Is the stinger an easy car to work on?

[burneracchaha]

OK I will. Have fun installing your intake junior.

Have fun with your sad life! Hope we never interact again oldhead

 

[burneracchaha]

I don’t know if a 15 year old should have that much power, especially as a first car. Honestly this is a rare occasion where I would recommend buying the 4cyl. I’m 25 and sometimes I find myself saying “I shouldn’t be allowed to have this” . Not that I do anything crazy or dangerous, but she pulls hard. The car has a lot of power and for a 15 year old mind, it’s going to be very tempting to be very stupid with it. But hey as long as you’re not going to get yourself in trouble, hurt, or killed, or get someone else hurt or killed, enjoy your GT if you get one. It’s a great car.

I mean I’d say I’m more responsible than the average 15/16 year old, but I do see what you’re saying. I learned in a Cayenne and a Velar and they both are pretty powerful so I’m used to it. But I’ll be careful, thanks man.

 

[burneracchaha]

Ah, the youngest forum Stinger owner, @burneracchaha. At the other end we have @Legendsk. I see a photo op out of this.

Haha I didn’t realize I would be the youngest. But I don’t have it yet, just waiting for one with 25-30k miles to have a decent deal on it, but it’s hard to find so far.

 

[WRXtoStingerGT]

Have fun with your sad life! Hope we never interact again oldhead

That's not necessary. Clearly you come from money and are able to get something that most of the population has to work very hard for to obtain. I think the concern is that you won't respect what you didn't have to sacrifice to get. If that makes sense?

I mean I’d say I’m more responsible than the average 15/16 year old, but I do see what you’re saying. I learned in a Cayenne and a Velar and they both are pretty powerful so I’m used to it. But I’ll be careful, thanks man.

I don't think age really matters when it comes to intelligence, maturity, or in this case driver's skill. I used to work in very high end car sales and have met plenty of adults (35+) who drove like complete garbage. I also met other "kids" similar to you (teenagers who came from very fortunate financial backgrounds) who were 16 or 17 and had pretty impressive maturity plus solid driving skills. I think if you just use "common sense" and understand that this is a heavy car with some kick to it then you will be fine.

Haha I didn’t realize I would be the youngest. But I don’t have it yet, just waiting for one with 25-30k miles to have a decent deal on it, but it’s hard to find so far.

Depending on your zip code you can find some 3.3TT 6-cylinder models for a decent price. My opinion, and perhaps I am just a bit biased here, but pick up a stock 3.3TT 6-cylinder and do upgrades to items that improve safety and handling. An example would be better aftermarket pads and rotors plus solid tires. Then work on the car yourself since you have (from what it sounds like) the luck of having your own garage to work on things. Where I live and having to park on a tight street I can barely get into my car in the mornings for work so being able to even pop my hood to check the oil is a luxury outside my home.

I'm 15 and I've made $5000 doing photography and another $3000 trading stocks. My parents are in a very good situation financially so they're buying me it. But if you want to waste your time making fun of a 15 year old for getting a car go ahead buddy...

You should be humble since you come from a privileged household. Also, in my experience from working with day traders, those on the younger side who have made $3000 "trading stocks" normally kinda had someone else providing the financial resources and steering the carriage so to speak. Nothing wrong with that, trust me I don't judge nor do I care, but be careful developing a mindset or view of things that are not accurate to reality.

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Either way good luck and keep us posted! It's awesome that you want to learn to work on your own car with your own two hands and grow as a car enthusiast! I am 26 years old (soon to be 27) and never seem to meet anyone ten years younger than me who is into cars. "Kids these days" are all into SJW nonsense or bragging about who has the most overpriced smartphone or expensive piece of clothing. Granted, I come from a middle class recently immigrated family so my views are skewed.

All the best!

 

[bearstinger]

Haha I didn’t realize I would be the youngest. But I don’t have it yet, just waiting for one with 25-30k miles to have a decent deal on it, but it’s hard to find so far.

I moderate a pond forum, we have a 12yo on the forum, with admins permission and parents. He is intelligent, earns his own money for his pond products, build it himself. Willing to help anybody around him that needs help, elderly neighbors he has been helping them care for their pond with this darn virus and others.

More power to you at 15 being able to work on your own car and own such a wonderful car. My car at 15 was a bicycle. My first car was a datsun station wagon, manual (around 3k to buy) that was around 22 or so. Be aware of the power under that hood!

 

[Blue Bucket]

Sure are a lot of people offering life advice that wasn't asked for....its shocking how some of the (non-15-year-old) members act on this forum.

Back on topic. There are definitely easier cars to learn to work on, but cars aren't going to become less technologically advanced, so I think a Stinger is pretty reasonable to learn with. As others have mentioned, theres lots you can still do in your own garage. Have fun with it

 

[Kamauxx]

I moderate a pond forum, we have a 12yo on the forum, with admins permission and parents. He is intelligent, earns his own money for his pond products, build it himself. Willing to help anybody around him that needs help, elderly neighbors he has been helping them care for their pond with this darn virus and others.

More power to you at 15 being able to work on your own car and own such a wonderful car. My car at 15 was a bicycle. My first car was a datsun station wagon, manual (around 3k to buy) that was around 22 or so. Be aware of the power under that hood!

A pond forum? Like...hole in the ground with water in it? There's a whole forum for ponds? Or is that a nickname for something else?

 

[bearstinger]

A pond forum? Like...hole in the ground with water in it? There's a whole forum for ponds? Or is that a nickname for something else?

Umm yep a hole in the ground with water. You would not believe the arguments that can occur over a hole with water.................and the fish and and and

 

[Spaceme17]

Not a difficult car to work on. It is well designed and thought out for the most part.

As for a 15 year-old getting a car as powerful as the V6 Stinger, not going to pull any punches but that is not a good idea at all.

 

[Ulikefishsticks]

My first car was an 2004 Monte Carlo, then a nice Kia Forte followed by a Honda Accord. I have never done any work to those cars but as soon as I got my stinger I started wanting to do some small mods. Now I am at the point where I do all my own maintenance, Oil, filters, etc. I have done my own mods also, Intakes, Rear sway bar, dual channel dash cam, and eventually the JB4 with the plug swap. In about 2 weeks I will be doing my own lowering springs also. I have found the car pretty easy to work on and if you have the patience to just research the work you are going to do before hand it will help a lot. Good luck finding a great deal.

 

[burneracchaha]

That's not necessary. Clearly you come from money and are able to get something that most of the population has to work very hard for to obtain. I think the concern is that you won't respect what you didn't have to sacrifice to get. If that makes sense?


I don't think age really matters when it comes to intelligence, maturity, or in this case driver's skill. I used to work in very high end car sales and have met plenty of adults (35+) who drove like complete garbage. I also met other "kids" similar to you (teenagers who came from very fortunate financial backgrounds) who were 16 or 17 and had pretty impressive maturity plus solid driving skills. I think if you just use "common sense" and understand that this is a heavy car with some kick to it then you will be fine.


Depending on your zip code you can find some 3.3TT 6-cylinder models for a decent price. My opinion, and perhaps I am just a bit biased here, but pick up a stock 3.3TT 6-cylinder and do upgrades to items that improve safety and handling. An example would be better aftermarket pads and rotors plus solid tires. Then work on the car yourself since you have (from what it sounds like) the luck of having your own garage to work on things. Where I live and having to park on a tight street I can barely get into my car in the mornings for work so being able to even pop my hood to check the oil is a luxury outside my home.



You should be humble since you come from a privileged household. Also, in my experience from working with day traders, those on the younger side who have made $3000 "trading stocks" normally kinda had someone else providing the financial resources and steering the carriage so to speak. Nothing wrong with that, trust me I don't judge nor do I care, but be careful developing a mindset or view of things that are not accurate to reality.

/// /// ///

Either way good luck and keep us posted! It's awesome that you want to learn to work on your own car with your own two hands and grow as a car enthusiast! I am 26 years old (soon to be 27) and never seem to meet anyone ten years younger than me who is into cars. "Kids these days" are all into SJW nonsense or bragging about who has the most overpriced smartphone or expensive piece of clothing. Granted, I come from a middle class recently immigrated family so my views are skewed.

All the best!

He called me a deadbeat for getting a car, so I responded. I know how much my parents sacrificed to get to where we are, they are immigrants and I'm a first generation american. They were extremely financially challenged when they first moved here, but they've gotten us into a great place and I recognize that. I actually did not want them to buy it at first, and i wanted to use my money but they insisted I put it towards college instead.

I understand what everyone is saying about the power, I won't be stupid and I'll use my judgement.
About stocks, the first $500 I made was under my dad's direction, but other than that I only let him know what I'm about to do and I research myself. Most of the money was actually made a couple days ago on $GME.

Thanks and I'll be sure to keep y'all posted.

 

[burneracchaha]

Not a difficult car to work on. It is well designed and thought out for the most part.

As for a 15 year-old getting a car as powerful as the V6 Stinger, not going to pull any punches but that is not a good idea at all.

I'll be 16 in a month, which doesn't add anything I know, but I think some people think I'm getting it before I even have my license. I'm going to be careful with it, and I won't do anything stupid, so I see no issues.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Umm yep a hole in the ground with water. You would not believe the arguments that can occur over a hole with water.................and the fish and and and

"Ponds" come in all sizes. Even if they are more like puddle-sized.
And you have to clean them out every so often (ours is due again; it's been five years since this last clean out).
Also, do you winterize the pond/water feature? Or do you run it year-round? Letting it run during long freezes creates interesting ice "sculptures".
But running a water feature in the winter can be dicey. Too long and too deep a freeze, and your pipes will freeze and bust if you don't drain the system.
Or, if (like the last two winters running) the weather is mild, you can keep the water on through the winter.
That way, you don't have to carry buckets of water to the "pond" to keep it topped up. Heh!?
(The winter before last, I just shut the damned thing down and turned the pump off too; too much work.)
(Oh, and no fish.)


(Sorry, @burneracchaha I do this once in a while: threaten to derail a thread; but I didn't start it! )

 

[burneracchaha]

I moderate a pond forum, we have a 12yo on the forum, with admins permission and parents. He is intelligent, earns his own money for his pond products, build it himself. Willing to help anybody around him that needs help, elderly neighbors he has been helping them care for their pond with this darn virus and others.

More power to you at 15 being able to work on your own car and own such a wonderful car. My car at 15 was a bicycle. My first car was a datsun station wagon, manual (around 3k to buy) that was around 22 or so. Be aware of the power under that hood!

Thank you!

 

[burneracchaha]

Sure are a lot of people offering life advice that wasn't asked for....its shocking how some of the (non-15-year-old) members act on this forum.

Back on topic. There are definitely easier cars to learn to work on, but cars aren't going to become less technologically advanced, so I think a Stinger is pretty reasonable to learn with. As others have mentioned, theres lots you can still do in your own garage. Have fun with it

Yeah, I tried to make it clear that I already knew I was fortunate and lucky but oh well.

 

[narsnail]

I don't find it particularly difficult to work on (lots of engine room and room in wheel wells), however part availability and price of said parts has been slightly concerning. I made some mistakes when I did my lowering spring install, and I learned a lot but they were expensive mistakes. I bought two used axles that both had ripped boots, then had the used units fused with the old axles to get a working unit for each side, which at this point had cost as much as if I had just bought a new unit. The used axles were then rebuilt improperly which caused vibrations, and now I have just purchased new ones.

Don't be afraid to go to a trusted shop to find out what you did wrong, don't take shortcuts to save a bit of money, and just be aware that if you make mistakes some of the parts for this car are not cheap and not as available as some.

If you're looking for easy mods to start with:

1. Oil Catch Can or Air intake, some of the intakes are more involved but are pretty straight forward bolt ons with few tools required. You might get 10hp at the top end of the rpm range for an intake.

2. Catback exhaust, I actually had a shop do this for me but you can easily do it yourself. Maybe 10 hp? Same as intake, more for sound.

3. Sway bars/subframe collars, both quite easy (not the rear swaybar) but just time consuming for the rear swaybar due to the bolt positions and no room.

My advice would be not to tune this car, IMO adding an exhaust and intake and some minor suspension upgrades would be enough of a transformation.

 

[burneracchaha]

I don't find it particularly difficult to work on (lots of engine room and room in wheel wells), however part availability and price of said parts has been slightly concerning. I made some mistakes when I did my lowering spring install, and I learned a lot but they were expensive mistakes. I bought two used axles that both had ripped boots, then had the used units fused with the old axles to get a working unit for each side, which at this point had cost as much as if I had just bought a new unit. The used axles were then rebuilt improperly which caused vibrations, and now I have just purchased new ones.

Don't be afraid to go to a trusted shop to find out what you did wrong, don't take shortcuts to save a bit of money, and just be aware that if you make mistakes some of the parts for this car are not cheap and not as available as some.

If you're looking for easy mods to start with:

1. Oil Catch Can or Air intake, some of the intakes are more involved but are pretty straight forward bolt ons with few tools required. You might get 10hp at the top end of the rpm range for an intake.

2. Catback exhaust, I actually had a shop do this for me but you can easily do it yourself. Maybe 10 hp? Same as intake, more for sound.

3. Sway bars/subframe collars, both quite easy (not the rear swaybar) but just time consuming for the rear swaybar due to the bolt positions and no room.

My advice would be not to tune this car, IMO adding an exhaust and intake and some minor suspension upgrades would be enough of a transformation.

I agree that suspension and exhaust would be enough but that's not really in my lane. I saw the bms intake that is super easy looking to install so I'll do that, but I actually don't want the exhaust to be louder than it is. I like loud exhausts, don''t get me wrong, it's just that I don't want one on my car. I'm just going to go w/ a jb4 map 1 and that's it.

 

[ghodge]

Jb4 map 1 and that's it. Famous "last words". LOL

 

[burneracchaha]

Jb4 map 1 and that's it. Famous "last words". LOL

Lol yeah so I’ve heard. But trust me I’m gonna be paying for gas and that 93 octane will eat my wallet alive.

 

[P22Tyler]

That's not necessary. Clearly you come from money and are able to get something that most of the population has to work very hard for to obtain. I think the concern is that you won't respect what you didn't have to sacrifice to get. If that makes sense?

You should read the exchange again. I don't think the 15 year old was the one that was acting like a child. Certainly the post he was responding to didn't seem to indicate any kind of constructive criticism or genuine concern as you are.