Don't take this the wrong way, but your stories make for some great
birth control. I'm glad nobody got hurt.
Tim
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
>truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of david.clement@verizon.net
>Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 12:32 PM
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: Re: DML: The joys of parenthood...
>
>
>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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