I had a slow first car and drove fast stuff in the dirt. I avoided the teenage speeding tickets and accidents everyone seemed to have. A fast first car is everyone's dream but its generally not a good idea.
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I don't know how your insurance works in America but over here there are easy ways to get round the high prices, just put one of your parents as the 1st driver and yourself as the 2nd, but be sure you can get no claims bonus on that. Also in the UK if you have anything from 1.4 litre and below then it will be quite cheap.
Is there nothing like this over there?
This makes your parents liable. Ie, if you paralyze someone your parents could be losing the business, farm, house, or whatever else they own. This isnt a problem for some.