I just got a job, Now i need to save for a drift car...
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What what in the butt?
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I just got a job, Now i need to save for a drift car...
Well, this is my first thread.But I was wondering , is it a ggod idea to make my first car a drifter.I want a 91 240sx, make it like a 180sx.I work 40 hours a week, make $7.25 an hour and im going back to the Army in 6 to 7 months.I dont have a license, i dont know how to drive, but i want to drive a stick.I dont plan on owning a car thats not.Ever.The licence isnt a prob, i cant get that in a week if i wanted.And i could prolly have a 240 of decent stature in 4 months.Unless i get a gf.Which i need quite badly.So, any suggestions from you more adult dudes than me?
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Drifting = $$$.....even cheap tires, and fixing broke stuff will eat you alive. Add mods...and the price skyrockets.
My suggestion....learn how to drive, and then decide.
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My suggestion....learn how to drive, and then decide.
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I guess I could say I was in the same situation as you awhile ago. Like Ricerocket said, learn how to drive, then decide.
Its alot of money to spend, not for the drifting stuff, but for everything in general.
If you buy a older/cheaper car, it will need repairs(this was true with my 240). Then you will be stupid and either
A) get close to wrecking it while trying to drift, and break a tie rod and bends some other stuff.
or B) total the car doing the same.
(Also true with my 240, I chose A)
Not to mention the expense for gas/insurance, I assume you are young, Insurance will slaughter you.
Get the liscense, learn to drive, then think about it.
Its alot of money to spend, not for the drifting stuff, but for everything in general.
If you buy a older/cheaper car, it will need repairs(this was true with my 240). Then you will be stupid and either
A) get close to wrecking it while trying to drift, and break a tie rod and bends some other stuff.
or B) total the car doing the same.
(Also true with my 240, I chose A)
Not to mention the expense for gas/insurance, I assume you are young, Insurance will slaughter you.
Get the liscense, learn to drive, then think about it.
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What what in the butt?
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Yeah,im 18, only been so for like 4 months.When i get back in the Army cash will almost not be an issue.The only bills i'll have is internet phone and cable.Live free, eat free, go to iraq for a year and come home with 35k extra $$$ in my pocket.That will solve alot of cash issues.But for now its just pushups and running to make sure i will pass bootcamp when i go back.I failed the final pt test by 3 pushups.Went through all of bootcamp just to fail 3 days b4 graduation.LOL.It sucked.
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It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Abraham Lincoln
There are 2 ways to enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.
John Adams
