a. Would have definitely been dead or in a wheel chair, I squeezed every last bit of horsepower out of the 4 cyl eclipse that I drove.

b. would definitely lose the V card, probably also dead.

I don't think I'd be any different. My car doesn't define who I am but is rather an extension of my personality. I would've had more fun because of the power, but it probably would've gotten me into trouble at the same time. I had a Nissan Sentra and still racked up a handful of tickets before I was 21. She wasn't fast but she was loaded with suspension goodies (and of course the obligatory audio system overhaul). Man I miss that car. This was when I really got into Nissan.

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Thank goodness I didn't. Probably would be crippled or not around today and worse yet, might have invovled some other innocent people with me.

Nothing wrong with humble beginnings (started with a beat up 69 Toyota Corona for $80 and probably paid $40 too much!:icon17:). Makes me truly appreciate all the material creature comforts I've been able to acquire along the way!

I had a 280ZX in highschool, which I still own 15 years later. It gave me a lot of respect from the Honda and import guys but never did much else for me (I didn't really get a sports car for the "status" reason anyways).

Now... once I got a little bit older, the car got a little bit older and was over 20 years old, it certainly had an impact on some of the ladies going out to the bars at night.

I pulled up to a stoplight and some girl walking down the street on a Friday night, probably not realizing my window was open asked her friend if "that car" was a Porsche or a Jaguar... she hesitated for a second and said "definitely a porsche" :icon18:

Also of note, Cougars have amazing flashbacks when you blast Duran Duran in the car or the soundtrack to Miami Vice with the T-Tops off, but now I am well off topic of talking about the car in highschool.

Yes I would have been even more of a douche back in highschool and I probably would have blown my motor.

I had the fastest car in highschool(GST spyder eclipse pushing 230whp), and I was a douche, granted if I had my Z back then, I probably wouldn't have earned money with street racing cause no one would want to run me lol.

Being that I am also of the class of 00', the current Z at the time was the 300ZX. Arguably, i think the reactions would have been the same, regardless of which car we are talking about.

A. Walking with the assumptions that I could travel back in time and give my old self my car, I probably would have been at least a little more confident. Stuck-up, not really. I tend to be pretty humble unless I am dealing with a stuck-up ***. Then my ego tends to flare up pretty quick.

B. I would like to think so, but honestly it might not have made a difference. As was said before, even a nice car will only get you so far.

Would I be dead? There's always the chance, but I would like to think not. My first car was an 88' Chrysler Lebaron coupe (with the 2.5L I4). Not a screaming demon by any means, but it looked sporty enough to get some nods. There was also the 110mph race down the highway that I managed to pull of pretty well. That car is long since dead. Tried to pass a farming dump truck on a two-lane road, only to find out that he was going to turn left and his turn signals didn't work (come to think of it, his brake lights didn't work either). I didn't get hurt, but my car did.

Oh well, story time over.