Is the Mustang Gt too powerful for a first car?

Question

Im going to buy my son a Mustang for his first car, he is 16, should i buy him the GT, or do u think the V8 power is too much for him, should i go with the V6?

Answer 1

ABSOLUTELY!!!! Personally, I don't think you should even be buying him a Mustang PERIOD!!!! At least not for a FIRST car. Either car will be EXTREMELY high on insurance premiums, not to mention the most obvious reason that you would be almost as good as signing his death wish with such a powerful car!!!! If you have the means to be buying him a brand new vehicle at the age of sixteen, consider a 4-cylinder car like a Fusion, or a Focus, especially with gas prices as outrageous as they are now. I don't care how responsible you think he is. The fact of the matter is, he WILL be showing off in your absence, to his friends at some point. All it takes is a split second for tragedy to happen. Don't be a contributor to the high rate a carnage that is already occuring on our streets and highways!!!!

Answer 2

I'm 19, and a younger driver, and even though I like power, I'd say definetly stay away from the Mustang altogether.
Alot of the accidents that involve kids are due to the fact that they are inexpeirenced behind the wheel. If he has a lot of friends, they'll be constantly talking and goofing off in the car, blasting their music and most likely not paying attention to what's going on around them.
My advice would be to by a well maintained used car. That way if he get's into an accident, it won't really matter because the car was old anyway.
It maybe slower then the Mustang, but you have to crawl before you can run.
Save the Mustang for a graudation gift, and once he's had a lot more time behind the wheel, and can prove that he is responsible behind the wheel.
I myself drive a 95 Grand Am SE V6, and it's a pretty fast car, but still easily handled. Much more so then a 300hp Mustang anyway.

Answer 3

I know this is an ancient question here now, but in case anybody else it reading it for advice... my first car (this was 16 years ago) was a V6 Oldsmobile and I liked it, but my dad let me drive his modified '89 Mustang 5.0 convertible pretty often too. His judgement on that was questionable, lol. It was 500 HP. I had a couple close calls, but I managed to regain control of the car before anything bad happened. I consider myself a better driver than most though.

I would advice against a GT as a first car, even in stock form... especially the new 420+ HP models. It's just too much car for most 16 year olds that have peak amounts of testosterone flowing through their veins. People feel invincible at that age, and it can easily end in a totaled car - or worse!

Answer 4

I hate to break it to you Supra boy but a 05-07 stock gt mustang has a faster 1/4 mile time than any stock production toyota supra. So sad, too bad. Look it up. Source=toyota web page and Ford web page. 97 twin turbo supra= 13.6 1/4 mile 06 gt mustang=13.5

V6 or V8, it doesnt matter as far as saftey goes, any car goes fast enough to kill someone. Get him the V8, if you look on consumer reports the v8 mustangs have a much,much better reliabillty report in every catagory (engine,paint,ac,transmission, and so on.) Not to mention that as far as looking cool goes a v6 is a girls car. No offense to women or men who own one im just talkng high school apperence. I am 30 years old and even though we as parents all say "it wont matter 10 years from now" or "it doesnt matter what other people think" we all know that it did matter to us when we were in H.S. so show some empathy and do your son right. :)

Answer 5

No kid at 16 has earned the need for a brand new car especially a hot rod Mustang that mommy and daddy decided to buy. At 16 they don't even know how to drive let alone drive a fast car. Anybody can make a car go fast, not everybody can drive a fast car. I worked for a classic car parts house and SO many people spent money or their kids first car, like hot rod Camaros. Every time the kid wrecked it daddy fixed it so he could wreck it again.

My kids first car was in 1998, I went to a police auction and found a mint condition 1983 Mercury Zephyr powder blue 4dr for $500.00. Great car fully loaded, sadly the car was wrecked by an uninsured motorist and my kid had no injury. My first car was almost 10 years old when I was 17 and I respected that car. My other kids first cars, Ford Tempo from a friend and a 1996 Saturn this year for $1700.00. All the kids respect their cars and take very good care of them. They also know the next one they buy and pay insurance if they get in a wreck.

Make your son learn respect for cars before you just give him something like that.

Answer 6

It is absolutely not too powerful for a first car! His friends will think he is so cool, and it doesn't matter if you can trust him not to speed because he could do that with any car. There is no reason you shouldn't buy it for him. The way I look at it... A car is a car, but it's the driver that determines everything else. You could give him a Honda Civic, and he could go speeding with that too. It doesn't matter what car he has the only thing that matters is the way he drives. BUY THE MUSTANG! I have one and it is the best car ever! I love to drive it, and everywhere I go people are always telling me how nice my car is. He would love all of the attention, and he would have a blast driving it!

Answer 7

The size of the motor doesn't matter. What matters is how well your son respects power and how heavy his foot is. Peer pressure plays a big role in the matter as well. In high school my best friend had a camaro with an inline six cylinder. I had a 67 Chevelle SS w a 396 and a factory four speed. Other friends had GTO's and Hemi Cudas and such. My camaro friend drove faster and less attentive than all of us put together. Sit down and talk to your son. Tell him what is expected and what is unsatisfactory. Do not be afraid to take his keys and or ground him from driving. Good luck.

Answer 8

I wouldn't buy a 16 year old a Mustang for a first car. If you do his premium will be sky high. I'm 21, I haven't had an accident in five years. And with the coverage amounts of 250k/500k/100k and $500 deductables my insurance premiums for my 2005 Ford Escape V6 2WD SUV is about $890 every 6 months. It will be far more expensive than this for a 16 year old male in a Mustang.

Answer 9

i agree with most people on this post that not matter what you get him, if he is under peer pressure or immature, hes gonna push it...but back to the original question of wheter or not its too much power...when i was 19, 3 years after i started driving, i bought a 1986 mustang gt and it had about 275 horses, that first week i had it in a ditch two times. i wasnt racing, i just couldnt handle the horsepower and downshifting and whatnot. i would say that you should drive the car first and see how you can handle it and then teach it to your son, just as long as he repsects it because the first time you get caught for racing..hes goin to jail and its a felony(at least in texas it is) have fun with your decision

Answer 10

Try too expensive unless you or your kid can afford the $2,000 a year (fast car+young driver) on car insurance. Maybe a Ford Focus manual is better. It's cheaper, with the manual you can get some good pick up speed off the start and it's cheap enough to where he can crash it and feel no big loss (i.e. expendable). If you can put a mini V-8 in a Ford Focus and turn it into a 140 mph ralley car. With the ZX3 hatchback and the folding back seat, it's almost a "bed on wheels." Sex in a Mustang requires Karma Sutra positions.