....why? Most schools transport their own students, and unless one has a job to pay off the upkeep of the car, what need do they really have for one at such an age? No really...hear me out...I didn't even start driving until I was 18. Why? Didn't need a car...and couldn't afford one at that. Eventually I had to get one to get to and from college because no city bus would come to where I live. My parents don't put any money into it--I do....gas, maintenence, registration, insurance (the killer!), etc. All mine to deal with. Not saying teenagers couldn't do it, but its very hard to do.

F-14 Ace · **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2006, 10:47:00 PM

I go to a private school that has no transportation system. Some students live in different towns and everything. If you are legally old enough to drive, why not own a car? Have to get one some time.

action9000 · **Reply #9 on:** March 22, 2006, 10:52:18 PM

If you can afford it, why not?

My car is old enough that it has the occasional bit of maintenance to take care of, which gets expensive sometimes (I have an antifreeze leak. Antifreeze isn't cheap

). If you have a good car that doesn't leak any fluids, maintenance costs shouldn't be too bad unless you have some bad luck. The killers for me are gas and insurance (especially insurance, ugh...). A car is a lot of responsibility, but it makes life a lot nicer, providing that you aren't so broke paying for the car stuff, that you can't afford to do anything else. That's no fun :angry:

Hey, we should post up some pictures of our cars, for fun

Malte279 · **Reply #10 on:** March 23, 2006, 02:27:29 AM

Hi!
Congratulations for your car F-14.

I have my drivers license for more than two years now, but I don't have an own car. I don't really need one at this time, as here where I live there is an excellent system of public transportation.
The legal driving age is 18 in Germany. Many of the young drivers over here are however exactly as Roger described. I don't know what they mean to prove by driving as if they sought to get themselves and others killed (especially if it comes to keeping almost no distance at all to drivers in front of them at high speed).

Petrie. · **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2006, 09:49:28 AM

Under the law, you're fine...you're legally old enough to drive, so that's fine. Why not own a car? Let me say, of all the really stupid @$$ drivers out there, many of them are younger than me and in their teens. Its not that I don't think you should own a car, but I don't like driving alongside teenagers that think every moment in their car is a job ride and treat it as such. Again, not saying you will, but I don't see a lot of drivers who are older and more experience behind the wheel trying that stuff.

F-14 Ace · **Reply #12 on:** March 23, 2006, 02:05:42 PM

I still only have a learner permit so I have to have an adault with me when I dirve. And there are a lot of stupid @$$ drivers out there. Just yesterday, when I was testing my new car, some a--hole was riding my bumper, honking the horn. THen, he passed my on a rode that had a double yellow line on it. Those lines mean no passing. He was driving into oncoming traffic when he did this. Then he honked the horn a few more times and stuck a middle finger at me and tore off down the road. While he was giving me dirty looks and being an @$$hole, he could have hit one of the oncoming cars. He wasn't even supposed to be in that lane. However, Iwhen I turned the corner, there he was, pulled over by a cop. He seemed to be arguing. Now, I wouldn't be surprised if a teen did that but I expect better behavior from a grown man. People like that have no business driving. If they do this crap, they need their licence taken away. I wasn't even doing anything but going the speed limit which obviously wasn't fast enough to plese the jackass. Wherever was he going in such an all fired hurry? Did he really get there any faster by being an idiot? He just got himself a nice ticket and was only slowed down a lot.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2006, 06:03:42 PM

I've seen lots of that where I live. One highway in particular has had at least one accident every week! And a good number of them are older than me as the rest are younger. If there is a list of stupid driving decisions, AZ would fill it up good. It's pretty much obvious that no road anywhere in the world is safe as long as one bad driver exists.

Petrie. · **Reply #14 on:** March 24, 2006, 04:53:14 PM

Someone wanted pictures so here's what mine looks like (but this photo isn't mine)

http://www.automobilepic.com/images/2002prizm.jpg

Mine is dark green, and its a 1999 Chevy Prizm (think Toyota Corolla but without the expensive price tag).

Cyberlizard · **Reply #15 on:** March 25, 2006, 11:21:27 PM

Congratulations!

I'm taking Driver's Ed this summer.

F-14 Ace · **Reply #16 on:** March 26, 2006, 12:51:38 AM

SOme idiot nearly rearended me. THey were tailgating me and a squirel ran out in front of me. (just my luck.) I had to slam on the breaks and the jerk whipped around me and then honked at me. (Asshole nearly caused a wreck and honks at me because of me. :mad )

Cyberlizard · **Reply #17 on:** March 26, 2006, 01:29:27 AM

Oh god! :blink: Was this on your first day?

F-14 Ace · **Reply #18 on:** March 26, 2006, 01:30:16 AM

No, my third.

action9000 · **Reply #19 on:** March 26, 2006, 02:51:38 AM

Quote

Someone wanted pictures so here's what mine looks like (but this photo isn't mine)

http://www.automobilepic.com/images/2002prizm.jpg

Mine is dark green, and its a 1999 Chevy Prizm (think Toyota Corolla but without the expensive price tag).

Grrr, I'm jealous

Here's mine:
A 1979 Pontiac Acadian. It's ran awesome since I got it last February (13 months). It doesn't look like much, but it's treated me well.
http://www.angelfire.com/az3/nightcruiz3r/car.html
Then again, I'm a poor college student; what do you expect?

By the way, I don't think anyone's asked this yet. What kind of car did you get, F-14?