Sorry about your Dakota. Water under the bridge for you but maybe worthy advice
for some one else.
When my oldest boy was learning to drive I could tell right away that he wasn't
going to treat my vehicles with the same respect and care I did so to save my
sanity I gave him his own car when he got his license.
The deal was I would take care of the maintainece and repairs while they were
still in school but he had to earn enough money for gas and insurance. Then to
put some bite into the NO when he wanted one of our cars we didn't add
insurance coverage for him so legally he couldn't drive them.
Best thing I ever did! He had 7 fender benders in the course of the first year
he had his license. My cars didn't get dented and I didn't have to deal with
the surcharges. He's almost 30 now and I still won't trust him with one of my
cars. I did the same for the younger two and they each had fender benders in
that first year that would have driven me nuts if it was my car. These two are
in their early mid 20's now and have developed into considerate safe drivers, I
have no problems lending them my vehicles.
Thankfully they never got hurt and never hurt anyone else and I never blew a
gasket over any of incidences.
Dave Clement
99 SLT+ CC 4x4
In article <dejkoe$ti4$1@bent.twistedbits.net>, rwerning@wi.rr.com ("Rich
Werning") writes:
>
>
> Welp, for those that were at the BBQ, you'll probably remember my nice shiny
> new 2005 Graphite Grey dak, spotless, scratchless and dent free.
>
> That last part is the key term here - dent free. My 16 y/o son always asks
> to take the Dak when he's going to go do something, needless to say common
> sense always told me to not let him, so he never got to drive it without me
> in the passengers seat.
>
> Over the weekend he wanted to go to the gym to work out and none of the
> other vehicles were around, so being the kind (sucker) trusting (foolish)
> father that I am, I handed him the keys and jokingly said "don't crash it,
> or else".
>
> Ya, you guessed it.. first time he took the Dak out he crashed it. He bashed
> in a door in a parking lot, didn't give himself enough turning radius and
> pushed the door in against some van's bumper. Barely scratched their
> bumper, $1800 worth of damage to the Dak.
>
> Hell, if I would have know he was going to pop the Daks cherry and bust it
> up, I would have taken it out at Jon's and done it first. Oh well, atleast
> that edge of "do I really want to dent my truck" is going to be long gone by
> the Denver BBQ. lol.
>
>
> --
> - Rich Werning
> 05 Grey Dak, QC 4x4, 4.7L, Tow Pkg
> K&N filter, Mopar Skid plates
>
>
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