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Originally Posted by Eagles513 (Post 3195419)

My friend is a master tech at Nissan. I was going to trade my white '13 nismo for a '13 graphite nismo. Turns out the previous owner was some 17 year old high school kid with a rich daddy who got it for him. 12k miles and never changed the oil. Blew the motor and burned out the clutch. Perfectly good and awesome nismo Rays were littered with curb rash. The kid turned it into a piece of trash. It made me sad to hear and almost brought with to tears when I heard the kid traded it for a brand new nismo. Just thought I would share with anyone thinking of getting their kid a Z or any sports car for that matter. Please make sure they can drive it properly and won't trash it. Such a same to see these things just get wasted and trashed....to everyone else...treat your Z well!!!!

Well, that recommendation can be given to any niche-market vehicle.

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Originally Posted by POS VETT (Post 3195519)

Well, that recommendation can be given to any niche-market vehicle.

u should change your handle. anything u post turns into (or can easily turn into) a joke on u...

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 3195702)

u should change your handle. anything u post turns into (or can easily turn into) a joke on u...

Yea?

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Originally Posted by POS VETT (Post 3195712)

Yea?

yah..

Usually parents lol. There are some kids that have the self control but usually not lol. Bought mine when I was 18 and babied it ever since. Why would I want to ruin it and/or die? :ugh2:

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Originally Posted by POS VETT (Post 3195712)

Yea?

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 3195740)

yah..

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Originally Posted by FPenvy (Post 3195745)

yeah!

:wtf2:

Yeauh! :ugh:

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Originally Posted by FPenvy (Post 3195745)

yeah!

:wtf2:

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Originally Posted by exsanity (Post 3195749)

Yeauh! :ugh:

:bowrofl:

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Originally Posted by POS VETT (Post 3195712)

Yea?

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 3195740)

yah..

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Originally Posted by FPenvy (Post 3195745)

yeah!

:wtf2:

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Originally Posted by exsanity (Post 3195749)

Yeauh! :ugh:

http://www.growthenergy.org/images/s...ew-256x256.jpg

Thread should have been titled, "Don't Raise Your Teenager to be a Dipstick" imo.

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Originally Posted by Eagles513 (Post 3195419)

I gave each of my sons a Z when they were old enough to drive. Note: this was several years ago and the Zs were both 280ZX's from my stable (manual trans, of course). They took decent care of them, rebuilt engines, did suspension mods, etc. One of the Z's survives today and the other met an untimely end during a hydroplaning event.

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 3196235)

That is a bit different than giving a kid a new 40-45k car who doesn't even know to change the oil after 12k miles. Then buying him a brand new nismo after blowing the motor on the 13'

My dad bought me my 370Z when I was 15. I change the oil myself and do other basic maintenance. Five years later now and its in great shape. I've met people old and young that don't care for their things. Buying a responsible teenager a Z is no issue!

Give it 3 years, the 370z will turn into what we all hate about the 350 community.