Death Car

[RICK LAKE]

freekintoad You did the right thing. It's hard today to get kids to listen or understand things. In the old days we had 450hp cars and about twice a month a class mate was either killed, vegetable or organ donor. I was driving a tractor at 12 and trucks on the farm at 13. Needed 2 by 4's on the 3 pedals to reach. I have had 7 accidents, 1 bad and saw GOD, no more drinking and driving. I became the driver for after the parties. To this day I still do this. I am lucky that the core of friends are still ALL alive and well. You have something that most people don't had, COMMON SENSE. The owners father needs his Head examined for brain matter. I think there is some missing. Maybe this father will buy a gun next for his kid Rick Lake

[Tommy]

I won't comment on your decision not to sell, but I do agree with your sentiment. I've said more than a few times that the easiest way to kill a 16-25 year old male would be to give him a Cobra.

[Silverback51]

Well I think it was a smart move on your part.

Problem is that Dad will just find someone else to sell him a car.

My first car when I was 16 was a 66 Chevelle SS 375HP/396. How I survived I will never know.

[fsstnotch]

Originally Posted by Tommy

I won't comment on your decision not to sell, but I do agree with your sentiment. I've said more than a few times that the easiest way to kill a 16-25 year old maile would be to give him a Cobra.

So because I am only 24.. that means I shouldn't own a cobra? That's kind of ignorant. I have owned fast cars forever! My last 2 cars were low 11 sec/high 12sec mustangs that I drove daily! I have ZERO tickets and ZERO accidents, PERIOD! I think I will be able to handle a cobra... but I plan to attend a driving school anyways because it will be fun! Maybe the difference is that I am buying the car.. building the car.. and know to be terrified of the car! Rather than a guy who is being GIVEN the car, doesn't know how to build the car, and feels invincible!

I guess I'll be ok though.. I'll prolly be 26 by the time my cobra is fully ready to drive. Since I'll be almost there by the time I get back from the desert.

I think it was a wise choice not to sell the car. There's way too many distractions for a teen to be driving any HP car!

Josh

[wtm442]

Originally Posted by fsstnotch

So because I am only 24.. that means I shouldn't own a cobra?

Twenty four is not a kid. Many children are "brain-dead" until they are about 18 or so. A fast car like a Cobra is never a good idea in the hands of a 16 or 17 year old kid. Especially one that is GIVEN to them.

My first "hi-po car" was my 442 which I still have, but I was 23 at the time. Only scared the **** out of myself about 3 or 4 times until I learned how to drive ... and I've been driving on the roads (alone, I might add) since I was 13 years old. Yes, I was a big kid!

Josh - keep safe and hurry home.

[fsstnotch]

Originally Posted by wtm442

Twenty four is not a kid. Many children are "brain-dead" until they are about 18 or so. A fast car like a Cobra is never a good idea in the hands of a 16 or 17 year old kid. Especially one that is GIVEN to them.

My first "hi-po car" was my 442 which I still have, but I was 23 at the time. Only scared the **** out of myself about 3 or 4 times until I learned how to drive ... and I've been driving on the roads (alone, I might add) since I was 13 years old. Yes, I was a big kid!

Josh - keep safe and hurry home.

thanks, I would agree that at 24 I'm not a kid. I was just replying to the "nobody 16-25 should own a cobra" post. there are still alot of immature drivers out there at 21. I wonder sometimes if it would be safer to allow drinking at 16 and driving at 21. If you could drink at 16.. maybe by 21 you would have it all out of your system and would know better than to drive drunk!

This is where I have faulted! My first year in the Air Force.. 19yrs old stationed in Tokyo Japan. $25, all you can drink, all night clubs, no real drinking age off base. Legal limit .03. I blew .052. Since it was on base, it never went on a driving record luckily for me! I very rarely drink anymore! Maybe a couple drinks in teh garage on a weekend. And NEVER drive after drinking. It's just not worth it! It's insane to look back at how much I've matured in the last 6-7 years now that I'm married with a daughter and don't have that.. who cares attitude!

[CSX 4039]

I buried a Maserati in a sand dune in my 20's. And, crashed a '64 Catalina 6 months after getting my license. Then again, around here, kid's routinely get killed while drinking and getting ejected from their F150's when they roll them.
A Cobra is definately a scary car. No doubt about it. But, for most cars, kid's get killed in them because they haven't had good driver's ed, and because they have a piece of their brains missing, not just the top speed of the car or acceleration of the car. Driving 10 laps around the high school parking lot, and then giving them license to drive in traffic Friday at 5 PM is nuts, IMO. Heck, even NASCAR drivers say rush hour traffic scares them.

[JTD]

[ Maybe this father will buy a gun next for his kid Rick Lake[/quote]

Must be a NJ thing...is that a problem?