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Originally Posted by ControlFreak
Lol this topic is always a heated debate on forums, I always have to chime in with my 2 cents and I'm going to again.
Firstly... How a person writes or comes off on a first impression has absolutely nothing to do with there ability to drive or operate a motor vehicle. Also, I realize there are a lot of kids getting into racing at a young age, and I think its great. One thing parents have to realize is that regulated racing is so much different than your son or daughter driving around in a car full of their friends or, god forbid under the influence of drugs or alcohol. One of the guys I would consider to be one the best drivers I had ever seen completely wrecked his car when we were teens because of alcohol.
This isn't to say that if you buy your child a car with barely any power it will keep them from wrecking it, but I can tell you, driving a fast car with power will get the driver a lot of taunting and egging on to bury the throttle. In the end, my opinion, a child should get the most reliable, safe, vehicles the parent can buy. I'm also a big advocate of buying a car that can be fixed up, that can teach a child a lot of respect for a car. Anyway that's my 2 cents.
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How a person writes or comes of gives you a great impression of their mental capabilities. I could teach a chimp to drive a tractor... doesn't mean that I should let him plow the fields on his own. I can't teach that chimp to write or speak though....
I wouldn't buy a kid a car to race... like Hulk Hogan did with his dipshit son - who also happened to wreck a number of cars and hurt a person or two.
Parents aren't afraid of "regulated" racing. [not all] Parents aren't taking their kids to the track or the drag strip on the weekends for fun. Parents don't want their kids driving like idiots on public streets. If racing, or dirt bike riding, or shooting guns and hunting is a family hobby that you've grown up with, then great. You know more than your average 16 year old, but you don't know more than the 50 year old who has been doing it all for so much longer and has worked for what he has.
I don't disagree with this ControlFreak over here... a kid should get a car that will get him where he's going. And if it breaks down, then you can work on it together, and learn how to fix these problems as they come along.
Low horsepower cars can still go fast... it just takes longer to get up to speed. It's safer for the inexperienced driver.
SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME...
How Does A 16 Year Old Get A $15,000 - $20,000 Loan With No Credit History?