You were doing fine until your last sentence. I'm quite grown up. You asked for my opinion, and I gave it to you. You are a teenager who started a thread about people hating on teenagers, and I'll guarantee beyond a doubt that you were just waiting for someone to ask you how old you were so you could throw your big "18" out there....it's "subliminal bragging", and you didn't even have to wait until page 2 to do it. If you didn't want people taking note of your age, you wouldn't have started this thread.

 

maybe its because i havent been in forums for very long. but i really dont see the hidden quote of "LOOK AT ME!!!! I'M 18 AND HAVE A Z AND I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE HOW YOUNG I AM AND HAVE A SPORTS CAR" i started my forum career saying Im 18 and i just bought the Z and blablabla.. because i was asking some pretty simply questions.. retarded questions.. but i was clueless about cars.. maybe putting im 18 there will cause less humiliation.. no intention of bragging about owning a Z at all.. on the other hand.. posting on forums.. dont you want to introduce yourself somewhat? and dont the usual introduction in life goes by, my name is bla bla and i am this many years old.. i .....

on the bright side.. ALMOST OUT OF THIS FREAKIN INSURANCE POOL!!!!

 

You bring up a valid point. Mentioning your age simply to validate that "I don't know alot about cars yet because I've only been driving for a year or two" is totally cool, but that's the exception to the rule, I assure you. And yes, leaving the insurance category you're in is quite nice.

 

I can't really prove to you that I had no intention of making thread to brag about owning a Z at 18. But past me saying that I didn't and I made this thread seeking a reason behind the hatred ya'll show towards me and others, is all I can do. I couldn't care less if you never show me respect on here because I didn't buy the Z on my own. But what I ask you don't do, is say that I am bragging about having one and being 18. I'm not a boastful person, even when I first got it, I didn't go around telling everyone I got a Z. If someone saw that I was driving it, I would simply talk to them about it. Nothing along the lines of "Hey man! Look what I just got! Its crazy fast! Bet I could beat you in a race".

 

I think I understand what you are trying to say m0nkie. But don't get carried away. Please read the book I suggested. IMHO, what you know and what people know of you is more important than what you drive. That grandfatherly Asian guy driving a Dodge may be the most successful business person at the party!

 

Please don't misunderstand anything I've said as hatred. Having been around the forum for a few years, I (and all the other long time forum go-ers) have seen some real characters. If your intentions are really curiousity about the whole age thing, then my apologies to you. You just need to understand that you're following on the heels of MANY (and I do mean MANY) "punks" who want everyone on the planet to know that they're barely old enough to shave and have a 350Z. And again, I don't care if they're a teenager and have a Z, it's the fact that they practically "expect" me to be jealous because of their age relative to mine. It's a shallow mind-set that displays just how little they know of the world and the people around them. This forum is a community and you get respected for what you contribute, not who you are, how old you are, or your "status" in your own little corner of the world. Some folks here aren't mature enough to grasp that concept. You obviously are.....So....all that aside, where in VA are you, and will I meet you this summer at a Z meet? If so, drinks are on me...(I'm partial to Coke myself )

 

Yeah, I was planning on going to go to one of the Z meets in Richmond. I live in Southside VA, southern tip of Dinwiddie County. Roughly 45 min from Richmond. I'm a Coke kinda guy too.

 

I have just turned 20 and i own an 05 z touring. It is amusing, observing the elder people in cars going WTF. Thats nothing compared to the looks my mate gets in his 05 m3 convertible, he's 19 !!! ehehehehehe,

 

You gotta meet up with PumpedVA down there in Richmond. He has probably the most modified Z in southern VA. That thing will blow your mind. I'm up north, so if you ever get up this way, let me know.

 

Are you closer to the D.C. area? If so, I might sometime over summer visit my sister up there. If I do, I'll let you know I'm in the area.

 

Nope, I don't think in my 27 years of living that I've ever referred to myself as that.

You're not sure if it's your mom's car?

That's just not going to be possible, sorry young grasshoppa.

Sarcasm? Just read my posts if you need a definition

There are plenty of stupid people who own a Z or G, if you need a list of them PM me.

Yeah, no $hit, it's called life. Get used to it, there's a lot more to come.

It was my parents house. And I'm above everyone.

 

Looks like you have a lot of that left to do. You have a lot of nerve telling him that when you're still in HS.

 

Yep, I'm right up near DC, actually out near Dulles Airport. Let me know, we'll do lunch!

 

1. A lot of parents buy their kids cars. Some can afford nicer ones, others cannot. As a teenager, I didn't care, as long as I could drive, everything was a-otay.

2. Power to you if you've purchased your own vehicle. That's respectable. It's even harder to do when you're concurrently studying and working. I know I couldn't pull that off.

3. Back when I was 16, I was a horrible, aggressive, and reckless driver. Too much testosterone, I wanted to race all of my friends, their grandmothers, and their pet hamsters, too. So I guess I didn't help things by contributing to the stereotype of bad teenage drivers. I WAS one. And I was probably hated. But some of my friends (back in high school), man, they could REALLY drive.

4. I'm 33 now, no kids yet, but when they arrive and become of driving age, maybe I'll buy them a vehicle, too, if I can swing that between all the other stuff I'll be paying for. Seeing how many mangled, intubated, hemorrhaging kids come through the ER, though, I'm thinking I want to buy them an M1 Abrams.

 

i will definately get me that book when i get the chance.. i know exactly what your saying.. all im saying is i lived in China.. after my schooling in USA, i plan to go back to my hometown.. where driving a crappy car gets you NO BUSINESS.. its rediculous.. when my dad decided to open a restaurant.. he had to put mercedes in the front door to attract people in...

zpak.. racing grandma eh... how did that turn out i got smoked back when i was 16 by my english teacher... such shame to go to class

 

wouldn't a mercedes in the front door block the entrance? I would put it in front of the restaurant. J/K

Are you talking about china, is that county that bad that people will not eat in a place that owner doesn't have a nice car. Man communisim is really working out well.

 

its not bad.. but alot of showing going on.. im just saying my hometown, a small city in northern China.. where people go.. "wow that restaurant got lots of Benz.. must be good since rich people go there" and believe me.. eating in restaurant is not a cheap thing in China.. a nice fancy dinner will cost somewhere btw 1500-5000$ where average people's monthly income is 500$

communist or not.. its huge markets got my heart

 

That's funny! What kind of car did s/he drive?

 

I wish I had z at the age of 18. that would have been really cool. course I don't suppose it would have done me much good at the time because I was in iraq, but hopefully now that when I get back from afghanistan I'll be able to use my deployment money (tax free income and hostile fire pay) to be able to buy one when I get back. my parents never gave me a dime towards any of the "toys" that I enjoy now, and my kids can expect much of the same thing.

I had a job at the age of 14 and if my kids want to earn money to buy nice things they will do likewise. I've shead blood, sweat and tears for the money to buy everything that I have now.


I don't hate anyone because of the car they drive however, I try not to read a book by it's cover. a friend of mine was killed back home while i've been over here by guys from my highschool who were drag racing honda's. it doesn't matter what you drive so long as you are honestly responsible with it.

 

*Wishes we could do a ban on all the kids who's parents bought the Z that is soon to be wrecked*

Cry about it wee men