Depending on who you ask!!

my daughter vw bug wouldn’t start this morning, so the jag cam to the rescue, she had to drive it to school!!! Not happy about it, but I’m sure that will change before she gets home!!!

I do feel a little bad, as I’m sure she. Is going to get a million questions and won’t know the answers to any of them...

 

Did she have a significant other this morning? Might have later today.

 

Yeah that’s little worrying... no boys mean she’s doing her school work!!!!

 

You're a brave and commendable Dad, I didn't let my kids drive my cars until they were in their 30's.

Dave

 

Lol, daughter and car home in one piece! No significant other either, only one person asked about car, boy wanted to know who’s it was, she said hers, his next question was. Why would you drive it to school..... oh well. I figured she would be the belle of the ball!!! Kids today!!!! Go figure!

 

Love it!! My 16 yr old got her learners permit in Feb 2020...one of the last to get through the DMV before governments lost their minds.

She is learning in a 2008 XJ8..."Daddy this thing is FAST when you hit the accelerator!" ...and in my 1986 XJ6 "Daddy why doesn't this thing accelerate when you hit the
accelerator?" and she WILL learn to drive stick on my 1975 BMW 2002.."Daddy I am going to ruin your car!"

I could care less about the cars...the experience with her is priceless

Randy

 

This is what the world needs more of. Hopefully she will grow to like the experience of driving different cars. Maybe it'll spread to her friends and cousins. Cool parents.

 

And then, take her out on the skid pan.

A young friend (18yo) of one of the Cousins, Died in a T-bone collision just last week, because she was never a Driver, but only a Steerer in good weather, and came upon a frosty bridge on the way to work, where the rear end broke loose, sending her perpendicular to traffic flow where she was hit on the driver side by a large SUV, the driver of which sustained only minor injuries. Young friend was killed instantly.

Take her out to a Skid Pan and make sure she learns to DRIVE! Not mere keep it between the ditches.
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Circa 1946, I taught myself to drive the 23 T derelict that Billy and I got yo run! Then, more to learn. How to drive the family 38 Dodge. The DL test giu refused to let me take my test in my T!!

Circa the same time, possibly the same cop, flunked my pal, John. Improper shifting his Dad"s 46 Chrysler.
Fluid drive needed clutch only from a start in first., then shft no clutch for the other three!!!

Carl

 

LnrB,

In the absence of public Skid Pads, us Snowbelters have another option. The first winter after each of my children began driving was mandatory "Donuts with Dad" at whatever handy local mall had not yet plowed their lots. Where the kiddies had to drive fast & spin out in whatever they were going to drive. Over & over, till they learned how the vehicle would act, and how to recover. Some loved it, some were very reluctant, but everybody had to learn.
And the world's meanest Dad would schedule sequels the first few subsequent years. After that it was up to them.

Many motorists go their entire life & never need that skill. Or, years later, your can listen to your proud offspring relate how they escaped a horrific winter highway pileup involving dozens of vehicles, including semi's crossing the center divider into oncoming traffic. Escaped by remembering what they practiced in a mall parking lot.

Many accidents can be avoided by you being a good driver. Then there's occasions where others are determined to act the jackass & take out as many others as they can. At a closing speed of 120 mph there's no time to ponder, quick reflexes are all you have. Hopefully those are 'informed' reflexes.

 

Nuthin' wrong with being "The World's Meanest Dad." Guys like you have the Respect (and love) of your kids, although it might take Years for them (and you) to realize it.

I know a woman, now in her mid 60's, who was fondly called One Mean Mother! by her teenage daughters, and all the "homeless waifs" (3 or sometimes 4, of both genders) who hung out at her house, because hers was the Most Stable household they knew. There were RULES to be sure, but they applied to all, not just "guests." Everyone felt safe and secure as there were No Surprises.

Some still keep in touch, even 20 years later.
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