Youngest MS3 owner?

[elderlycoffee]

what kind of payments do you guys have on them?

Somewhere around 550

 

[clos561]

probally around 600.

yea my payments are pretty ****** high but i tagged on the remainder of my 04 3 i traded in..mine are 650...i had aloot left on my 3 but i make the money and i love the car....

 

[mhrebin]

a month.!? damn. what about insurance..... ( should i even ask.lol) maybe its classified under the regular 3 ( crossing fingers)

(elderly- i just sent you a friend request on myspace. accept!!!)lol

 

[clos561]

a month.!? damn. what about insurance..... ( should i even ask.lol) maybe its classified under the regular 3 ( crossing fingers)

(elderly- i just sent you a friend request on myspace. accept!!!)lol

my insurance is around 150...ummm prety amazing rate if u ask me i gues my payments balance with my rate but i stil would love to have payments under 500...

 

[elderlycoffee]

a month.!? damn. what about insurance..... ( should i even ask.lol) maybe its classified under the regular 3 ( crossing fingers)

(elderly- i just sent you a friend request on myspace. accept!!!)lol

Ohhh I was wondering who that was.

As far as insurance, At the time we bought the car the Mazdaspeed 3 "didn't exist" according to my insurance agent so he put it under the normal 3 hatch which on paper is an average speed 5 door econo box.

 

[mhrebin]

i mean i wouldnt mind paying lower insurance with a high payment. id make sure to put enough down so my payments wouldnt be sky high. def dont want that. the car would get paid off faster though.lol

gotta make the money to spend the money, the way i look at it.lol

 

[clos561]

i mean i wouldnt mind paying lower insurance with a high payment. id make sure to put enough down so my payments wouldnt be sky high. def dont want that. the car would get paid off faster though.lol

gotta make the money to spend the money, the way i look at it.lol

yea im gona refinance the car after the year and it wil bring my payments lower and i can pay the car off within 2 years. instead of paying 650 id pay 500 and pay 150 to the principal plus the 100 i already pay toward the principal....

 

[mhrebin]

interesting. ive got to do some research and see what kind of numbers i can come up with. im saving money right now. got a big chunk set aside for it. but still owe like 9k on the protege, so idk if i would trade it in and see what id get for it and take a hit. its a tough call.

 

[clos561]

interesting. ive got to do some research and see what kind of numbers i can come up with. im saving money right now. got a big chunk set aside for it. but still owe like 9k on the protege, so idk if i would trade it in and see what id get for it and take a hit. its a tough call.

me and my friend thought about it and i woulda been better off selling the car to someone for 3k or so and having them just tak payments......someone would do taht and you could save alot of money and have nice chunk to put on down payment..if i could turn the hand of time i would go that route

 

[elderlycoffee]

wouldn't hurt to see what the dealer will buy it for, sometimes they'll buy it for more if they know the money is just gonna go right back into their pocket. But then you have to watch out for them trying to make it back in the pricing of the new car.

 

[clos561]

wouldn't hurt to see what the dealer will buy it for, sometimes they'll buy it for more if they know the money is just gonna go right back into their pocket. But then you have to watch out for them trying to make it back in the pricing of the new car.

my car was 23 but the money added was reason for high payments...do what best suits u..i can afford it and at the time didnt care because i was drowling over the car for months before release and i love it..getting cai next week for this car...i heard mpg is a s*** load more with cai...plus the performance

 

[elderlycoffee]

my car was 23 but the money added was reason for high payments...do what best suits u..i can afford it and at the time didnt care because i was drowling over the car for months before release and i love it..getting cai next week for this car...i heard mpg is a s*** load more with cai...plus the performance

I dunno that it's a "s*** load" more.
I'm not the best driver in the world either so I'm not getting the absolute best the car could get.

 

[TheFa1isOutdone]

No offense, but poor choice by your parents in letting you get a 260 HP car. No kid our age (I'm 18) can really handle that kind of car and not be a show-off to friends/girls at school.

That being said, my brother just bought one and he's 27. I looked at one and decided it was too much for me, so I went ahead and did the whole 4.9 APR financing on an 07 SI sedan, and even at only 200 HP, it's too quick for me. Fun lil' whip though.

 

[clos561]

No offense, but poor choice by your parents in letting you get a 260 HP car. No kid our age (I'm 18) can really handle that kind of car and not be a show-off to friends/girls at school.

That being said, my brother just bought one and he's 27. I looked at one and decided it was too much for me, so I went ahead and did the whole 4.9 APR financing on an 07 SI sedan, and even at only 200 HP, it's too quick for me. Fun lil' whip though.

im 21 and this is my first fast car ever...first stick shift car ever...i got used to it very fast and dont have a problem..i guess everyone is different but i could drive anything with enough time getting used to it

 

[elderlycoffee]

No offense, but poor choice by your parents in letting you get a 260 HP car. No kid our age (I'm 18) can really handle that kind of car and not be a show-off to friends/girls at school.

That being said, my brother just bought one and he's 27. I looked at one and decided it was too much for me, so I went ahead and did the whole 4.9 APR financing on an 07 SI sedan, and even at only 200 HP, it's too quick for me. Fun lil' whip though.

No offense, But speak for yourself. Everybody has a different maturity, everyone has a different mentality and different mindset. Frankly I'm tired of defending myself to people because I'm young and have a fast car, With an upgrade to make it faster. Allot of times the people telling me I suck because my parents bought my car "you'll be wrapped around a tree in a week" blah blah blah are just jealous because they're in a 92 camry and i'm in an 07 ms3. Not saying you or anyone else in this thread is in that boat though. I'm not saying that you're lacking in any way but an si being too quick sounds a little funny to me. I've driven cars WAYYYYY more expensive and quicker than my car and not once was it too hard to drive. Allot of people think that really fast cars are hard to drive slow. I haven't found one yet thats hard to drive legal limits. This is my end all defensive post as far as being 17 and having an MS3. Ask any of my friends that ride with me, I'm one of the safest drivers they've ridden with. Many people argue that skill and experience are two different things, I don't argue back because they obviously are. But driving isn't ALL experience, While most life life and even most of driving relies on experience it is possible to be an extremely defensive driver, having fun when it's safe and demonstrating the power of the car when it's safe without driving for 20 years.

If you're 17 and you've got a steady hand and a brain in between your ears it would be just as easy for a 40 year old demonstrating the speed of his car on an empty road to end up wrapped around a telephone pole as it would you and I don't believe you're at any more risk than the 40 year old.

In fact I would venture to say that there are some teenagers that are safer drivers than the 40 year olds driving back and forth to work everyday because they haven't become jaded by it.
Those 40 year olds driving back and forth to work everyday become too comfortable and forget to do things they should do such as signal before lane changes and check their mirrors. While a younger driver still has these things fresh in his head.

It's an endless debate that can never be won and in the end it all comes down to the individual actually driving the car and his capability, if a million other 17 year olds had MS3's and crash them that doesn't mean I will. Statistics and stereotypes suck.

 

[Roywhitep5]

Who is the oldest MS3 owner on the forums?

Turned 60 two weeks ago.

Born April, 1947.

How about that president Truman eh?

 

[clos561]

No offense, But speak for yourself. Everybody has a different maturity, everyone has a different mentality and different mindset. Frankly I'm tired of defending myself to people because I'm young and have a fast car, With an upgrade to make it faster. Allot of times the people telling me I suck because my parents bought my car "you'll be wrapped around a tree in a week" blah blah blah are just jealous because they're in a 92 camry and i'm in an 07 ms3. Not saying you or anyone else in this thread is in that boat though. I'm not saying that you're lacking in any way but an si being too quick sounds a little funny to me. I've driven cars WAYYYYY more expensive and quicker than my car and not once was it too hard to drive. Allot of people think that really fast cars are hard to drive slow. I haven't found one yet thats hard to drive legal limits. This is my end all defensive post as far as being 17 and having an MS3. Ask any of my friends that ride with me, I'm one of the safest drivers they've ridden with. Many people argue that skill and experience are two different things, I don't argue back because they obviously are. But driving isn't ALL experience, While most life life and even most of driving relies on experience it is possible to be an extremely defensive driver, having fun when it's safe and demonstrating the power of the car when it's safe without driving for 20 years.

If you're 17 and you've got a steady hand and a brain in between your ears it would be just as easy for a 40 year old demonstrating the speed of his car on an empty road to end up wrapped around a telephone pole as it would you and I don't believe you're at any more risk than the 40 year old.

In fact I would venture to say that there are some teenagers that are safer drivers than the 40 year olds driving back and forth to work everyday because they haven't become jaded by it.
Those 40 year olds driving back and forth to work everyday become too comfortable and forget to do things they should do such as signal before lane changes and check their mirrors. While a younger driver still has these things fresh in his head.

It's an endless debate that can never be won and in the end it all comes down to the individual actually driving the car and his capability, if a million other 17 year olds had MS3's and crash them that doesn't mean I will. Statistics and stereotypes suck.

i agree, i wanted to write something along those lines btu i didnt want to write alot....(drinks)

 

[mhrebin]

^true that. everyones different. common sense while driving FTW!

 

[clos561]

you could wrap a geo metro around a tree jsut as easy as a ms3 or any sports car...if anything its easier...shittier brakes..shittier handling...its all about the driver tho....and the common sense

 

[elderlycoffee]

you could wrap a geo metro around a tree jsut as easy as a ms3 or any sports car...if anything its easier...shittier brakes..shittier handling...its all about the driver tho....and the common sense

Which proves my point :-D (band)