When it comes down to, well you know picking up
your first car, when your maybe a little bit younger.
A lot of times we wanna get the fanciest thing in the world.
I remember when I got my car, the first car I wanted to get
was a 1992 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 in red.
Because that is the best car to work on, reliable,
low interest, it's got two doors,
you only need two you don't need four.
And like their was no comprehension
of just how terrible that platform was to deal with,
when you're not as experienced as somebody that's like
40-years-old and has 10 of them.
And sometimes we've made that mistake in the past.
A lot of times the cars that we want to own,
especially when they're our first fun car,
first sports car.
Just happen to be some of the most reliable,
some of the less, not very fun,
and sometimes just down right
not the right car to buy at the right period of time.
And that's what we're here to talk about today.
So I'm Alex, ALEX.FI on Instagram
and today we're going to be talking about
some of the top worst cars to own
when you're just jumping into buying a modified car.
Let's get into it.
So the first car on the list would be
your 2010 and above Chevy Camaro's.
Right now, they are a fantastic car to drive.
Don't get me wrong and they're an absolute ton of fun.
They're loud, they're fast, they're quick.
There's just a couple of problems with them.
First off, when it's your first car,
it's a very difficult car to inherently drive
right out of the gate.
You can see absolutely nothing outside of that car,
'cause the A frame pillars are so damn big.
Compare that on top the fact the car is a little bit
expensive, and you can actually get a lot of bang
for your buck on a lot of different cars that can get you
some of the same experience.
Chevy Camaro's are sometimes a great time,
and sometimes not so much of a good time.
And since it is a 2000 plus or newer,
a lot of times you're still paying
a little bit of the new car bro tax
on your engine modified parts.
Sometimes it's just good to buy an older car
even though nobody wants to.
And if that's not enough to scoot your boot,
you also have to deal with the fact that
you got a big ole V-8 underneath the hood
which is going to ultimately result
in some less than stellar gas mileage.
I know, you guys probably don't care about gas mileage,
but back in my day that was $5.40 a gallon son, all right.
It was expensive, I remember
because I remember having to fill up my tank
and it was like $97.
And my car was not a $97 gas tank kind of car.
Next up, is one that probably a lot people might
get a little bit mad at,
but don't be mad at the messenger, okay, don't be mad at me.
But it will be a car that a lot of people are familiar with.
We would recommend staying away from sometimes,
depending on if you do your research or not
which would be a Subaru WRX.
Now, you have to remember that Subaru WRX's are great cars.
WRX's have always been great cars.
They sound fantastic, they're all wheel drive
so you can drive them all year around.
Their a ton of fun, their sporty, they look aggressive
out of the gate, and they're actually pretty cool cars.
But when they're your first car that you're trying to own,
a lot of times you can make some pretty rooky mistakes
when buying this kind of platform.
The first and most notable mistake
is not understanding what type of car that you're buying.
Because most Subaru WRX's are absolutely thrashed on,
they have modifications up the wazoo
that were all done in a garage that nobody actually knows.
There's maintenance papers every where
but no where at the same time and for some reason,
the car makes a blow valve noise,
when you're not actually putting
anything down on the gas pedal to make the noise
when you let off.
There's somethings that are just a little finicky
about Subaru WRX's and they're inherently
not the most reliable thing in the world.
You can ask anybody that tells you good ole spark plug issue
or they make fun the fact that oh well at least I don't have
to deal with the rust and the quarter panel
or, oh hey at least mine starts.
Well like sometimes bare with me,
Subaru WRX's can be great cars and sometimes they're not.
But the unfortunate part about it is the fact that
Subaru WRX's when you are buying one you're taking
a little bit of a risk.
You don't wanna take risks when it's one of your
first cars that you're, you know, modifying.
And did I mention the fact that pretty much every single
Subaru WRX just happen to somehow and for some reason
be a cop magnet.
Not saying that the 17 or 16 year old you is, you know
an absolutely outstanding citizen but in terms of like
what they're going to perceive you as,
they're probably gonna give you a ticket.
Because guess what, you've got a loud exhaust
and your car is blue
and it's got a big ole exhaust out the back.
And they don't like that.
Another car that seems to be one of the old days of
Subaru WRX, which would be the Mitsubishi Eclipse.
Now if you guys remember the Mitsubishi Eclipse, I do too.
And, ripped to Mitsubishi, but that's besides the point.
The Mitsubishi Eclipse used to be a fantastic car
to go and buy and modify.
And it used to be the hot car, it was actually like
I would argue the car before the XRT-4 became the car.
The problem is that Mitsubishi Eclipse's don't inherently
have the greatest reliability in the world,
and because they're kind of an odd ball
in terms of what people would
pick up these days.
Not a lot of people are willing to take care of them before
they opt to sell them.
A lot of times they make for a fantastic, you know daily
driver with some terrible tires on the front that somebody
just dumps the clutch every single time to do a little bit
of a like front wheel drive squeal.
And Eclipse's just aren't that much of a platform anymore
that people really want to spend time around.
We haven't seen to many Eclipse's, at least up here in
the north side of the country.
Where the purchase ultimately was a good one
because a lot of time there's a ton of issues with the car
just straight out of the gate.
Keeping those Eclipse's alive are a lot like keeping
talons alive, it's really hard.
We're moving on to the other side of the fence,
the one car that every body wants to own.
The one car that still has the bro tax, that looks good,
that feels good, that drives fun.
That like, you, you're like the guy or gal that has the car.
And that car is the Nissan 240SX.
I mean it's the car, it's like the drift car.
You don't even have to drift and it's the car.
And for people that want a 240SX if it's their first car
and they never purchased a car before in their entire life.
This is gonna be probably the worst car that you can buy
at the same exact time, and here's why.
Nissan 240SX's are only two door and they are inherently
the toughest cars to actually buy.
They face an enormous road tax on them,
they face an enormous amount of wheel and deal
and punishment from people that have owned them before you.
And they're just not a great daily driver,
they're not practical in pretty much any way.
Now there's gonna be a couple of people argue out there
that say they are because they have backseats
and a passenger you know seat and their car runs
and there's nothing wrong with the K-A or S-R swap.
And you can definitely daily drive it and then usually
that just, those comments actually never happen.
We haven't dealt with anything like that in the past.
But the thing that's gonna keep you out of a 240SX isn't
the fact that I'm telling you not to get one,
it's the fact that you're budgets not gonna allow you
to grab one in the quality that you want
that's gonna make it a good car out of the gate.
A lot of times those cars have gotten insanely expensive
with bro tax because,
(hand clap)
why not?
Because it's a 240 and that's just how it goes these days.
If you wanna pick one up,
and you do have an endless money pit,
I mean you could go nuts.
But in terms of if you had an endless money pit,
there's a lot of other cars that you could pick up
that are gonna do around the same thing except better,
run better, look a little bit nicer,
be a little bit more reliable,
not be thrashed to bits, and they're gonna be okay.
And the last car that we probably recommend that you stay
away from I know you love just hearing us talk about it,
but that would be a Ford Mustang.
Now, Ford Mustang's are fantastic cars
and I absolutely love them, I think they're one of the best
bang for your buck cars you can get out there right now
if you're looking for something fun, rear wheel drive,
sounds fast, and can actually sometimes be fast.
But for a car that you're just looking to pick up
for your first car or maybe your first car to modify.
I'd probably recommend staying away from it.
The fact that their rear wheel drive is initially
a reason to stay away from.
A lot of times because they're rear wheel drive
and their a little bit burn out happy,
a lot of people end up making accidents.
Cause guess what, when you're young, there's this thing
called testosterone that they teach you in health class.
And a lot of times you wanna do things you wouldn't
normally do in front of your mother and when you do
those things that you wouldn't normally do in front
of your mother, you usually mess them up.
Because you didn't watch the other videos,
where I say that you should go make a fool of yourself
in a parking lot, you decided to do it
in front of your high school.
Then you end up making a mistake
and then the video goes on YouTube and then you
have to pay the insurance bills,
and it's just not an over all good time.
Ford Mustang's are fantastic cars to pick up
once you have you're other car that you're actually
going to daily drive.
The Ford Mustang is not the car that you would daily drive
and if you're looking for your first car to purchase,
I probably recommend staying away from that one.
But if you can get over the fact
that they are rear wheel drive happy,
love doing burn outs, and you can deal with the fact
that it gets terrible gas mileage,
you're probably not gonna have any money left
from your Taco Bell biweekly paycheck
because you have to deal with the fact
that you're a young folk, probably a male,
and has to pay insurance.
Cause guess what, insurance companies don't like you
and for some reason they can charge more if your a dude
between 18 to 25, and that's okay.
Which, I feel like it's not okay.
But that's just how the world works.
There's another reason that we probably recommend staying
away from the Ford Mustang.
Sometimes when you're looking
to get into your first car, you gotta go with something
a little bit more moderate.
A little bit more conservative, if you will.
Maybe not something that's turbo charged V8.
Or a you know super loud obnoxious two door coupe
that's meant to do drift teases and skids
and things like that.
Sometimes you just gotta to pick your battles,
pick a simple clean car, maybe an old VIP Saloon
put it on the ground in some nice wheels and tires
cause guess what?
Not everyone needs to go a million miles an hour
and if you're looking to pick up your first car,
it's probably gonna be best if you couldn't.
I'm Alex from Fitment Industries,
let us know in the comment section below,
what you want us to talk about next.
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We will see you later, peace.