- Have you ever gone to
a fancy new restaurant with a significant other... - This restaurant is so fancy. - Or even possibly dare I say it, a first date and dare I say,
they're also a car person and you're trying to impress them because you found a place that,
you know, has cloth napkins. Okay, and small candles
that are real candles not the fake battery candles
in the middle of each table. Very nice. Very moody, okay. You get a hand it a menu. And as you're trying not to panic sweat... - It seems my anti-panic
switch has failed. - You look at the options
of what you can actually buy and nothing, absolutely nothing makes sense on that actual menu. - I let her see... What does that even mean? - The ingredients are barely in English and you're not entirely
sure what a souffle is or why durian is so expensive. - What the fuck! - And they don't even explain it to you. They just tell you what it is. And then when you ask what it is they look at you like you're an idiot. - What are you?
- An idiot sandwich. - At that point, you might as
well just go to taco John's it's way better in
almost every single way. There are times we're picking out a car can be a little bit just like that feeling despair and just sadness. - We used to play care bears. - I'm Alex, Alex FI on Instagram and today where are we talking about how to pick out your first car especially when it comes
down to you looking to throw some mods at the thing and also also not making your parents sad. (car engine roaring) - And if you're just tuning in, hello, welcome to Fitment industries we build unreliable cars and tell you to pick up your wheels, tires and aftermarket suspension
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thank you, two Ds. When you're picking out your first car you have like a couple two tree options that you're going to pick out immediately. You're going to go right to it 'cause you know exactly
what you want to buy. And those are all going to be
absolutely terrible options. Why? Because you want something cool. You don't want it practical. And you're going to probably
pay way too much in insurance because anything you do is going to be the ones
that you shouldn't buy. You're looking at photos of the 370Z and you just want to
buy it when you're 17. So in that spirit, we are going
to keep the choices focused around the practical,
reliable, usable cars that also look pretty damn good with some like wheels or coil overs, okay. And we're also going to kind of focus on the overarching theme
on how to pick one out. Make sense, I hope so. And before we jump into
it, drop a comment below on what cars you think
we're going to talk about. So we can see if we're in sync. ♪It's gonna be me ♪ - It's kind of weird. When you were going to pick out your car you need to set some sort of
ground rules for yourself. So number one, the biggest thing that
you're going to want to set is quite honestly a budget. Now, I'm not going to say,
go with a monthly payment because the inner old
life of the banking world that I used to be in would
absolutely freak out. So set a dollar amount limit and then limit above
that as your hard stop, is what we're going to call it. Trust me. Here's a great example. If you have a $5,000 budget,
but a hard stop at $6,000 that means you're going
to keep looking at cars at five grand. You'll almost always
look good for the budget versus some days deciding
that six grand is your budget for another days, that
seven grand is your budget. When really only $4,000
is all you can afford. Then once you actually decide what your mid and your top layer is you can break it into monthly payments and ensure that you can handle that if you are going to finance. But the biggest thing with budgeting is that people have a tendency
to forget about taxes title fees, licensing
insurance, and even storage. Which are all actually pretty expensive. These are all things that cost cost money. And like my favorite robot
manager would say, it's a leaker if you don't know that
you're spending $130 a month on insurance. So when you set that budget give yourself an extra hundred
dollars a month in insurance, 10% of whatever you're buying
the car for in fees and taxes. And then let the rest go to the budget to pick up your first car. Google sheets is going to be king for this and a lot of times people have a tendency to just over simplify how much
they want to spend on a car. They say five grand. They go spend five grand and they realize that they have to go spend seven once they actually get
the car in their driveway. Also also if you plan on modifying a car with wheels, tires, or suspension you shouldn't know what
you want to save for that. If you have $10,000 as a budget go spend six grand on the car give it another $600 in
tax title and licensing $400 in random junk that
you're going to buy for the car that probably won't even
work because you get excited and you go on eBay and then
actually have $3,000 left over for wheels, tire suspension probably an intake and an exhaust. And vuala, you still stayed within budget without actually worrying about whether you can go to
college in the fall or not. These are all really important things because the more you prepare, the less you're going to be surprised of the costs of stuff. Number two, would actually be
breaking down what you want. First cars are really dangerous. My first car was a baby
blue, 1989 Mercedes-Benz 300E with a dark blue leather
interior, blocky wheels, and a button in the center console that made head with the
headrest in the back go down and I would press it
to freak out my friends but the button didn't
actually put them back up. It only took them down. It was kind of a weird
thing that Mercedes did but that's okay. However, the first car I picked to own was a 1994 Mitsubishi 3000 GT S out, red, manual, front wheel drive baby. Why? One, I was 17. Two, VR Fours were expensive. Three, because it only had the V6 naturally aspirated engine, which made my insurance quote much cheaper and four, because I wanted
it to be like Paul Walker in the prelude between
fast and furious one, and a second too fast, too furious, okay. I loved that car, I still do. If anybody selling one, hit me up but boy was I somewhat sad when I had to store it and
take out a Chevy Lumina. All right, that had naturally
created air conditioning because the rust was so bad
on the driver's side footwall that I had to put a blanket in front of it or my feet would freeze in the wintertime. That was not necessarily
the best decision ever. And if I could go back... - 88 miles per hour!
(yelling) - I would have probably
picked something out that I could enjoy all year round because I only had the
availability for one car when I was in high school. And if you live up North you may need to think about if
you'll need all wheel drive. If you travel a lot, you
may need to talk about or think about if you'll
need four doors over two. And if you don't have a
lot of time on your hands to play around with something, you're not going to want
to go with something that's overly complex like a BMW that's been owned by more
people than Macklemore's jacket. When you do decide to do
these things, write them down, really understand what
you need out of a car before deciding what you want to go buy. What you'll start to do is figure out what are the key things
you need your car to do. What your car will have to
do to match your lifestyle. And then what price point
you can actually afford for this vehicle. And if you have the budget
for what you're dreaming about then it all kind of
ties around full circle. This is a lot of times where
you start to see people pick up a lot of common, easy wins. So a lot of people love the Subaru WRX. That's why a lot of people
have a tendency to love the Honda civic SI, because it does meet a
lot of those ticket items that most people need as
their one and only car. Then last but certainly not least research, research, research! Now, I know you want a Ford focus ST but if you don't understand
what the differences are in the trim options between
the ST 1 versus the ST 3. You may end up questioning
your life choices when you pick up an ST 1 and you don't get the fancy
six disc auto changer. There are so many buying
guides out there in the world on the internet that
you can become an expert pretty much in any single
platform in like two to five days. If you're really want to
become a keyboard warrior they have made it
tremendously easy to do so especially on Facebook,
Facebook groups can be tough but you can because there's
so much resource out there and so many things that you can learn. And if you get past that
grueling process of understanding every car you want to buy you will truly know if
you love that car or not. The reason I bought my very
own C5 86 when I was 18 which was a 2001 at the time was because it was a larger B5 S4 without the protax of the early 2010s. 2007 liter twin turbo and it still has a six speed
out manual transmission for only $6,500, actually
got it for 6,200. Whereas the with the B5
S4 with the same miles was going for $17,000 at the same time. Thank you Adam Raul, okay. Do your research and
work what's best for you. There's a lot of times you're
going to find cars like that cars that almost are the same thing, but on different platforms. And lastly, if you've
done everything above and you're still convinced
that you want an E46 M3 as your first car, even
though you live in Wisconsin and you're okay with the rebuilt title and you're okay with 210,000 miles which is fine, then simply be patient. Right now the world is buying things. It's a rough time... - And were bidding $44 million now. Okay, especially in today's day and age buying things is just absolutely terrible. Houses are overpriced
and the new ones are made like a house of cards. Blitzes, for some reason
are still six grand because people will pay it. And for some reason, use
car lots aren't filled with, used cars! The shortage is really causing
a weird moment in the market that has almost everyone
overpaying for things when it comes to things people want not necessarily things that people need. And that E46 is in the formula as well. Most used car prices will be a bit high and you should not let that mean or let that make you overpay for a car. If you do not need it. $8,000 for a 240 SX shell makes me try when you can get a 350Z
with an LSD for six. Mark 4 supers are awesome
but when they cost about as much as a fully specked out brand new M2 competition,
it's just a lot for the badge. Don't fall for peer pressure traps because of it's your first car. The odds of there only being one beat the shit E46 in the
United States is pretty low. So you don't need to buy that one. Just be patient. You'll probably find another one. And you won't have enough money left over to pay the insurance bills in all honesty. Buying your first car is a little bit of a stressful situation. If you do have your
parents helping you, great! And if you don't, that's
okay too, but in your life there's usually going to be
a mass amount of pressure for you to try to find something
that is not boring or lame. You'll have friends that will pressure you to get the highest spec
options car you want because testosterone. You may learn it in a health class and the internet will tell you
that no matter what you get you got the wrong thing
because... internet try to stick with what
you learn, what you know, what you like and what's reasonable. And a lot of times you're
just going to realize that no matter what, there will
always be a group of people that weren't really happy
with the pickup anyway. The reason so many people
often pick up the cars that I mentioned before,
in addition to vehicles like the Audi A4 Quattro, the Volvo S60 or the SN95 V6 is because
it's what worked for them. And it's a good car. It's a car that did a lot of stuff without necessarily going to
break the bank as a first car and sure an STI would be sick or an RS5 or a V70 R or a type R or a cobra. But this is your first car
and that's probably not we're going to want to
go just yet, all right. If you're going to hit a curb, hit a curb with your $3,000 Mustang, the only thing that you'll end up hurting is point honestly your
ego and maybe your wheels, in which case don't forget to check us out over at fitmentindustries.com
where we have everything for your first car or your 15th car, let us know what your first
car was below as well. And of course, I'm Alex
from Fitment industries and we will see you later, peace. (upbeat music)
