Hey guys im new to the forum and need your help...
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-been driving my stick G for bout 6 months, no crashes yet, and i am pretty good at the manual thing.
-F that age thread, all it was was me and my "homies" getting flamed.
-be careful when at a light, EVERYbody in highschool crashes because they are coasting up behind a car and are looking out the window and bam, the car hits the brakes and they fender bender thier front end. thats 90% of the highschool accidents.
-F that age thread, all it was was me and my "homies" getting flamed.
-be careful when at a light, EVERYbody in highschool crashes because they are coasting up behind a car and are looking out the window and bam, the car hits the brakes and they fender bender thier front end. thats 90% of the highschool accidents.
First of all, congratulations, both on having a nice dad, and a very good selection in cars. This is a very fine vehicle, and a good platform to learn on.
For shifting the car. when you get it new, have the dealer immediately adjust the clutch pedal to take up or engage at about 1/3 the distance of the travel, from the floor. The stock setting is way too high and makes shifting a real sloppy challenge. It is just an adjustment that takes a couple of minutes for them to do.
For your monies. Do what I did for my 18 year old son, go to race driving school. Seriously, the best money you will ever spend, especially at this age when you have excellent eyesight and coordination. I would recommend an introductory racing school, and a car control clinic that teaches you how to recognize, induce, and recover from oversteer, understeer etc. Four days of school will cost about 5 grand. And for something as sensible as that, Pops should be willing to help with that too. It is something that you will take with you in every car you drive, make you safer, help avoid crashes and learn to control the power and torque of this car. It may even help to reduce your insurance premiums. The car needs very little in mods. Certainly none to the engine with so much hp and torque out of the box. If you do spend money on mods, I would do sway bars. When the tires get worn, then I would get lightweight forged alloy wheels and bigger rubber, like 245 in the front and 275 in the rear, but stick with 18's. The bigger diameter wheels hurt performance, comfort and mileage.
Good luck and enjoy.
For shifting the car. when you get it new, have the dealer immediately adjust the clutch pedal to take up or engage at about 1/3 the distance of the travel, from the floor. The stock setting is way too high and makes shifting a real sloppy challenge. It is just an adjustment that takes a couple of minutes for them to do.
For your monies. Do what I did for my 18 year old son, go to race driving school. Seriously, the best money you will ever spend, especially at this age when you have excellent eyesight and coordination. I would recommend an introductory racing school, and a car control clinic that teaches you how to recognize, induce, and recover from oversteer, understeer etc. Four days of school will cost about 5 grand. And for something as sensible as that, Pops should be willing to help with that too. It is something that you will take with you in every car you drive, make you safer, help avoid crashes and learn to control the power and torque of this car. It may even help to reduce your insurance premiums. The car needs very little in mods. Certainly none to the engine with so much hp and torque out of the box. If you do spend money on mods, I would do sway bars. When the tires get worn, then I would get lightweight forged alloy wheels and bigger rubber, like 245 in the front and 275 in the rear, but stick with 18's. The bigger diameter wheels hurt performance, comfort and mileage.
Good luck and enjoy.
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