Dude, i dont know about you other south cali guys but there are a WHOLE hand full of 16 and 17 year old rolling d. bags....they're weaving and dodging kamikazes, going 80-90 to get through traffic...not to mention oh so annoying street light rev fest...before i got my stang i drove my ma's mini van....that thing had soo much body roll it was kinda scary not to mention the embarrassment of being in it.
I got mine on my 15th birthday. But I also paid for all maintenance. No one else at my school really had any stangs. The one kids' dad owned a ford dealership, but that's about it.
The standard car to get at my high school was a 3-series bmw. And they ran all they way up to ferraris, lamborghinis and $140k amg mercedes there.