Re: A first car for my son to learn on

[elliott@yrl.co.uk]

Just  'cos  somebody  else posting on this thread is also an
Elliott  and  just  because  I'm  about four years ahead, in
time if not in brains.

Here is my ukp 0.0125.

I  gave  my  younger son my old 1983 80 quattro as his first
car,  partly to partly cost justify me buying my original MB
ur-q.  (nobody  would  give me a sensible price for the poor
old  thing.  about 115,000 miles on it, some of them at high
lateral g)

He  has  turned  into  a  quite  superb  driver, put another
40,000  miles  on it before it got too expensive to fix. The
engine  was  still  pretty sound, but major money was needed
on  suspension  and brakes. He only stacked it once, and not
too  severely. (When I look back at how many cars I broke at
his age, I can hardly complain)

Now  here's the interesting bit. He replaced it with a 320i.
He  says  the  320  is  more fun to drive because it lets go
more easily in a far bigger way.

Look  at  it this way. Your kid is your kid. A car is only a
car,  even  if  it  IS a quattro. Spoil the boy! At least he
will  know,  when  he gets his Beemer later, that he learned
to drive in a proper car!

PS.  To  keep  his  hand  in,  his mum lets him drive her S2
wagon,  and  his  sister  SOMETIMES  lets  him  drive her 90
quattro. We practice what we preach round these hyar hills!


Elliott (the other one!)