[s-cars] Teen cars

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 That's quite a reach in physics, but my driveway parks two land-tanks for truly inclement weather days: A v8 quattro and a supercharged Landcruiser with a TJM Bull Bumper.  Re-buttering your claim, I suspect the LC would just plain flatten a 2005 mini like a roundel pancake. It gets to 0-60 almost 2 seconds sooner and stops from 60-0 only 7 feet longer than the mini to boot.  And?  I would never consider a mini for my daughters, and the v8q and LC are overkill (pun intended) for the majority of their driving.

I advocate teen driver skill-set education, not machine of choice will be what reduces teen driver accidents.  No one really buys a car for head-on collision IMO, or we all should be driving brand new Escapades.  Me, I want a reliable car for my teens, inexpensive to insure, that is cheap enough to walk away from if totaled, and is safe enough that my daughters will *likely* walk from it too.  Not looking to donate/insure an expensive go-kart, the CGT was a natural choice for me.  Insurance considerations can eliminate a lot of other choices quickly, btdt.  A teen in a Mini?  My agent would probably spit her coffee, and my insurance payments would likely rival the car payment.

SJ


-----Original Message-----
From: erikaddy at yahoo.com <erikaddy at yahoo.com>
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 6:05 pm
Subject:  [s-cars] Teen cars


A cgt is a nice car but as far as crash safety, a 2005 mini would slice through 
it like a hot knife through butter.

Erik Addy