That’s a really good idea! New driver/student driver mode seems like a cool idea. My dad would practice driving with me in… the cemetery when we’d go there to water flowers for my grandmother. He would reflexively stomp on his imaginary brake sometimes.
Well that seems like a safe place to learn. Not a lot of people to get in your way.
I remember the days nearly 5 years ago. Other than occasional tailgating she’s been a great driver. But she’s also said her backup career is a race car driver so I think she just has a passion for it
God bless it
I can’t imagine barbed wire. Did he lay it down and slide in or upright on the fly? Either was I can see how that shook him up. I got tossed under a canoe between two rocks when I was like 11 or 12 and thought I was gonna drown -didn’t go near a boat for over 2 years until I was comfortable again and approached it totally differently so I’m gonna guess he’ll be the same. Slates would be good. Like an EV step above Flintstoning it!God bless it
You’re still alive though.
You might be raising the next Fangio so don’t snuff that flame out… just to be safe.
My oldest rode his dirtbike into a barbed wire fence some years ago. Little dude made me sell it after that and split the profits. I hope he remains gun shy about goosing the next thing he gets his hands on.
Part of me is leaning towards buying them each a Slate as a first car because they are dog slow and won’t get very far without a job and payment method. Lol
The little guy whiskey throttled it while he was looking at his front tire. He was upright and scooting faster than I could run to catch him. He just loves anything with wheels and couldn’t help himself.I can’t imagine barbed wire. Did he lay it down and slide in or upright on the fly? Either was I can see how that shook him up. I got tossed under a canoe between two rocks when I was like 11 or 12 and thought I was gonna drown -didn’t go near a boat for over 2 years until I was comfortable again and approached it totally differently so I’m gonna guess he’ll be the same. Slates would be good. Like an EV step above Flintstoning it!
If your luck is anything like mine you will find it only after you no longer need it.
My mom always say pray to St Anthony. The Patron saint of lost things.If your luck is anything like mine you will find it only after you no longer need it.
If I had a teen key fob I would want to be able to customize the radio to remind them of chores every time they start the car:
“You can always call mom or dad anytime day or night if you need to be picked up. We won’t care why or be mad. Just call us.”
My theory is it’s calms your mind down so you can think and then you remember where you left it.
Before risking that "life before your eyes" we chose a safer route. I took the old Scout up to the neighbor's fields, about 40 acres of remnant corn stalks about 3" high. There's a couple of trails through it. Nothing in hundreds of yards that needed protection from destruction. The few stalks he ran over while focusing on the gearshift were about to be turned under anyway. There's always a certain parent/child stress in this task, but we took away all the external ones. My safety switch wasn't fancy, I could just pull the hand choke and stall it out.
That was a good idea. I did the old high school parking lot first before we hit the road.
Did you ever get the story or was that one of those better off not knowing?That was a good idea. I did the old high school parking lot first before we hit the road.
My husband tried to teach one of our sons to drive a stick shift in his Miata. My son was too busy looking at his feet and I’m not sure exactly what happened but they left with my son driving and came back with my husband driving. My son said he was never driving a stick again and my husbands face was white so that was the end of that.
Apparently he was so focused on his feet and trying to coordinate the gas, clutch and brake that he wasn’t looking at the road and almost hit a car.
