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.
