Re: Re: teenagers and V8s

From: david zavetsky (zavetsky@usaor.net)
Date: Fri Jul 16 1999 - 06:51:02 EDT


Ok...Let's ask the question THIS way......How many of us would loan our V8
Daks to a family teen (16 or 17)?

At 08:39 AM 7/14/99 -0700, you wrote:
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> Right after I graduated high school at 18, I bought a 88 Mustang GT
> 5.0 5 speed. I never wrecked it, hit anything, or even got a ticket,
> but remembering some of the silly things I did would make me think
> twice about letting my teenager own one. Within a month, I almost
> crashed it twice because of inexperience with that much power. First
> time was when I was driving away from the dealers lot! I had it all of
> 10 min. and I came around a 90 degree, 2 lane left turn at about 10
> mph, and punched it in First. Not smart. Hung the ass WAY out. A
> couple of weeks later, me and a bud were again going left from one
> street to another and I nailed it (you think I would've learned the
> first time). Sure enough, ends swapped and I was headed towards a
> light pole backwards and couldn't stop. A kid is going to fast in
> whatever they drive, in most cases, but I guess you just have to trust
> them.
>
> Chad Niwranski
> 99 R/T CC Black/agate
> Abbotsford, BC
>
> P.S. Rick, got any decent spank stories with your 6er?
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1992 Dodge Dakota V8 3.90's
1987 Honda Shadow VT1100C



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