A Very Scary Mix

[T007]

I think you have to respect anything you drive on the road

But you can get in serious trouble with 300 rwkw

[Laner]

I think you have to respect anything you drive on the road well said T007, couldnt agree more.....

you can get in as much trouble in a hyundai getz as you can in anything else.....

Edited 16/05/07 12:18 PM by Laner

[bart]

Hey guys, I am a first time poster, I have been reading and learning off this post for a while. I am 18 and I joined the site with the intention of buying a T, but hve thought better, solely for insurance purposes, and costs and am thinking about about a BA 6 now

I am 18, and I agreewid most of the senior members about power, but I lso disagree, most of the boys I no with V8's, turbos and a few with supras and skylines are the best behaved drivers around. they respect there cars, and usually only doing things classified as hoon antics in deserted streets and industrial areas. I believe these drivers are much safer on the roads that many of the idiots with small sh*t boxes who dont give a toss. They speed, and just drive like idiots because they dont care about there cars and have no idea of the consequences. I have two main cars I drive and one is a el wagon, the other a ba futura, and I no the limits of both, I learnt very uickly when I got my licence, I had a spin in wet, and learnt, and I think starting on my l's with the V6 made me learn and appreciate them, and to this day I still have great repect for V8's, and have driven relatives ss comms on regular occasions. I think it is the environment that makes these drivers and not the cars, and I think if u are capable of owning a fastcar, and respect it u should be allowed to have one, and I would rather one of these young guys driving around me than an idiot in a piece that doesent give a toss, eucation and experience is the key my 2c, sorry so long btw

[Ralph Wiggum]

whats scares me is that 300rwkw has become average and almost the norm. Theses cars are getting cheaper and cheaper on the 2nd and 3rd hand market. Alot of us with t's have gone through the steps and worked our way up to the big power these car makes. Imagine that power in the hands of somebody thats just dropped 22grand on a second hand car.....Like other have said its not necessarily age related it comes down to experience. although I can whole heartedly say that if i was driving my Ute at 18 or 19 i wouldn't be sitting here typing this now because that car would have killed me..

Defensive/Performance driving courses are great because they show you how much YOU DON'T KNOW and how little ability you have to go with your ambition...

[AzMahoony]

I've been around powerfull cars pretty much my whole life, and I've grown a certian type of 'respect' towards them, I'm 18 and ive been driving a turbocharged car since about 3 months after getting my lisence, like many have said before you know your limits on the road, and the fact you cant really use the power, but we're human even the most responsible of people like to have the odd fang every now and then.

Although I can say I'm a good/safe driver ive been cuaght doing a hoonish act, which I've taken responsibility for and have had to cop whatever they feel is nessecery for a first time offence.

There's alot of dickheads out on the road, hopefully they get cuaght in the act before they actually injure of even kill someone, becuase it DOES happen, hense the laws becoming so strict on our roads these days.

[Ralph Wiggum]

At the risk of starting an age related sh*t fight....At 18 i THOUGHT i could drive....now at 27 i KNOW i couldn't...thats all im going to say......

[iTec]

being on the old end of the young scale... 25.. still on P's ill just say that I love myself and my car to much to see either wrapped around a telegraph pole

I agree with what bart says, I respected the potential of the car when I got it... now with 325 I pick and choose when and where alot more carefully, a few of my favourite pieces of road are now taken strictly off boost because I know that I have myself strapped into a grenade with the pin pulled.

these cars teach everybody one thing very quickly.. and that's RESPECT for the car.. I dont need to show off.. I know what I have got under my right foot and that's all that matters to me

[bugster70]

There's some great responses in there and I agree with most of what has been said, particularly that respect, maturity and driver training are probably the key factors. I'm just really glad it has provoked some thought and good debate about a serious issue without turning into a sh1tfight. Thanks for all the sensible and considered replies guys!

[Dagabond]

  hiddeous said:

At the risk of starting an age related sh*t fight....At 18 i THOUGHT i could drive....now at 27 i KNOW i couldn't...thats all im going to say......

I'm 37 and THINK I can drive.....at 47 I'll look back and KNOW I couldnt....If I make it that far....

[Guest]

Been driving solo since I was 6 years old back on the farm.

Thought I could drive when I was 15 but looking back at 25 knew that I had been lucky.

At 35 I was a little smarter and reckoned I could drive well.

Now I'm 45 and know that wasn't right either. Yet - I still want to give it some from time to time (hence the modded T)

If I'd had this car when I was 19 I certainly wouldn't be here I reckon

Great thread with some valid points throughout