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I had a similar thing with my 25 year old daughter and my road race car....she has ridden as a passenger on some open track days and I have let her drive it with me in the passenger seat on some open track days and she's pretty good.....
Then she began begging to let her race it or build her her own race car......It didn't take me long to think this one thru..... My conclusion was if something happened to her, I could never forgive myself for letting her do it in the first place.......... She still drives on occasion, but only with me in the passenger seat.... To heck with the car,can you live with yourself if your son got hurt or heaven forbid,killed while driving YOUR Cobra????? david |
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No. Not enough driving experience in my opinion and the accident statistics are OVERWHELMINGLY against him.
Read here about the national statistics for teenagers: Teenage Driver Crash Statistics |
I wouldn't let ANYONE drive my car.
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I guess it all depends on your son. His driving skills, his respect for what these cars can do!! We were driving & romping @ 17 yrs old in csx 2058, csx 2372 & CSX 3116. Not to mention GT 350's & 500's, Jag's, Vette's, 300SEL's. We were blessed with acess to a awsome collection of rides & also damm lucky to stay alive on more than one occasion. Yes, we lost a few tires & engines racing. But we never racked one up into a tree etc. If you believe your son is ready after a little self teaching on the merits of a AC & you feel secure in his skills. Let him try a short day cruse & progress from there. Good luck to both of you. ;)
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I let my son take my Cobra Tribute to the Prom when he was 17. But, I followed him in a chase car and I picked it up from the parking lot before the prom was over. Since then I let him drive the Cobra on day trips through the mountains of New England and Up State NY. But, I am the passenger or following in my Miata. My Cobra is pretty mild (405hp LS6) and has great brakes, and handling.
He has raced go karts since 10, different classes of sprint cars and asphalt late models. I haven't had to pay for racing the past few years as he has had rides offered to him. He's 19 now. He's never had a ticket or accident. From the beginning he needed to be with me when we worked on the karts/cars, be respectful to others and the vehicles, and get great grades. And, all aggressive driving is done at the track. Not on public roads. Driving the Cobra is a reward earned as well. A reward that we enjoy together. |
My kids will not ask to drive my Cobra because there scared of it.
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Jason, I let my oldest drive the Z06 with me in the passenger seat at 18 and he has solo'd in it the past three years. He respects it but he also knows you can have fun if you never forget that fact. He refuses to try the Cobra, even after tossing him the keys. LOL
Ride along with him until you're both comfortable with a solo effort. He will respect you (and love you) more for that. ;-) |
I taught my 16 year old how to drive a clutch and shift in my car. Yes there were some moments of regret but I was always in the passenger seat. Hey it's only a clutch. They can be fixed.
One day coming home from a drive with him at the wheel we are stopped at a red light and this crotch rocket pulls up next to us. I jokingly said something like your not going to let him get ahead of us are you? Holy crap when the light turned green my son took off after that bike and scared the crap out of me. There is a great picture of him driving us through the snake at Mulholland in Colin Comers latest book , Shelby Cobra Fifty Years. Bottom line is I would like to be passenger to supervise. Good luck! John |
Fortunately I don't have that problem but if I did I would not do it until the kid had had proper high performance driving tuition and lots of skid pan use, and shown promise in handling high performance cars - and then only allow it when I was in the car with him.
I would also discuss this with his mother and get her opinion. I would also join him on all the driving courses as a father son bonding exercise and to up my skills. I would also severely limit throttle travel the first few times we went out together and then ease off the limit as he became more trustworthy over the next ten or twenty outings. I could think of nothing worse then the guilt of losing him in the car as no matter whether you were right or wrong in allowing him to use it, you and your wife will blame you for the decision - most probably destroying your marriage and your happiness. |
Let him drive it, and disconnect four plug wires.:rolleyes:
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I bought my Boss 429 when I was 18 with my Dad's blessing.
I never wrecked it but there were several "O S--T" moments I drag raced it and generally drove the snot out of it. I know,I know,it's not a Cobra,but my point would be that I bought it with my own money and it was my responsibility. Birthday presant,take your son or daughter somewhere they rent rides in someone else's Cobra or otherwise overpowered beast and let them cut their teeth. Then if the desire is strong enough that they simply cannot live without owning one help them build one that they pay for. If they are responsible for it there is a better chance they will respect it. A wrecked car is no fun and worse yet,would you let your daughter climb into her boyfriends new Cobra if he just borrowed it . Let them buy their own. |
If driving the Cobra lets him appreciate what real power and handling are all about, let him do it. Beats him taking the family car out on a road some night with his foot to the floor and killing himself.
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