Driving... cars, different ages, different cultures, different stories

well...
gonna talk in here about driving...
some love it.. some dont like it... but need it...
different driving experiences in different countries....

I turn 18 this May and I still don't gots a Car , I want to get a Kawasaki Ninja, or the Kawasaki Ninja 650r, but It's gona be tough.

i feel like i'll never ever will get a car... or even buying... i mean for my own.... only maybe when im maried ... blabla... car for us both... you knw what i want to say...

i made my driving licence with 18.... like the most ...
but an own car only a few get... mostly its either a pretty old one... acheap one.... or the car of their mom or something like that...

i hate drinving i only do it because i have to, every now and then i get my friends to drive e around in my cars lol

i own a 1999 model NL50 Corsa that has been lowered with a few modifications like rims and sound system, it did have a body kit but every time my mate took me out in it he was too careless and i had to take it off so it looks standard except for being lowered.

i was given a 1980 Porsche 911 SC its a 5 Speed manual transaxle
and i barely use it, maybe twice a month ill go out and about in it but because i dont like driving i barely use it.
not many modifications to it except for the rims (cant remember what size they are and yeah i keep it at my dads garage in the city so i can use it to cruise around the city and to the beach thats close by but still i dont like using it because it guzzles too much gas >.<

i would prefer something not as noticeable because police like to stop me if im going 50k in a 50k area because its loud (i think there is a hole in the exhaust lol) but either way they let me off with a friendly get it fixed warning lol.
i started driving as soon as i was able to get a licence and that was 15 for learners permit (means you must drive with someone that has a full license) and then a restricted licence (meaning i can drive alone between 7am and 10pm) and then 2 years later a full license. yipee...

hey max,when you get a permit at the age of 15 do you know the range of amount of money your parents insurance might go up ?

in New Zealand the minimum age for driving is 15, at 15 you can get a learners permit but with a learners permit you must have someone in the car with a full drivers license and then when you have accumulated around 200 hours of driving experience you can apply for a restricted drivers permit wich allows you to drive alone between the hours of 7am and 10pm you cant have anybody in the car that dosent have a license and full license you can do anything lol.

Ryo when i was 15 and got my first car it was up to me to get my own insurance for it so my parents insurance isnt effected by me having a car.

i remember that the one who teach me how to drive was my mother when i was 13... but she pased away 3 years ago...

i got my license last year when i became 17... but my father gives me almost no car... because he doesn't like to lend it to me -.-

so now i travel on public transport to everywhere and i hate it TT.TT

he doesn't like to lend it to me -.-

O_o I think I know why lol

Torigoma wrote:

he doesn't like to lend it to me -.-

O_o I think I know why lol

*Headdesks Tori for trying to be a psychic* lol do you really!!

thats unfortunate Kana maybe it would be time for you to work part time (maybe not something that will take up alot of your time but something thats easy to do on weekends maybe) and in doing this you can generally save up for a car of your own ^^ you can look on automotive websites or in the classifieds for a cheap deal either way after 6 months you will be driving around instead of taking public transportation all the time ^___^

^_^ nope, I'm just in the same boat, they think you give a 17 a car and they'll crash the next day (though with me that might be the case).

yeah i havent seen many accidents with the younger generation of drivers really its all the old gandpas and grandmas that are causing the accidents.
grandpa excuse: its not my fault the light was orange when i stopped at the green light >.<
gandma excuse: my little pupp was tired so i had to put im to sleep in my lap -.-

i hear them all the time especially when they crash into me, grandpa: you were moving to slow >.< ( i was going 60k in a 50k limit area)
grandma: i was waiting for cicada to get off my windscreen wipers before i turn
im just a little frustraited and annoyed but my main concern is that they are ok and are still breathing when i go to check on them -.-


*watches Tori drive away*
dont forget your break thingy *holds break pads in the air*

Yep Max, your right, It's this Lady Right here Mean Old Lady.

Meh,I only use my car to get to classes and work, and to go to my river lot. Many of my friends have boats and water property, so I just boat to their places in the summer.

I didn't bother getting my permit when I was 15, I didn't need one. I finally got it when I was going to college, and as of now I either drive a '96 Cavalier or my father's Astro Van. xD Classy

omg Tori that is a great example XD
nice Haruko ive never driven a boat before sounds like great times ^^
oo a 96 cavalier nice ^^
do you have your own car? or do you have full access to your dads car??

The Cav is kind of the family car, my brother and I both helped pay for it so we try to alternate when possible.

And my father works 12 hour shifts, so I certainly don't have full access to it xD Just whenever he's not working

yeah me...
i only m able to drive when my father is at home...

but meeeh. im not driving much anyway...
also i have bad sense of direction >.>

why only when your father is not home Kiri?
maybe you need to drive more so you can get a better sense of direction eh Kiri ^__^

lol made a typo... i meant to say that i am only able to drive... when he is at home... since we have only 1 car that he needs to drive to work =P

well.. i can direct through my town... which isnt the biggest (~30k pop)
and some other places... where i have been already many times at... and at least half way know where it is....
or someone next to me knows... and can direct me...
but i cant even drive to the shopping No 1 destination in my region... since the town is so big and ... its really old... (my town is already over 1200 years ols... and this one even older) so streets might be confusing... x.x

hmm you need another car, save save save ^___^

ah a navigator or gps are handy ^^

like i said..
im barely driving anyway... so meeeh....
maybe when i have a job that is far away... and i get annoyed by taking the train XD

anyway... my bf already planned out what cars to buy in the future...
when he is about to do his teaching... he wants some MX5 ....
and after he is finished... he wants to buy some Lotus.... and i would get the MX5 ...
(read between the lines =3 )

mm yeah id prefer to not drive much but i have to >.< i live too far away from my job -.- i could catch the train but unfortunately the train isnt running at 3am -.- so sad,

thats niice after your bf gets a new car take his old mone (hoping he dosent use it as a trade in so he can get his new car -.-) but you could still save for your own car too aye maybe a little Toyota or Mazda and the MX5 sounds like it is too much for you Kiri lol (should give it to mee ^___^ i can park it next to my Porsche lol and it will just be left to sit in a garage untill the weekend lol)

why do you think this MX5 is too much for me?? ö_Ö

my fathers car is a VW passat


i'll exchange the MX5 for the porsche ö.ö;


and well... the thing what was between the lines was that he was talking about a future together >///<

i then asked him what kind of cars those were... both are only for 2 persons?
i then asked him what he would think about a mini-van x///x

well depending if its a V8 that too much power fo you i think lol

the VW pasat is a nice car but i dont know much detail about it (i saw the 2009 model very nice ^__^)

O.O well the porsche is a v8 and is bad with gas so i would probably accept that offer lol

ahhh your future tigether with ur bf ^___^ babies lots and lots of babies!! hehe
a mini van would be the best idea for when you guys have kiddies ^___^

now tell me ! >_<
why do you think it would be too much power for me??? >.<

our car is already over 10 years old i think... ö.ö;


not more than 2 kids...
the passat would be sufficient >.>

i dont think you would suit a v8 was what i was thinking ^__^ with the power comes the noise can be compared to a Rotary -.-

wow 10 years, that sounds like a dependable car O.O

cute 2 kiddies ^__^ what if you have more kids would the passat still be sufficient? you may need to get a mini van ^__^