Not only that, but you can spend 1-2000 on it for 1 year, (at my age atleast), get into a crash which was someone else's fault, and have the insurance try and write off your car for not even close to it's actual value. Even if the car is barely damaged atall. That, and there are alot of, probably 100+ year old drivers, who can't see over the wheel and have no attention to anything atall, who think that they can all drive as well as the day they got their licence
Buy an old car then. Tax and insurance is cheap, and it's easy to modify and repair. Older cars are more fun anyway, since they generally provide a more direct driving experience
Of course NFS won't accurately represent any car. The 240 is a very good car for drifting as it has a long wheelbase and plenty of weight over the front axle. Of course the lack of power means you won't be spinning the rear wheels like a 700hp Corvette, but a skilled driver can effortlessly drift a volvo Regardless, if you drift cars on a public road you deserve anything that happens to you. I know it sounds harsh, but racing and drifting is for the track, not the road. You can have plenty of fun without breaking speed limits or laws
Really its just that one volvo in nfs also the colors that the ai have when using that car I would own a 240 though
While old cars are generally better in everyway, in the UK most older cars are more expensive to tax and insure than an older one of the same equivilant. Atleast for younger drivers. Insurance companies genreally don't want to deal with the potential mistakes that new drivers might make, so they make it as difficult as possible for them to get a car on the road. To the point where full cover insurance is actually MORE expensive than less cover. I'm curious as to how the insurance elsewhere tackles convertables though. Mainly because I see alot of people in America consider an MX5 (Miata for you) a great, fun first car. Yet over here, since it's a convertable, its pretty much a big nope. As most people can't afford the insurance for one when they start driving
UK insurance sounds like a proper pain in the arse. I suppose it makes sense when you look at how young people drive, especially "chavs". I don't know about the rest of the world, but in Portugal insurance is generally quite cheap, and it gets even cheaper for older cars, regardless of the driver's age. A new driver would pay about 400 euro/year for insurance on a 20 year old supermini, more or less. A hot hatchback of the same era, such as a Citroen AX GTi, would get up to 500 a year maybe. Experienced drivers (I believe 25+ years old) with classic cars can pay as little as 50 euro/ year for insurance Of course, the downside is that cars are fucking expensive. It's just cheap to insure and tax them.
We have a massive tax on gas. That's why we pay such high prices for fuel; within a matter of months you'd spend your car's value in fuel alone.
Im a car guy. We have a passion. I dont see your problem. I dont force my view on people, i inform them of alternitives like a manual transmission and drivetrain options. please stop being such a dickhead.
Never mind. --- Post updated --- That's not changing the fact that normal people looking at us from a outside view see that we're all just big assholes.
That depends. People who hoon cars and drive like maniacs on public roads are seen as assholes by 99% of car enthusiasts, as well as the outside world. However, people who just like classic cars, for example, are generally seen as sensible and tasteful folks by anyone
Once again that depends. Hate and love are completely internalized, some people see all car enthusiasts as assholes, and some people see things objectively
