Even with a $1300/month salary and no expenses most people here would think twice about buying a Mustang. :) Usually first cars are something like a 30 y/o (any car over 30 years is classed as veteran and left untaxed) Volkswagen Golf or Volvo. In most countries (in Europe, no idea about the rest of the world) just owning the car is pretty expensive, they have taxes for everything, gas prices are high and you have to pay for insurance/a yearly check-up where they evaluate safety and any necessary repair/new parts, which usually turns up something even on newer cars. So, costs...
A cheap insurance is at least $800/year, taxes $320/year (for this car specifically), yearly checkup $40... But that's all nice and dandy until certain parts need changing! Fuel costs weren't as different as I expected though. Well, I guess if you're lucky it's just one months pay/year... what does a car like this cost over there btw?
Cyberdevil
And what a first car it is! Awesome. Seems like the kind of first car you'd only get in America...
Tremulos
Idk about only in America, but it's a pretty common first car in the Air Force. You've got tons of kids joining straight out of high school, all of a sudden they're making $1300 a month and have no bills at all and eat for free at the DFAC. Most of them seem to get Camaros though