Anyone had a rex for a 1st car?

[Rich Cheung]

It is probably not what you want to hear but personally I wouldn\'t get either performance car as my 1st car.
You\'d be best off getting a lowered powered car and insuring it under your own name.

1. You will build up your NCB (provided you don\'t have to claim) until such time as your not getting raped too much by the insurance company.

2. You will be getting valuable driving experience in probably a safer car.

I know if I had either an RX or Scooby as my 1st car it would have ended in tears.
Weve all had prangs. I\'ve written off 3 cars (all bangers) all before I hit 20 and I was gutted each and every time.
Gradually progressing to more powerful cars has certainly made me have a lot more respect for them and not be tempted to race when its not safe. If I\'d had either car at 17 I probably wouldn\'t have seen 18.

Sorry for putting the dampers. Good luck with your future car ownership and drive safely.

Rich

[davefrith]

I know everyone always promotes the sensible decision, driving under your dads insurance is a bit dodgy and not looked on too favourably by the insurance company come claim time, no build up of NCB, and the dangers of no driving experience etc etc ........
 

that said but if you were 17 and had a way of driving a high powered sports car, not having to drive a sh*tbox and being the envy of all your mates. Wouldn\'t you do it ?!

[johnf]

I agree with Rich.

I think the insurance companies have it right regarding young drivers [wait for the flame]. I\'m speaking not only from my own experience as a young driver [many years ago] but that of my son\'s first few years of driving.

No matter how \'sensible\' you think you\'ll be you can\'t just get into any car like this and begin to comprehend what is happening between your engine, your tyres and the road.

I don\'t think any insurer with touch you and as a parent I wouldn\'t risk my NCB by putting my son on my policy. I\'m also very suprised your family are supprting you.

Not what you want to hear but I would hate to read that you had a bad accident in an RX and I hadn\'t put my point of view.

John

[kevrev]

Just like to say i have just brought a 3rd gen i love it, yeah it drinks like a fish, and you do have to respect it in the wet. But the sheer driving experience and joy you get out of it are unbelievable. will say though you are very young and temptation to showing off is high, just remember as well as being a very powerful car it is also one of the mostsexy looking cars ever made so show it off not show off!

[STi_Ver.4]

thanks alot si. I was thinking of haveing another real crappy car with group 1 insurance and insuring that and only taking it now and again and building my ncb on that.

[iaint]

Originally posted by davefrith
that said but if you were 17 and had a way of driving a high powered sports car, not having to drive a sh*tbox and being the envy of all your mates. Wouldn\'t you do it ?!

Absolutely spot on.  Common sense is just so, well, er, common!

[johnf]

You wouldn\'t be the envy of all your mates when they are standing round your graveside.

Just look how many RX\'s the club has lost in recent months that were being driven by ppl with driving experience.

Sorry I still think it\'s a stupid idea.

I would be interested to see if anyone would insure [even as a named driver] anyone who is 17 with no driving experience and if so at what cost.

Is there anyone here who didn\'t have a prang or two in the first couple of years driving.

John

[AKA grumpy old man]

[fly]

Hehe, everyone condemns young drivers, im only 23 and i know im a better driver than most people out there, mainly because not only do i enjoy driving but i care about my car (whatever im driving) and i feel very responsible for my actions on the road, driving fast or driving a fast car doesnt necessarily mean your going to have an accident. :o

Theres a big difference between taking risks with your own well being and putting other people in danger because of your own carelessness/lack of skill/irresponsibility/sheer idiocy, there are just as many people who cause horrific accidents due to driving around with the wrong attitude, being arrogant or even driving a **** car that doesnt brake/steer or do anything well, just because they want to "Get from a-b" and consider driving to be a mundane thing that requires little effort. :mad:

The amount of people ive sat ina car with and noticed how poor their driving is, regardless of age, its all down to the person, and tbh having your first car as an rx7 is nothing todo with age, as im sure a 50y/o would be just as excited and tempted to be reckless as an 18y/o would be if an rx7 was their first car, as everyone knows how exciting it is when you pass your test etc.

/Rant Over

:cool

[johnf]

and tbh having your first car as an rx7 is nothing todo with age

But it has everything to do with experience.

I wonder why the isurance companies group them at 20 mmmmm?

I\'m sure a 17 year old who had been karting since he was 7 would be an excelent driver.

However put someone who has just past their test probably in a front wheel drive car in an Rx with around 300 bhp to the back wheels in the wet and.......................

You think it makes sense?

[scooby_si]

as someone who managed to do the ellusive (or maybe not so) crashing of RX7 having never had any even fender benders in the previous 4 years driving experiances it does as above enforce the idea that these cars need ultimate respect, yeah OK & i\'m sheet (got that in before you lot start :p lol). All valid points & personally i still feel strongly about any new owners irrelevant of age experaince etc getting on a track or such like & if not under instruction at least learn the limits in safety :god
Si

[fly]

Experience only accrues if you learn, as far as i can see age doesnt seem to make you a better driver, e.g just because youve rowed a boat all your life doesnt make you able to sail a yacht immediately. :p

[STi_Ver.4]

Johnf, i dont look at the car n say im gonna race people on the roads, if i wanted to race, the subaru would beat most on the road, i want the rex cuz there jus gorgeous to look at! I think of it like this, having a high powered car isnt about drivin it fast, its about drivin it at normal speed limits but just knowing you got the power under the hood if you want it.

p.s. I can control my foot (most times )

[Rich Cheung]

OK I\'m by no means an old miserable old git (my g/f may say differently) but like John said unless you\'ve had good driving experience from an early age steping into an RX7 as your first car is asking for trouble.

Fly - I also agree age doesn\'t make you a good driver. I guess it depends on how much you enjoy driving and if you learn from mistakes and any tuition you may have had.

Back to my first paragraph if you havent any proper driving experience don\'t just step into a performance car cos it will bite you in the ass at some point and if you don\'t know what to do it normally ends in tears.

Back to the red wine now he he. I\'m really not a kill joy just don\'t want ppl to get hurt.

Rich

[Blitz]

Originally posted by kevrev
...so show it off not show off!

Now these are very very nice and wise words

[johnf]

I seem to missing something here................

p.s. I can control my foot (most times  )

On an earlier post..........

QUOTE]I was thinking of haveing another real crappy car with group 1 insurance [/QUOTE]

These posts suggest your\'e already driving @ 16

I wouldn\'t think someone as resposible as you portray yourself has been driving illegaly.

Anyway good luck...............I\'ve given my opinion


Signing off this thread


John