Absolutely agree - there is no substitute for experience in the car,
especially
if that experience involves car-control skills (e.g. dirt/grass/mud/snow).
My two boys will start competing in Motorkhanas at minimum age (12)
after driving around the farm as much as I can supervise them.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Les Myer <lmyer@sprynet.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 02, 1998 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: car purchase
>My advice:
>
>Let them drive everywhere while they still have a permit, before they get a
>license. That way they are experienced when they are cut loose without
you.
>
>I first drove a tractor at age 8, then a pickup at age 10 on the farm and
>bought my first car at age 12 (for my "racetrack in the pasture"). My
>mother let me log probably 10K miles between age 14 and 16, let me buy a
>convertible at barely 17, and I never had an accident in my teens (not even
>another person's fault). From age 16 to 18, I put 40K miles on one of my
>cars (pretty much lived in it). I took the typical teenage chances (maybe
>a few more than most), but thanks to my grandparents and Mother I had
>enough experience driving to keep the car where it should be.
>
>Roll bars don't make up for experience and driving ability. I started my
>kids on minimum maintenance roads at age 12. I now have one that is 19 and
>one that is 17 - neither has been involved in an accident yet. I would
>feel comfortable with my 17 year old having a Sprite and the one that is 15
>truly wants one.
>
>Les Myer
>
>At 01:52 PM 4/1/98 -0000, you wrote:
>>CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM wrote:
>>> Opinion: Put a roll-bar in it. Especially if it's her first car.
>>
>>Agree. I rolled my first car doing some pretty pedestrian stuff. Lack
>>of experience. Thankfully it was a closed car, but it was a rusty '75
>>Civic.
>>--
>> Matt Liggett
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>>
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>>
>
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