Exactly, my first car cost $3000 (89 Lebaron) and I didnt need anything else at the time... First time drivers dont need sports cars or brand spanken new cars to learn how to drive. They are just gonna either get beat on... (the cars I mean)

 

yea, and they also type Impreza with two z's (Imprezza) why??

 

because they are fools...

In my opinion the average first time driver has no business behind the wheel of a car with the abilities of a wrx. But in this article they say impreza....I'm guessing they are referring to the TS wagon as much as the wrx...but then again I didn't bother to read the article.

There are exceptions of course.....some families raise their kids around cars. My little brother was racing cars at like 7 years old. I started driving dune buggies around the same age and what not....

But even then I would never give a kid a car with that much *****. Shoot I waiting til I was damn near 20 to get my lisense and my first car was an 88 ford ranger.

People will buy their kids these types of cars..mustang, lexus'....etc....and not talk to them at all and wonder why they get killed in accidents all the damn time.

 

Some of these suggestions are insane. Give a 16-year-old an XTerra? I've driven one of those for a few weeks and they are tippy, loose-handling cars with atrocious stopping distance and a big side profile that really catches the wind on the highway.

Actually, that goes for all three midsize SUVs on the list -- cars with that kind of size and high view angle are for advanced drivers who have developed that "sixth sense" about where the car is in relation to the road and other cars. Ever seen a teen parallel park?

BTW, "Imprezza" wasn't the only spelling error -- two points to the first person who spots the other VERY OBVIOUS spelling error in the article...