[s-cars] Kids and cars

[Joe Pizzimenti]

For once, I agree with Lee here.

A new driver is more likely to overcorrect and use drastic inputs (slam on
the brakes, jerk the wheel, run over a moose) and would be better off in
something that's more nimble, like a Lotus Elise or Ferrari 430.

Joe

On 10/12/05, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:
>
> Yep, I've got a driver in training. My 15YO is pining after *my*
> car and is pissed that I'm selling it.
>
> When he can afford the payments...
>
> Anyway, I want him to be a good driver...and I want him to be
> *the* driver. Lots of kids get older Hondas, Toyotas, etc (and
> one's getting a 540i...but I digress).
>
> Anyway, I don't know how those kids will be taught to drive. I've
> seen some of their parents drive...
>
> And I don't know what kind of cars they'll be driving...how
> they've been maintained, etc.
>
> And I'll best that *most* of them are less safe than an Audi.
>
> So I want my kid to be the driver. I've already started giving him
> lessons in a local parking lot, including emergency lane changes
> and hard braking...it's been fun :)
>
> So I'm looking for a third car...an older C4 A6 or A100 or
> similar...
>
> I would not put him in an SUV or pickup truck. The visibility
> gives a false sense of security, and I don't believe that around
> town, a pickup truck would have greater survivability in a 30 mph
> accident. And on the highway, well...
>
> Active safety (the ability to steer or brake clear of an accident)
> keeps us safe 99% of the time. It's the other 1% that brings into
> play airbags, crumple zones, etc. And I believe that a well
> designed car (like an Audi) wins hands down in both cases.
>
> Just my .02
>
> Lee
>
>
> On Wed Oct 12 08:37:14 PDT 2005, Ian Duff <iduff at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> > All this talk of cars for soon-to-be drivers has me elevating my
> > thinking. I
> > have a 15 year old daughter who is pining after a Jetta. Oh,
> > well. At least
> > my VAG-COM would work. My wife and I are wondering how many jobs
> > Storey will
> > have to hold down to afford to buy it <grin>.
> >
> > A friend suggested what might be the world's best first car,
> > given that
> > virtually ever new driver gets into some sort of bodywork
> > opportunity fairly
> > soon after getting their solo endorsement. Our friend suggested
> > an older
> > F-150. Tall, so kids are more likely to see what they've just
> > hit. Only one
> > bench seat, so they're less likely to load up with distractions,
> > er friends.
> > Cheap, so that bodywork opportunity might remain an opportunity,
> > and not
> > necessarily be acted upon. Plus it would build character for a
> > teenage girl
> > to pull up to school in a beat up hiccup truck. Not that Storey
> > needs any
> > character, she's already one on her own. Heavy, so that if ever
> > she finds
> > herself in the way of progress, she's more likely to survive.
> >
> > Now I just need to find a RWD one with a straight six, a
> > three-in-the-tree
> > and a rollcage, for less that $500. Shouldn't be a problem.
> >
> > -Ian Duff.
> >
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