[Beach Cruiser]

Ok, so my son just turned 18. He has a Honda Accord that he built up pretty stout. Engine swap, coilovers, suspension ect... I think it is something like 300 hp on spray. He really wants to get into an F-body now. He's found a pretty decent 99 Z28 with some mild mods and high miles. Two questions for you guys, do you think a mild F-body is to much for an 18 year old? And what do you guys think abou the price and mod list? I drove the car, and it runs pretty well, and it's very clean, just High miles. Here's the link to the ad: http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/1561183126.html

What do you guys think?

[01badz28]

Since we are swapping stories -

My first car was a 1996 Camaro V6 automatic. I street raced it, pegged the limiter as often as possible while trying to see what the top speed was on the interstate, back road shenanigans (including some off road excursions), burnouts, spins, etc. Went through one transmission a year (I liked to manual shift it) and got rid of it when I was 22 for my '01 due to the fact that the 1996 was falling apart.

As soon as I opened up the '01 for the first time, I realized it was a whole different can of worms and picked up autocrossing to learn some car control. Now that I've been doing that for a few years, I'm mellow on the street and save my aggression for the parking lots. In addition, I agree with 00 Trans Ams comments - after swapping the LS3 in last winter, I have no desire to drive that aggressively on the street.

At the end of the day, he is going to be able to get into trouble with just about anything - Accord or Camaro. Its just going to come down with if you think he is mature enough to handle the Camaro.

As for the FWD v. RWD being safer, I've always felt safer and more comfortable with RWD cars. I'm sure that is mostly due to fact that I have never owned or extensively driven a FWD car, but FWDs always feel "backwards" to me.