I bought it for my 30th Birthday, Midlife chrisis :P

Now I have the car 2.5 years...

 

you're still wet behind the ears yourself, jetydosa ;-)

I bought mine when I was 36, I would have bought one before, but they didn't sell 'um in the US until then ;-)

 

I think I have you all beat.

 

Trust me, you're not going to hurt my feelings by being older than I am ;-)

You were one of the few guys at the Expo that made me feel a little less out of place :P

 

Trust me, you're not going to hurt my feelings by being older than I am ;-)

You were one of the few guys at the Expo that made me feel a little less out of place :P[/quote:e5c1d99aad]

I thought you were 18 George? :P

I was 24, almost 25 when I got my 2001.

I would have liked one in 97 or 98, but I didn't have the financial resources to pay for my own.

I'm wondering, how did you 16-18 year olds pay for an R? I had a co-signer at 21 years old due to 'lack of credit', I'm wondering how people that young are a) able to afford a 25,000 car and b) how they are able to get a loan!!

 

mine was a happy 16th birthday thing from my parents. but now all of my b-days for the rest of my life are going to suck...unless i can talk them into a ferrari for my 18th! lol j/k

 

my parents wrote a check for the car but im making monthly payments to them

 

my parents signed for the financeing, i pay the payments but its in my mom's name. working 40 hr's week so its not bad. its all work/school till the weekends. its worth it though everytime i drive the damn thing

 

I was 38. I'd always liked sports cars but spent my money on other things. When my truck got totaled in 2001 I accidently came across a great deal on a 98 ITR with only 11K miles. I bought it for $18.5K. Since then I've added a jrsc kit (BTC, MAP controller, 255 l/hr fuel pump, cooler plugs, and 8psi stepper pulley), AEM CAI, 2.5" Kamikaze header, and 2.5" custom exhaust. I've bought most of the parts used from the classifieds here and at honda-tech.com. I have to drive a lot (over 25K miles a year), and love every minute of it. The best part is that it didn't cost me very much. I'm glad that I didn't get hooked on this speed thing when I was a teenager. I probably would have killed myself or blown up my car. Plus I would have missed out on a lot of good times (travel, skiing, concerts, etc.) if I had maxed out my credit cards for car parts.

 

I'm 19, just got my R less than 2 months ago. I paid for it full by myself. How? I been saving since high school. I know its sad but an ITR is all i ever wanted, ever since 97. I don't regret working my ass off and saving for it either. Its worth every penny i paid for it.

NT