[Crazy001]

Meaning I would be stuck with 260 HP for a while until I get some more money.

okay, just a minute. You're looking at a potential first car, and the fact that it might have "only" 260 HP". You can kill yourself with a 100 HP Civic, but you're concerned with "only" 260. For what it's worth, I'm 19, have been driving for four years, and I don't think "only" 260 Horsepower is a good idea for a first car, let alone more. I personally think it makes more sense to learn on something like, say, a V6 Mustang, and then moving up to the V8 when you get comfortable handling a V6. When I was 16, I had my 2002 Neon up to over 105 MPH, on a country road. It was the stupidest thing I've done on four wheels, and if I had screwed up, there wouldn't have been enough of me left to fill a shoe box. This is with a 130 HP Neon.

"only" 260 Horsepower!