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Is this a good first car to buy?
I drove 150+ hours with my LP for 9 months and have had my license for 3 months and drive every day. I have been using the family minivan for the last 3 months and I really hate it. I know im lucky to even be allowed to drive, but anyway... I work 22+ hours every week so I make enough to pay for gas, insurance (which i pay now), a $300 car payment, and still have enough to put some away in savings. Right now I have about $2500 from 6 months of saving. I am looking at buying a 2004 Infiniti G35 coupe that is for sale for $10,000. My mom has agreed to pay for $2500 plus the taxes/tags for it. So I have used a loan calculator and found out that I can pay off $5000 by next June or July, when I turn 18. I only drive like 50 miles a week and will still pay the insurance every month (I know it will go up, I would still have full coverage on the car, just in case I were to get in an accident). I have done a lot of research, probably over 50 hours if its all added together, and I think this is my most solid decision. All of this being said, do you think this is a good, responsible plan?
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- ?Lv 59 years agoFavorite Answer
I think it is a really bad idea. The problem is that you will be paying a lot more for your insurance for that car than what you are going to pay monthly for the car itself. Also, a G35 for 10,000 must have at least 150,000 miles, which mean it is not going to be reliable and you will spend a lot of your money fixing it. My best advice for you is to look not for a piece of ****, as the person who posted before me suggested, but for a reliable car with low millage. Also, I know driving a mini van sucks, but you should wait until you save the 5,000 in order to buy that car.
- Anonymous9 years ago
No, your first car should be a piece of crap that is being held together by string and chewing gum, starts up in a cloud of black smoke and costs you less than 1000. Insurance is going to be a killer and you are going to make a ton of mistakes with your first car so buy one that you wont feel bad about throwing away in a year or two, then buy the 10k car.