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haha i love you guys :D thanks SO MUCH For the help :):):)

For insurance i'll give famous a ring for sure....i hear good words about them from all here....persuaded especially by a5h (ta :))

If i had to be honest i don't think i could control a 180 yet as i hear the RWD is a pain in the ass when your starting out cause it always throws itself out....and i really don't plan or want to have any 'expensive learning experiences'.

So insurance down....i need to find a car...and as this is a skyline forum :) i'm aware what the bias will be! however....

Skylines are 4WD aren't they? and i would assume really good handling?

just an out of the blue Q, but what kinda times do the turbos run 0-100 stock? (whatever model you think is sexiest ;))

As much as i'd like one, as has been suggested should i perhaps go for the holden and get the 'driving experience' before jumping into a real car?

Thanks heaps for your posts so far guys, really helpful!

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If i had to be honest i don't think i could control a 180 yet as i hear the RWD is a pain in the ass when your starting out cause it always throws itself out....and i really don't plan or want to have any 'expensive learning experiences'.

Honesty is a very good trait in people! Most 17-18 y/o's i know would never say say the couldnt control a car!

Im not saying you shouldnt go buy a decent car as a first car (2 guys i know got R32 GTR's as first cars (rich parents in these cases)) its just that going from learning in some driving instructors excel to driving a skyline is a big step.

If your mature enough then by all means go buy a skyline or 180sx, take some driving courses (may help with insurance too) and enjoy a great car. If you know you would be tempted to thrash the shit out of it, i wouldnt bother. Also LISTEN to your parents and what they say. Sure they will worry about you in a powerful car etc, however they will know if your the sort of person to do stupid stuff....

Take my 18 y/o brother as example. He wanted a nice car to attract the girlies and brag to mates so he bought a V8 Commodore. He got the loan approved (was a 20K car, so a pretty nice one) and on the first day of driving he went through two sets of tyres! Next day he blew the gearbox....

The cars being hammered and thankfully he's lost his license and started to mature a little bit. He finally realises that he should have bought a gemmy first, to thrash around in.

Having no driving experience is not really a problem if you have the right ATTITUDE. A skyline would be a great first car as long as you dont want to go out and thrash it every friday and saturday night. If you do, then no doubt you'll end up in the shit.

Mat

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