Don't you think you'll want a little practice driving (that is, by time you're of legal driving age ) before you buy a hot new car? Please don't tell me you're going to learn in it, but that it will be your project that sits in the garage while you drive a beater Buick like I did for the first year. I know what it's like to have a family opposed to mods -- my dad says I have enough now and that he doesn't want me lowering it -- alignment, scraping, money, etc, etc. We'll see...