Anyone fortunate enough to drive a new car?

[Voleurz]

I drive a 2012 Ford Fiesta SES. And it was no handout, I bought it myself. My friends love it. They say I have the nicest car in school, and it's for sure the newest.

[disassociation2016]

Awesome, and congratulations bro.

[JackOfClubs]

Yeah, there's nothing like driving a new car. I drive my dad's 2011 Charger every now and then; not allowed to drive it to school though, my parents don't trust all the other retarded drivers there not to hit it. And I completely understand...

[Dimitri]

I drive a 2011 Jeep 4x4 so, yes, it is amazing....

[Voleurz]

Sometimes I drive my moms 2011 Explorer. That's a nice ride.

[GeneralLee01]

My sister's boyfriend got a 2010 Mustang when he got his licence two years ago... His grandparents bought it though. It was only a V6 one but was NICE.

[botwa]

I wonder how you managed to got a brand new car by yourself, share the secret, I have several years, maybe I can manage someday to get one too

[Kaius]

Ehh, I have a newish car from 2008. Its not brand new but its still in extremely good condition considering what a shit wreck it was when we bought it.

[Voleurz]

I wonder how you managed to got a brand new car by yourself, share the secret, I have several years, maybe I can manage someday to get one too

I have a really good job :)

[Infidelitas]

I don't want a brand new car yet (don't get me wrong, but...). I'd rather have a car that if I scratch it, it doesn't matter.

I am going to buy a brand new car when I get more experience.

[IAMWILL]

My family just bought a 2012 Honda CR-V Special Edition (literally yesterday). White on black. Looks surprisingly good, more tech than I thought, great visibility (then again my car has 0 visibility) and pretty fun to drive.

[RLuna]

I got a used 08 Mustang. Not a bad first car :3

[Njathind]

I recnetly had a brand new 2011 vaxhaull/opel astra SRI whilst my car got fixed and I loved it, was such a nice car however it was best suited to motoway driving. You felt so distant from the controles, you had not idea where the wheels were pointing, no feel for throttle or brake response. I prefer my 2001 MG ZR and my 1998 classic mini cooper.
Both give you so much feedback from the controles and with no ABS, Traction or Stability I am in controle. They only have small engines but they go through the corners like a train on rails, means you can keep the speed up and sneak up on slower drivers and overtake them :D

The MINI
http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/ae153/njathind/1998%20mini%20cooper%20-%20harriet%20the%20restoration/DSCF0003.jpg

The MG
It looks a little different from this now, it has lost the Red club badge on the front, now has MG sideskirts and MG 17" straight style alloy wheels instead of the 16" it was riding on oh and a shark fin ariel on the back :D
http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/ae153/njathind/MG%20ZR/KGrHqNmEE4lzL-pOMBOOrvN1J0_3.jpg

[Wakesetter03]

I don't have my license yet, but I drive my parents cars. Mainly my mums '09 M3 and dads '11 Silverado. Coincidently I prefer driving our 06 STi (more of a challenge with the clutch being a heavy duty aftermarket clutch). Admittedly the M3 is more refined. The oldest car I've driven is a friends Holden Torana A9X and it was awesome to drive too. When I say drive, I mean up and down our driveway :/ but hey, whatever I can get.

I'd say depending on what you drive, an older car can be better even than a newer model car. Unfortunately, to have the nicest car at my school, a Fiesta won't cut it :/

[Kitten]

I wish. Unfortunately i don't even have a car yet, and when i get one, i'm too cheap to get a new car. xD

[Abigballofdust]

I drive my parent's '11 Giulietta. Brilliant car.
They also have a '09 A6 which is off limits for me till I turn 24 since it's well over the legal HP limit for Croatia...

[Suicune]

Well my mother just last week bought a new 2012 Ford Edge. I love it, but I don't have my license yet. But when I do, I will try it out.

[Taylorxbox]

3 weeks ago I got a Brand New 2011 Mustang GT V8 California Special. Very, very nice. All white with black/silver rims, black stripe on the side, and I will be getting a couple more things. I love it

Definatly the nicest and newest car at school.

[Voleurz]

Well my mother just last week bought a new 2012 Ford Edge. I love it, but I don't have my license yet. But when I do, I will try it out.

Does it have MyFord Touch? My moms 2011 Explorer has that.

[disassociation2016]

Looks like people are scooping up the new Ford products. They are awesome.

[booboo22]

My parents bought a new car about a month after I got my license so I drive that. but it is NOT mine. :roll eyes: But I have also driven my grandmas really old car, and I hate it. New cars are so much better.

[botwa]

you're all really lucky to have such parents. Mine can't buy a new car for themselves not even mentioning me and I doubt that I will get one when I turn 18.

[Mtc 10]

What a lucky kid. bragger :/

[JackOfClubs]

What a lucky kid. bragger :/
How is it bragging? He bought and paid for it himself.

[Bmatlman]

i dont care for a new car cauae it losses its value. i do how ever have a vary nice 2002 Corvette C5 waiting for me to turn 16 in the Garage.

[Lego]

lol people and fancy cars. I drive a 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo LS.

[Alex_I_love_R]

August I got a Dark Blue Range Rover Autobiography Supercharged.

[xChrisVx]

God Alex. Those things must cost a bomb!!!

My parents drive a 2005 Citroen C3 and a 2005 Vauxhall Vectra. The Vectra is alright, but the citroen is horrid :(

[Invincible]

I had to work blimmin' hard for mine. Work helped me to get it too as it makes my own transport a heck of a lot easier.

I bought a one-year-old demonstrator, so it's like new but I saved quite a lot.

Behold my shiny black VW Golf :P

[JackOfClubs]

I had to work blimmin' hard for mine. Work helped me to get it too as it makes my own transport a heck of a lot easier.

I bought a one-year-old demonstrator, so it's like new but I saved quite a lot.

Behold my shiny black VW Golf :P
Any pictures? I love Golfs.

[red1996cam]

i drive a h3 hummer blacked out

[Gordo]

lexus 2011 es that's my moms, but i rarely drive it. I can drive it on the weekends, but law is I'm not allowed to non family members in the car with me, so it's about useless. Nice car, but don't care one way or the other. It looks like so many other cars, nothing special about it. I do like the cars above poster mentioned, like mini cooper, and monte carlo, they have definite style and aren't just a smushed half bubble like most cars are.

[Levy]

I'm not fortunate enough to drive an old car, much less a new.

[Invincible]

Any pictures? I love Golfs.

Taken at my local service centre when the car was new.

I'm never buying a white car again.. higher maintenance than a girlfriend. :(

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/9959/golfcopy.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/golfcopy.jpg/)

[JackOfClubs]

Taken at my local service centre when the car was new.

I'm never buying a white car again.. higher maintenance than a girlfriend. :(

image (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/golfcopy.jpg/)
Nice! My mom has a white '07, and it gets filthy also.

[jimmyboy92]

I could never afford a new car (prefer big wngines and high spec without the 'new' price tag personally) and it wouldn't be practical as I change car too much (soon to be 6 cars in under 3 years).

Plus its great cos I don't give a crap if anyone dents it in car parks, or I scuff an alloy or whatever..........barely ever wash it either. I miss my last one though, used to look after that one really well and wsh it twice a week, I just couldn't afford the fuel for a big petrol engine any more (fuels much more expensive in the UK than the US lol)....so I've currently got a diesel golf.......mk4, 2001, GT TDI spec.....with nearly 140,000 miles haha!!!!

[Invincible]

Haha :) I'd never have considered new, I actually walked in to look at a second-hand (4-year old) GTI MkV and a 2006 Audi A3. Caught my eyes on this one though, it was an ex service fleet going that was being retired, but was the newest of the lot at three months and barely 1000km.
Engine was a bit on the weak side but tbh, I can push it along as quick as almost anyone on the roads (bar the odd wreckminded). I baby it like anything though.

Fuel economy wise is great. I'll say I take only the minimum of fuel conservation techniques (aka not dragging between the lights) and still return a good 5L/100km with some highway in there, or 50-55mpg in your speak :)

[jimmyboy92]

Yeah new petrols are getting better on fuel economy and 55mpg is good for a petrol!!

Plus if you can afford a new'un you might as well get it! :D

[Invincible]

Yeah. It's thought me to really take care of it as well. I see friends jumping at the cheapest things they can find and end up thrashing it. I mean, I push mine to the limits but wouldn't go out of my way.. and washing, that's an ass and anyone in New Zealand will know how shitty our roads get :P

55 is with a good mix of highway though, which my work demands :)

[jimmyboy92]

Yeah. It's thought me to really take care of it as well. I see friends jumping at the cheapest things they can find and end up thrashing it. I mean, I push mine to the limits but wouldn't go out of my way.. and washing, that's an ass and anyone in New Zealand will know how shitty our roads get :P

55 is with a good mix of highway though, which my work demands :)

Oh you're from NZ, I was wondering where the butthole of the earth was haha.

Not sure if you know much about English weather and roads but literally as soon as the car is clean....one short journey makes it dirty again! :rolleyes:

[ben...]

My mom bought me a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta TDI SEL last year when I got my license. Very lucky. Believe me, very appreciative.

[oceandude33a]

umm well i dont have my liecense, but at the beach i guard at ive driven the new polaris, truck, and atvs we got all new stuff this year. but my sister drives and she got a brand new car so im expecting one as well...

[welcome_to_chaos]

nope (failure). the school i used to go to is full of rich people tho. no offence but the fiesta would look avg compaired to the Maseratis, bmw's, and other crap they have. lucky b***erds

but you are all sooo lucky to have new cars/trucks! i wish i had one :p

[Dmtuba]

My parents are getting me a Chevy volt to drive to school, but making me pay for gas

[Voleurz]

My parents are getting me a Chevy volt to drive to school, but making me pay for gas

Well, at least with the money you save on gas you can afford to pay when the battery pack goes in 5 years! Electric cars are not the future.

[jimmyboy92]

Well, at least with the money you save on gas you can afford to pay when the battery pack goes in 5 years! Electric cars are not the future.

They are.........but not ones like the GWiz or volt!

Ones like the tesla roadster are gonna be the future imo. Or the hydrogen fuel cell cars such as the Honda Clarity.

http://www.teslamotors.com/roadster

[Voleurz]

They are.........but not ones like the GWiz or volt!

Ones like the tesla roadster are gonna be the future imo. Or the hydrogen fuel cell cars such as the Honda Clarity.

http://www.teslamotors.com/roadster

The Honda Clarity. Now that is the future. Electric cars are not. The technology at least at this point is not there. When you can recharge a battery in the same amount of time it takes to fill a gas tank, then I'll consider it.

[ben...]

nope (failure). the school i used to go to is full of rich people tho. no offence but the fiesta would look avg compaired to the Maseratis, bmw's, and other crap they have. lucky b***erds

but you are all sooo lucky to have new cars/trucks! i wish i had one :p

I go to a school very similar to this. But the truth is, the kids that are driving the new BMW's and Mercedes parents are also probably struggling to pay minimum payments on their credit cards. I've never seen a Maserati at my school though ha.

[jimmyboy92]

The Honda Clarity. Now that is the future. Electric cars are not. The technology at least at this point is not there. When you can recharge a battery in the same amount of time it takes to fill a gas tank, then I'll consider it.

Oh I totally agree, I wouldn't want one either!! I drive a lot of miles (atleast 300 a week) so I go through a lot of fuel and electric cars just wouldn't work for me at all in reality.

But I still think a lot of people will buy the electric ones, specailly people in town that rarely drive.

Not sure if I'd want a clarity either if I'm honest, I mean I like the technology and I actually find it really interesting researching these modern technologies in college.......BUT I still think I'd prefer a petrol, the noise, the smell, the revs....mmmmmm.

God I hate driving a diesel haha! :rolleyes:

[Benz45]

For my 16th Borthday my parents bought me a 2012 Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class in Red
and I LOVE IT!!!!

[Benz45]

nope (failure). the school i used to go to is full of rich people tho. no offence but the fiesta would look avg compaired to the Maseratis, bmw's, and other crap they have. lucky b***erds

but you are all sooo lucky to have new cars/trucks! i wish i had one :p

It's spelt Mercedes

[Voleurz]

It's spelt Mercedes

Umm. Fail. Maserati is a European luxury/sports car brand.

[DanielD210]

Well arent Lucky!! LOL no I do not drive a new car I drive a 1996 Subaru Legacy! But my parents drive a 2011 Nissan Versa and I get to drive it sometimes. I LOVE THAT CAR!!! =)

[Voleurz]

Well arent Lucky!! LOL no I do not drive a new car I drive a 1996 Subaru Legacy! But my parents drive a 2011 Nissan Versa and I get to drive it sometimes. I LOVE THAT CAR!!! =)

You obviously haven't driven very many cars :) The Nissan Versa is awful. It's engine sounds like a bus, the transmission is awful and it's blandly made. It has a lot of space though.

[Greg1994]

I didn't get a new car, but I was lucky to get my moms old car, it's a 2007 lexus rx, I absolutely love it. My friends all got new cars, 2012 cruze, 2011 civic, 2011 Bmw x3, 2011 sentra. I like my car more than my friends new cars (except my friends bmw of course)

[British Royale]

How is the MG!!!! Im a massive MG fan, I own a '79 Midget, and my daily driver a Jaguar Vanden Plas. However Im extremly curious about a chinese MG

[Voleurz]

How is the MG!!!! Im a massive MG fan, I own a '79 Midget, and my daily driver a Jaguar Vanden Plas. However Im extremly curious about a chinese MG

My boss has a '71 MGB. It's British Racing Green and it has 3 windshield wipers! But it spends a lot of time in his shop...

[Benbomber]

Ya, I'm going to use my parents new Mercedes gl truck and outback, and my dad might get a Porsche soon

[British Royale]

My MG too, it loves the shop and the mechanic loves it!!!-well the money put into it anyway

[Cara]

i drive a new car but its my dads. my car is a 1977 chevy k20 silverado with a 6.5 detroit diesel. the guy we bought it from swapped the engines a few years ago. i drive my dads 2008 chevy silverado 2500hd duramax every once in a while

[Wambambam]

My dad got me a new car last year which I crashed and tarnished by day 4...story of my life? :P

[ImCoolBeans]

Please don't bump old threads :locked: