this really depends alot on where you live they arent much for snow,also how machure you are and how heavy your foot is,personnalyi woudt recomend for a first car depending on driveing experience
You’d be better off getting a V6 until you’re experienced at driving, and then see about the V8.
Trust me. I got a Trans Am as my SECOND car, and in ten months, I had it wrecked. Yeah, needless to say, horsepower goes to your head when you’re young.
Think long and hard about it. If you can drive it without being reckless, then go for it. But I’d say your best bet is to get more experience driving.
The Trans Am cars were always among the best of GM’s offerings. The late fourth generation cars (1998 to 2002) with the WS6 package were really spectacular. A slightly de-tuned Corvette LS1 engine, which could be tuned to outrun a stock C5 or earlier Corvette (unless you run into a Z06 from 2001 and later).
The downside to the F-body in the fourth generation is that it is extremely difficult to service. Most of the work has to be done from under the car. The engine sits about halfway under the dash, so changing spark plugs is best done under the car. You pretty much need to remove the engine from under the car, rather than out the top.
I drive a C5 Corvette, so really like the GM cars with the LS1 engine. They get good gas mileage for what they are, and seem to be a long-lived engine. But the maintenance on the F-body cars was one of the reasons they were dropped from production, while the Mustang remained. (Full disclosure - I also drive a 1969 Shelby.) The Mustang is an easier car to maintain - thus the tuners like them.
In terms of ease to drive, if you’re a good driver, with a lot of experience with high power, they’re good. If you’re a relative novice, you can hurt yourself badly. There is a load of power, and not all the sophisticated electronics found in the C5 Corvette. They have an affinity for trees, telephone poles, guard rails, and swapping ends. Not a defect - just a demanding car.
I also have a 1984 WS6 Trans Am. It’s a great car, and not too over-powered (okay, by today’s standards, an Acura is more of a muscle car). It isn’t as hard to work on, and has run really well, but parts are getting hard to find. That’s the third generation.
A good daily driver? With gas having hit nearly $5.00 per gallon in the recent past, I’d have to say no, unless you’re really in the chips. A recent Pontiac Grand Prix has about the same power as the 1984 WS6 Trans Am, gets good mileage, and parts are available. My son has the WS6 staked out, but drives an old Swedish car (Saab) that gets about 30 MPG on a daily basis. He’s an auto technician, so an old, funky car doesn’t bother him too badly.
But if you can only afford one car, don’t get a high powered big engined one. I did that when I was 20 (the Shelby, way back when Richard Nixon was president). I survived, and only spun it into a ditch once, but even then, the gas and maintenance kept me broke. And I had a good job - the equivalent of $24 per hour today - as a professional driver.
Great cars,but your insurance will kill you! Also not to great in rain and snow. In 1992 I was 19 years old and looking at a 92 camaro rs. My insurance agent told me it would be $2800. I said thats not bad for a year. She said no thats for a half of a year! Needless to say I did not buy the car. They are fun cars, and great drivers when the weather allows. For a first car with insurance and gas I would say no.
i live in michigan where it snows. i am 16 and i got a 94′ firebird for my first car. its v6, wish i had the v8 but i love it anyways. its really fun to drive, especially if you hook it up with some loud exhaust. easy to drive. i love to burn some rubber. its worth having, im a responsible driver but i still have a ton of fun with it. i actually drive it kind of hard but its hard not to! i recomend getting one. i would say you should get a later model trans am with ram air. bad carrrr
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this really depends alot on where you live they arent much for snow,also how machure you are and how heavy your foot is,personnalyi woudt recomend for a first car depending on driveing experience
You’d be better off getting a V6 until you’re experienced at driving, and then see about the V8.
Trust me. I got a Trans Am as my SECOND car, and in ten months, I had it wrecked. Yeah, needless to say, horsepower goes to your head when you’re young.
Think long and hard about it. If you can drive it without being reckless, then go for it. But I’d say your best bet is to get more experience driving.
The Trans Am cars were always among the best of GM’s offerings. The late fourth generation cars (1998 to 2002) with the WS6 package were really spectacular. A slightly de-tuned Corvette LS1 engine, which could be tuned to outrun a stock C5 or earlier Corvette (unless you run into a Z06 from 2001 and later).
The downside to the F-body in the fourth generation is that it is extremely difficult to service. Most of the work has to be done from under the car. The engine sits about halfway under the dash, so changing spark plugs is best done under the car. You pretty much need to remove the engine from under the car, rather than out the top.
I drive a C5 Corvette, so really like the GM cars with the LS1 engine. They get good gas mileage for what they are, and seem to be a long-lived engine. But the maintenance on the F-body cars was one of the reasons they were dropped from production, while the Mustang remained. (Full disclosure - I also drive a 1969 Shelby.) The Mustang is an easier car to maintain - thus the tuners like them.
In terms of ease to drive, if you’re a good driver, with a lot of experience with high power, they’re good. If you’re a relative novice, you can hurt yourself badly. There is a load of power, and not all the sophisticated electronics found in the C5 Corvette. They have an affinity for trees, telephone poles, guard rails, and swapping ends. Not a defect - just a demanding car.
I also have a 1984 WS6 Trans Am. It’s a great car, and not too over-powered (okay, by today’s standards, an Acura is more of a muscle car). It isn’t as hard to work on, and has run really well, but parts are getting hard to find. That’s the third generation.
A good daily driver? With gas having hit nearly $5.00 per gallon in the recent past, I’d have to say no, unless you’re really in the chips. A recent Pontiac Grand Prix has about the same power as the 1984 WS6 Trans Am, gets good mileage, and parts are available. My son has the WS6 staked out, but drives an old Swedish car (Saab) that gets about 30 MPG on a daily basis. He’s an auto technician, so an old, funky car doesn’t bother him too badly.
But if you can only afford one car, don’t get a high powered big engined one. I did that when I was 20 (the Shelby, way back when Richard Nixon was president). I survived, and only spun it into a ditch once, but even then, the gas and maintenance kept me broke. And I had a good job - the equivalent of $24 per hour today - as a professional driver.
Ask Bandit Darvil or Buford T. Justice
Great cars,but your insurance will kill you! Also not to great in rain and snow. In 1992 I was 19 years old and looking at a 92 camaro rs. My insurance agent told me it would be $2800. I said thats not bad for a year. She said no thats for a half of a year! Needless to say I did not buy the car. They are fun cars, and great drivers when the weather allows. For a first car with insurance and gas I would say no.
i live in michigan where it snows. i am 16 and i got a 94′ firebird for my first car. its v6, wish i had the v8 but i love it anyways. its really fun to drive, especially if you hook it up with some loud exhaust. easy to drive. i love to burn some rubber. its worth having, im a responsible driver but i still have a ton of fun with it. i actually drive it kind of hard but its hard not to! i recomend getting one. i would say you should get a later model trans am with ram air. bad carrrr