[s-cars] Teen car

[Steve Marinello]

I have taken heat for some comments before, but...my first car was a Triumph
GT6+, which was not running when I got it.  Put the time and money in and
that was that.  No accidents, no tickets.

My HS senior 18 year old, due to the death of the Odyssey and the value of
the other cars, currently drives the RS2'ed S6 to and from school and work.
He isn't perfect and I shudder to think how unsmooth he is at times with my
car, but...no accidents and no tickets....save the totaling of the Odyssey
(a story, and hard to fault him...much) and the speeding ticket in the GTI.

Not perfect, but probably better than kids who learn to drive dull, slushbox
cars.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Peter Schulz
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 9:25 AM
To: Brian Armstead
Cc: erikaddy at yahoo.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Teen car

Brian:

I can't support your opinion - cutting in front of the Escalade was probably
one of many poor decisions along with texting or talking on the cell phone,
turning their stereo or subwoofer up to 11, drinking a supersized soda,
forgetting to wear seatbelt, blah blah.

Your scenario tells me something about the driver, namely they are really
not ready to drive alone.

Teaching a new driver how to drive a manual transmissioned car will re
enforce from day one that there is more to driving then turning the key,
turning on the radio and putting the car into drive.

I support teen and new driver clinics for my local ACNA chapter, and we re
enforce the importance of not driving while distracted by having the student
hold a water bottle in one hand while navigating a slalom.  It tends to be
an eye opener for the driver.

-Peter






On Dec 8, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Brian Armstead wrote:

> Regarding teen cars, they need a certain amount of power to be able to 
> get out of trouble. Merging onto a highway in a slow car when everyone 
> is busting 80 mph is no treat for a young driver. That being said, folks 
> are pretty dumb to buy high performance cars for young drivers.
> 
> Taka, I disagree with the manual for teen concept, though I agree it 
> would 'help' to keep them occupied.  Young drivers have enough to focus 
> on besides wondering if they've chosen the right gear to accelerate out 
> of the way of the Escalade they wrongly pulled into the path of...
> 
> Brian
> 
> Taka Mizutani wrote:
>> I'll second that one- the FWD 850 non-turbo or the S70 is a pretty solid
car
>> that is too slow to get yourself in trouble but very safe.
>> 
>> I would actually advocate getting a teen a manual transmission car- it's
>> much harder to talk on your cellphone or do other stupid things if you
have
>> to worry about shifting gears as well.
>> 
>> Taka
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:56 PM, erikaddy at yahoo.com
<erikaddy at yahoo.com>wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Don't have this problem (yet), but if my daughter needed a cheep car, I
>>> would be looking for a naturally aspirated Volvo 850/70 series.
>>> 
>>> Erik Addy
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-Peter Schulz
Chelmsford Ma, USA
http://www.naaclub.org/

1995.5 S6 Avant Emerald/Ecru
1995.5 S6 Avant Silver/Platinum
1991 90Q 20v Q Red
1991 90Q 20v Indigo
1991 CQ silver  (eS2 recipient) 



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