My parants bought me a rwd gemini auto.They bought a reco engine for it after the epa were driving behind me and sent me a letter saying if the problem was not rectified i would cop a $3000 fine.So it was either that or put the new engine in.
After that it had a new trans put in and another engine ayear and a half later.Paid for by me.
In short i think it's allright to buy your children a car as long as it's a low power car that they can learn on.I would never hand them the keys to my high power car untill i thought they were ready.
And if they worked for their high power car,and had no experience,then i would find myself compelled to send them to a driver training,skid pan,track etc.
I know they say it makes a hoon a hoon what he/she is exposed to,but,id rather them have the knowledge to be able to get themselves out of a potentially fatal situation.
I myself learned to drive on a farm,with massive open fields.When i gained confidence i was drifting it when i was 14 now im 26.Had i not been exposed to this sort of sideways experience then i most certainly would have been killed or seriously injured while behind the wheel.
I once was in the rain on a road that had a deisel spill in my 1st car.The car lost controll, and oversteered like it had 600 hp.While i had saved myself 2 cars up ahead were into a guard rail,totalled.
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