I dont know why everyone assumes a young dirver is gonna crash his car if its new, I had a grand cherokee overland loaded with no accidents my brother got an sti, no tickets or accidents and he has had it for 6 years now
agreed, i got my license at 18 (2 years ago) and my first car was a fairlady, then changed to a GTR R35 in 2 months then some other cars such as cayman s / 575m till now with a TT and Scirocco R coming soon, nothing happened (touch wood)
i must say it all depends on the person, but judging from the OP's responses and attitude about modding and going fast fast fast, i think its dangerous
From my experience, if i were to choose again, i would pick a moderate car with okay power, a cooper s and a gti would be a good choice (obviously no stage 3...) to drive around until you get the hang of driving first, i feel like i've wasted the fairlady and the GTR cus i was still new to the road i cant even drive them properly yet, straight line is quick but i cant drive smoothly in turns. I can confidently say that today, with a cooper s, i could easily go faster than myself being in the GTR 2 years ago on any twisties. By the way, cooper s is way better to drive than a GTR :happyanim:
so yea, buy a cooper s or a gti and have fun with it first, do some track days / driving events to get the feeling of speed and control , and move up slowly in terms of HP, try some other cars too, N/A, Turbo, Supercharged and 4WD, FWD and RWD you will find yourself being a much better driver at the end