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Posted on: 2008/7/28 13:32
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| 81c3 | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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You shouldve bought him one of those $3500. Vettes. Then he would have had allot of incentive to fix it up on his own, and you wouldnt have minded "helping"
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Posted on: 2008/7/28 14:34
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| bogus | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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but we all know how reliable a $3500 Vette is...
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Posted on: 2008/7/28 14:36
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| cuisinartvette | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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Fixing a Honda is better than having a damaged Vette or truck, dont let a teen drive either of them. Ill catch heat for that but they arent ready to drive something like those cars yet.
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Posted on: 2008/7/28 15:05
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| red_johnny | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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Posted on: 2008/7/28 15:07
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| biggrizzly | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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I had a red Z28 when I was 16 and got into way to much trouble with the law. My dad still has gray hair today from my early driving years. Don't do it....
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Posted on: 2008/7/28 15:09
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| NC Kid | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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I have been driving a vette since I was 16 and I am still typing to you guys on here. My parents taught me responsibility. I didn't drink or do drugs and I got a vette. First sign of drug/alchol, my ass would have been beaten, grounded, car sold, and once I hit 18, I would be on the street trying to survive! Paid 9 Grand for my car and it just started becoming reliable. 3500 vette= SCARY!!!
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Posted on: 2008/7/28 15:44
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| red_johnny | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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Difference is your was a fixer upper right?
When I was a kid my first car was a Buick Skyhawk 4 door. And it got totaled cause someone pulled out in front of me on the highway. I T-boned them and well...it was a mess but no one got hurt bad besides a broken nose...not mine a girl I was trying to date. Anywho, its my opinion that first cars were meant to be totaled either by your fault or someone elses....its a cosmic thing, nothing we can do about it. So with that said, my kids first car is going to be a cheap 4 banger. When he or someone else wreaks it then he can get something nicer. |
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Posted on: 2008/7/28 16:21
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| pappyfreebird | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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fug my boy runs a Lt1 trans am (prolly blow my doors off) but hes cool n has a brain n ain inta cheeyut like i was...hes 20 now n id let him take my vet ,,but he wont leave me his trans !!! wahahahahaa he said he likes tires ta have tread!!!!some kids pappys is jus that way i rekon...that trans (95) is funner n cheeyut n will shmoke em at will no prolem!!!spin sideways etc!!! thats why i hadda give it up ta him!!! dayum thing would got me kilt! hey wait is this azz backwerds er what!!!
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Posted on: 2008/7/28 16:34
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| red_johnny | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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That is backwards pappy! But hey, wait can you do? Some of us were just born to put the pedal down.
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Posted on: 2008/7/28 18:27
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Posted on: 2008/7/28 19:04
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| 81c3 | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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Man, you guys must have some rambunctious kids. My first car was a 71Firebird Poncho 350 w/auto. I never wrecked it or got in trouble with it. I was 16. My son had a Honda CRF230F dirt bike & wanted a truck to haul it in. I bought him a 71 C-20 350 4 speed. No problems there either. Not so much as a ticket. He was 16 when he got the truck. Raise them up right & they'll learn responsibility, not stupidity.
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Posted on: 2008/7/28 22:04
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| red_johnny | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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Now we are starting to compair apples and oranges. :sad3: :wizard:
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Posted on: 2008/7/28 23:01
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| JDSWHITE93 | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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My longterm plan for my car is to give it to my son, probably as a wedding present or college graduation. You can't give a 400+ horsepower car to a kid and expect it to go well. I am not saying it couldn't but I would hate to be the idiot who gave my kid a car he hurt himself in because it was fast and he wasn't ready to have a fast car. I am not worried about the plastic two door Chevy it's the kid I care about.
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Posted on: 2008/7/29 0:19
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| bogus | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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What is wrong? these are very easy cars to work on. don't get tied up with the "Honda" stigma. They are durable well engineered cars. |
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Posted on: 2008/7/29 2:16
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But, no new driver is ready for a 383 Stroker in a Vette or a Hemi in a tricked out truck on 22's. 
| runner140 | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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Posted on: 2008/7/29 11:46
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| Matatk | Re: My Son Is Killin' Me! | ||
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My first car (truck) was an s-10 blazer 4x4 with a 2.8L V6. I got into enough trouble with that. I couldn't imagine what I would have done in a sports car.
No 16 year old driver needs a V8 sports car. Give him a beater honda civic or toyota corolla. Once he's got a few years under his belt, it's time to move up. Matthew |
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