the debate D:

[WolfsFang]

new here so not alot of people may know me. i own a 95 eclipse gsx (almost a year), im 18 and its my first car, and i simply love it. iv been thinking for a long time about selling that car. i dont hate it and there is no major problems with the car. its just iv been looking down the road and the problems i might have, even though i pamper it i know something is going to go. i also know you need a bank to support them and working at shoprite dosent help. iv been talking with some close friends about this.
i might sell my GSX and buy a 03 350z. (or a evo) and no my mom or dad arent going to buy it. im going to full pay it monthly for about a year. just want to get some ideas if this is a bad or somewhat good idea.

this is the 350z im looking at.
http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...5&aff=national

[TROLL]

Um, if you can afford a Z or Evo then you won't have any problem being able to afford anything that might happen to your GSX... doesn't sound like thats really the reason you'd be making the change.
I will say though, since you're young and inferred not having a great paying job, that you should NOT take on a big car payment. Much better to save a good amount of your cash for down the road and not spend it on a car.
Your GSX is plenty fun I'm sure so you're in a pretty good place right now, I'd say keep that, save your money, and maybe down the road when you can easily afford it then think about a newer more expensive car.

[WolfsFang]

Originally Posted by TROLL

Um, if you can afford a Z or Evo then you won't have any problem being able to afford anything that might happen to your GSX... doesn't sound like thats really the reason you'd be making the change.
I will say though, since you're young and inferred not having a great paying job, that you should NOT take on a big car payment. Much better to save a good amount of your cash for down the road and not spend it on a car.
Your GSX is plenty fun I'm sure so you're in a pretty good place right now, I'd say keep that, save your money, and maybe down the road when you can easily afford it then think about a newer more expensive car.

also the reason im thinking of selling it is because of how easy it is to mod. i know im going to slap a bigger turbo with supporting mods and do something stupid. also this is my only car and i DD it alot. with the 350z the only real power is to get a 5k turbo with supporting mods which i dont see in the near future. so really it holds me back while having enough power to please me.

*edit*
the monthly payment is really nothing. only like 110 a month and i make that in a week. with this i can save for something else in the future. really wish i can keep both.

[fitftw]

you're trying to live way beyond your age.

Chill out. No 18 year old kid needs a 350Z.

Keep the GSX and be happy you have a nice car, and if you can't help but mod it, then deal with your habit like we do, or buy a Geo Metro.

[WolfsFang]

Originally Posted by fitftw

you're trying to live way beyond your age.

Chill out. No 18 year old kid needs a 350Z.

Keep the GSX and be happy you have a nice car, and if you can't help but mod it, then deal with your habit like we do, or buy a Geo Metro.

its not that i cant handle it, its just i know im going to do it. anyway im still going to look at it. i might co-buy it with my dad because we do need a other car.

[TROLL]

You posted a thread asking for opinions but you're arguing against the responses now... and you're also making new reasons why you don't want to keep the GSX (first it was going to break and you couldn't afford to fix it, now its just that you'll want to mod it).
Just trying to get you to take a step back and look at the big picture in an unbiased way because you're obviously really biased right now about things.

[ambitiousCK]

You also have to remember insurance, just because you can afford the car doesnt mean you can afford to maintain and insure it.

[OverBoostedEvo]

You should keep the gsx. No need for the z or an evo cause u will endup modding them as well and it will cost more in both parts and when something breaks. I told myself n everyone i was keeping my evo stock n yea...10k now into it. Your gonna mod whatever you get if its a hobby or passion.

Look at it this way u blow the motor in the gsx u can have another in for less then a grand. Blow one in the z or evo ull be dropping a few more g's To replace it...

By makin a little over 100 a week you need to own a car in that budget range of repairing and maintance

Thats just my 2 cents...

[Big_Jim]

Originally Posted by TROLL

I will say though, since you're young and inferred not having a great paying job, that you should NOT take on a big car payment.

You may think you know but you have no idea.....

Friend of mine has been working at Shop-rite since she was 15. now 25. Shes fully vested in the union, and making 25/hr part time, with full benefits, paid for by the union, being a cashier.

[Elliott18t]

monthly payment on what? 110 a month isnt going to buy you an evo/350z LMFAO.. hell you couldnt buy my GTI for that.

Originally Posted by Big_Jim

You may think you know but you have no idea.....

Friend of mine has been working at Shop-rite since she was 15. now 25. Shes fully vested in the union, and making 25/hr part time, with full benefits, paid for by the union, being a cashier.

wtf ? but this kid is 18 and doubt he makes 25/hr; If anything by your example, not yet.

[Big_Jim]

Originally Posted by Elliott18t

wtf ? but this kid is 18 and doubt he makes 25/hr; If anything by your example, not yet.

wtf is right. she makes double on sundays too. I was pissed about that.

but yeah, if he's 10, bagging groceries, and has a gsx, stick with it kid. do you have a payment now on the car?

[GeforceXtreme]

Most kids make the mistake and buy too nice of car to start out with. So they either crash it or it gets beat to hell during years of school and college driving. Then when its all said and done, they have a car loaded up with miles, beat to heck and still possibly paying off a car payment + school loans. I have friends and I know people that are dealing with this and with the way the economy is.. they are broke as ****.

I'm so glad I rocked beater cars throughout school and now have money saved away to buy my first house soon which I am excited about.

I just don't understand how some younger kids can get into cars that are 30, 40, 50K+ and do they ever expect to move out from there parents home? I don't know how they do it.. drugs?

[OverBoostedEvo]

Originally Posted by Big_Jim

You may think you know but you have no idea.....

Friend of mine has been working at Shop-rite since she was 15. now 25. Shes fully vested in the union, and making 25/hr part time, with full benefits, paid for by the union, being a cashier.

Not to be a dick but there is a union for cashiers??? Since when, i would love to see proof of a cashier at any retail makin 25 an hr... If this is true why arent there people lining up to become one, specially with the economy how it is...

[GeforceXtreme]

Originally Posted by OverBoostedEvo

Not to be a dick but there is a union for cashiers??? Since when, i would love to see proof of a cashier at any retail makin 25 an hr... If this is true why arent there people lining up to become one, specially with the economy how it is...

25/hr jeez lucky girl.

Know guys that are managers of companies making less then that an hour due to this economy.

[Elliott18t]

unions are cancer.

[Scapegoat]

Originally Posted by TROLL

Just trying to get you to take a step back and look at the big picture in an unbiased way because you're obviously really biased right now about things.

you're talking to an 18 y/o. it's wasted breath, you should know that by now especially after having ran a car forum for years ;)

[ambitiousCK]

Shouldnt this be under a different section and not the member journals?

[JERRYM1997]

Originally Posted by fitftw

Chill out. No 18 year old kid needs a 350Z.

HAHAHA specvince is 18 and his is vortech supercharged. Age dont mean anything. If you wanna buy it then buy it cause in the long run its your money and you can do what you want with it. I would get the Evo though cause its alot more practical.

[Elliott18t]

Originally Posted by JERRYM1997

HAHAHA specvince is 18 and his is vortech supercharged. Age dont mean anything. If you wanna buy it then buy it cause in the long run its your money and you can do what you want with it. I would get the Evo though cause its alot more practical.

LOL @ that kid.

[JERRYM1997]

Originally Posted by Elliott18t

LOL @ that kid.

At me or vince?