First of all, amazing site here, lots of great cars, hard work has paid off! Alright so im a noob here, im tommy, 16 getting my licensce in november, and me and my parents agreeded on getting me a car, i choose civic. So ill be receiving a used 06 to 10 civic, but couple questions.. stick shift? good to start on, practice and ill get it? any upgrades i should look into when i get the car? and finally how are these cars on price of spare parts and maintence( shop and self?) thank you guys!

 

concentrate on getting your license first then figure out all your questions.

 

x2 lol

The civic is fun car no matter what trim level you get. Coupe/sedan is what ever. If you don't get a new one, atleast get one with one owner. I've seen some 06/07's on their 3rd owner already, you don't want that. Your really gonna want a Si model, I don't think you should get one IMHO. Chances are huge that in your first year youll have some kind of accident. Speeding is damn near always a factor to an accident. The Si isn't that fast or powerful when stock, but it's fast enough to do some serious damage with an inexperienced driver.

When I was your age I was really, really pushing hard for a slightly used s2000. My parents had enough sense otherwise. In the end that was a good decesion on their part. Now I'm almost 21 have a Si and if I really wanted to, I could go buy my long awaited s2000.

If anything don't worry about what car you drive, you should be more concerened about school. I'm not gonna thread jack this and turn it into one of those "if I could go back and do things all over....

 

If you dont know how to drive, or drive a stick, i recommend doing the former first. As for learning how to drive a stick, i would do it on someone else's car( like an uncle w/ an old truck or something). you are gonna mess up your clutch...or crash the car cause you are focusing too much on shifting and such...but good luck w the car, hope everything works out

 

Get an Si and stick shift.

 

I want stick but dont wanna wreck my car, so any disadvantage going auto, is i do an performance upgrade, pipe, etc?

 

I bought my first car without ever having driven manual (Gran Turismo 5 with a G25 doesn't count). Obviously I knew what I was doing but didn't have any experience. After about two weeks I'd say I was pretty comfortable with it. I drove the car all the way home too (approx. 250km ). It's not particularly difficult, you just have to get the hang of it. I had been driving for 8 months before that though.

 

1) Get Learner's Permit
2) Get License
3) Get crappy mid 90's Civic/Accord and learn how to drive
4) Save money
5) Buy nicer car

 

okayy so, my mom drove stick, and so did my dad, and so will I

 

Just listen to the Muffinman.

 

but why buy a crappy car when my parents already said they would buy a good used?

 

but that means they WON'T be the ones to teach you.

couple = 2...few = 3

 

why cant they teach me?

 

Hell ya! Hey Tommy! Im Tony jus turned 16 Aug11 my first car is a jdm front dc2. Whatsup man!

 

do what he said^then buy a real Type R

 

i reccomend you get an eg or accord 5sp to start off with before u get into something new.. imagine how you would feel to get a new car and not be able to drive it a month later...

 

If you get frustrated, which you just might, then tempers may flair and there is no escape because you sleep under the same roof!

- When in doubt simply push the clutch in and HOLD IT THERE. You can do no harm to the car while the clutch is engaged. Put 'er in neutral and start fresh.

 

lol i got my car in jan and license in may this year. well i was lucky to get a 07 civic si sedan used. i learned how to drive with manual in that car.(its not that hard). get an si, you dont wanna regret it after you get you DL. and you dont have to worry about it breakin down or what so ever.

 

Because you'll probably blow out the clutch learning how to drive, then you have a $1000 fix within the first year?

Or because you will guarenteed to have an accident in your high school parking lot, mall parking lot, the road, etc?


I've been there, done that.

If you get a nice newer car if you give two ***** about it is going to make you worry about where you park it. Have you seen the newer Allstate commercials with the guy in the pink SUV that sideswipes like 4 cars in a parking lot? It's not too far of a stretch from truth. Except her car will probably be one of the Lexus SUV's.

 

Not to mention all of the other stereotypes and generalizations. I personally agree with most of them. You be the judge.

 

After i graduated high school and was in the market for a new car I went to the dealer and learned stick while test driving a civic coupe. I had to "take it to my mechanic to look at" for a few hours lol.

Civics have very forgiving clutches so it shouldn't be a problem. Just remember to not ride the clutch...which means keep the clutch pedal depressed as little as possible.

 

Yup. We understand this.


And you learned to drive stick while test driving a car. I need your autograph asap.

 

You guys are being super critical of this kid. Nobody has really mentioned that driving a stick is a different learning curve for everyone. I bought my '94 EG back in '04, I was 19. Took me around two or three days until I was comfortable with pulling out on hills, etc. My one friend on the other hand, tried to learn, but for some odd reason couldn't release the clutch properly.

Nothing is more important than understanding the mechanics of how something works before you attempt to master it. These guys talking about wrecking in a parking lot are blowing smoke up your ***. He's 16 years old...not 11. Gotta learn at some point. Good luck to the OP, and don't act like an idiot while behind the wheel.

 

Learning curve, yes. It HELPS to be athletic/coordinated also.

Parking lots are no joke. Most dangerous place to be in a car, imo

 

well welcom to the site of haters im 16 and my first car is a DA9 integra that i havent drove since i bought it (shell) bought multipal swaps and been ****ed by the honda game... goodluck on getting any helppp, i sure as hell dont get none!