[s-cars] Kids and cars

[Mark Strangways]

It's about time someone talked about training vs. surviving a crash...
I have been holding my tongue for a while now.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
To: "Jason Mawhinney" <jmawhinney at skybest.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Kids and cars


>I own a '91 F-150 as a Home Depot Vehicle and parking is a PITA even with
> lots of driving experience.  These are horrible first cars, in my opinion.
> My nephew, who lives with us, drives a '91 200 wagon and loves it, so does
> everyone else at his school.  I am thinking about changing cars for him 
> but
> I am just not sure what I would replace it with...possibly a Nissan 
> Maxima,
> no timing belt worries, lots of torque, room, and good economy.  The best
> money we ever spent was sending him through a weekend course where they 
> had
> to recover from skids in water, do slalom courses (backwards and 
> forwards),
> real time quick decisions...it was amazing how much his driving confidence
> soared.
> --Calvin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Jason Mawhinney
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 2:26 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Kids and cars
>
>
> Ian,
> I'd say the F-150 is a great idea until you have to fill it up.  The up 
> side
> is that she'll never want to drive it so that fuel economy would just be a
> small consideration.  Also, parking a bigass buffoon of a truck like that
> will be a serious PITA.....just saying from experience and would think 
> you'd
> have some serious insurance bills after she hits something in the parking
> lot.  I do see your point in looking for a big hog of a vehicle for your
> daughter to drive but there are other people in the world to consider like
> the ones driving smaller than F-150 cars that may be in her path.  How 
> about
> a nice Ovlov 240DL?  Decent gas mileage and built like a tank!  I'll be in
> your shoes in about 15 years when I'm looking for a tank for my now 6 
> month
> old daughter to drive.  I do, however, like the character building idea of
> driving an old tired beast.  That was half the fun in HS for me! Ha ha!
> Just my $.02,
> Jason Mawhinney
> Boone, NC
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Duff" <iduff at comcast.net>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 11:37 AM
> Subject: [s-cars] Kids and cars
>
>
>> 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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