Paddle shifters
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tl;dr post ahoy!
If the point here is to set expectations realistically to
- keep someone from doing something likely to hurt them
- set someone up from getting so discouraged that they ruin their life
then fine.
Otherwise, some folks seem like they're having a shit-on-JN party and it's pretty lame.
This is still the only country where a kid with 1 leg can say "in 6 years I am going to have an awesome car" and it wouldn't be an absolute joke. In places like Denmark, where there is a 150% tax on buying a vehicle, yes, then a kid buying an NSX is not going to happen.
It sounds like some of you have had some difficult situations, some of which may be the case inspite of all of your hard work and careful planning. That's no reason to shit on this kids dreams. If you're going to tell a cautionary tale about how he's got a lot of really, really hard work ahead of him, and tell him where you got it wrong, so he can try and avoid those mistakes, then please do. If you're here to be bitter about how your situation turned out and to project your frustration onto his situation.. well that's understandable but its lame. Schadenfreude is an ugly thing.
Here's my story: I had no car at all in highschool. My dad wouldn't let me get a drivers license until I was 17 because my grades weren't good enough. I met all kinds of people because of needing to bum rides
I turned some shit around, got a full academic scholarship to the college I wanted to go to, and before I left, I had a killer job lined up and waiting for me. The summer after I started my job, I bought my M5 with the money that I didn't have to spend on going to college. It wasn't the fastest or the best car or anyting like that, but it was faster than what most people drove, and rarer than cars like the NSX.
I got lucky because most of my life, I've been bright enough to never have to expend much effort. I saw the limits of that in highschool, and turned up the "effort" knob a bit and had things turn out pretty well. Having good genes, good luck, and good parents goes a long way. But there are people I went to school with that probably weren't as bright as me, and certainly didn't have some of the advantages that I do.. and they had better outcomes. One gal I went to school with is some kind of laser physicist PhD or something. She worked her ass off; I didn't. Another dude I went to college with, instead of slacking like I did, he worked his ass off. He was the L2 cache designer on several Intel and AMD processors that you guys use today.
I've met lots of people that worked harder than me and probably didn't have the advantages that I did, and they're doing pretty well.
The point is that while your systematic advantages count for a lot, they don't count as much as working your ass off and keeping your eye on the ball. There are no guarantees in life, but that means there's also no guarantee something will turn out badly. So, no need to hate on this guy.
The next post here trying to explain how JN isn't going to have an NSX in 6 years better show some hard numbers.
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Well said, when it comes to something like buying a nice car there are a lot of factors, such as how high the car is on someones priority list, or how much of a drive they have to make that money happen. My first car was a 1987 cutlass ciera, POS grandma car that my parents bought for me, so after a few months of working I bought myself an Avenger in my own name, then when I bought my Accord 3 years ago, I knew it wasnt the nicest car in the world but I payed good money for it and really liked it so I didnt care. If he says he wants to get a certain type of car, who is anyone here to say he CAN'T?? I believe he started this thread asking for someones knowledge about paddle shifters, not "Hey, come shit on me because I have high dreams to buy a nice car"
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Kossick;301033 wrote:
I believe he started this thread asking for someones knowledge about paddle shifters, not "Hey, come shit on me because I have high dreams to buy a nice car"no, this is not askjeeves.com. this is fs, damnit.
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Kossick;301033 wrote:
Well said, when it comes to something like buying a nice car there are a lot of factors, such as how high the car is on someones priority list, or how much of a drive they have to make that money happen. My first car was a 1987 cutlass ciera, POS grandma car that my parents bought for me, so after a few months of working I bought myself an Avenger in my own name, then when I bought my Accord 3 years ago, I knew it wasnt the nicest car in the world but I payed good money for it and really liked it so I didnt care. If he says he wants to get a certain type of car, who is anyone here to say he CAN'T?? I believe he started this thread asking for someones knowledge about paddle shifters, not "Hey, come shit on me because I have high dreams to buy a nice car"That's a good idea for a hallmark card
2003 Mitsubishi Evolution 8
2011 Ford F150 Ecoboost
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All I'm going to say is LOL @ an NSX or Viper being a high-end sports car.
-Eric
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Jim;300801 wrote:
My car didnt come with paddle shifters but i have them now.http://fargostreet.com/temp/bmw/00bmw/smg.jpg
I have like a grand in to it maybe a little more.
Did you wired everything yourself? Or you had someone else do it?
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T ! N;301060 wrote:
Did you wired everything yourself? Or you had someone else do it?http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=63211
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Joel;301062 wrote:
Mustang/Camaro/corvette - low end
nsx/viper- Higher end than most of us can affordIDK about corvette being low end. I'd rate it higher than a Viper.
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Bp-08;301074 wrote:
The corvette may be faster, better handling, cheaper. But vipers are just badass, and if I had enough money id rather have a viper. They are just more badass.When did opinion become fact? the vipers are cool, but so are corvette's.
but really a high end sports car's ranges from a older low 100hp lotus's to a 1000hp bugatti veyron. It is all in the eye of the beholder. So really who makes the call at where the line is drawn?
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