Heh, when I was that age I had a bike. When I did get my first car, it was an 8 cylinder Camaro.
I didn't need to speed to impress my friends. Not that gettin' myself killed doin' something stupid would have impressed anyone very much. Except for the impression on the cars or other objects I might have hit.
I've known too many people who got killed or badly hurt in accidents to take stupid things like that lightly.