[s-cars] Teen car

[Eric Phillips]

The bigger N-A Volvos are pretty damn slow, that's for sure.

I also advocate MT for new drivers, because then they have to pay
attention to the car, at least some of the time.

But I can drive around in my Audis all day long and still talk on my
cell.  I've been able to drive a MT car one-handed since I learned how
to drive.  I don't, generally (especially with the kids in the car to
see the bad example), but the physical skill required is trivial.

Either hand on the cell, BTW.

For a girl who is going to be driving around in inclement weather, a
B5 sedan with the 2.8L and a 5-gang.  Cheap, gets around on snow
without a problem, and hard to use the back seat as a bedroom.


> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:57:02 -0500
> From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Teen car
>
> 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.