Posted on 12/24/2014 7:45:26 AM PST by smokingfrog
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Bigger, gas-guzzling cars are safer.
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If it were up to me, I’d put all the teens in Smart Cars. What REALLY ANNOYS me are drunk teens, driving overcrowded SUVs wiping out entire families, at least in Texas.
They should only get an SUV when they can afford it themselves.
This is good advice, because a sixteen year old beginning driver is going to have an accident, and you, as a parent, need to do all you can to increase the possibility he will survive this first accident, so wrap him in as much steel as you can before you send him on his way.
Back in 1987 when my son turned sixteen, received his drivers license and wanted a car, I gave him a 1975 Volvo 240 station wagon. He wasn't too thrilled about driving such an "uncool" car, but he survived his first accident unscathed, and that's more than can be said for the lady in the Toyota he hit.
My in-law does fatal accident reconstruction for the state patrol and he bought a new F-150 because has seen it hold up to the most ridiculous crashes. It’s the one vehicle he’s never seen anyone die in that *was* wearing a seat belt.
It looks like the dummy in the old car practically got decapitated by the steering wheel/column.
A real car.
Nice!
Certainly shows where your minds are at.
here's the real deal
I learned to drive on a 1959 John Deere 730 diesel. I was 5 when we first got it. Two years later, I was left unsupervised to rake oatstraw in a forty acre field. I thought I was a BIG man.
First car was also a ‘59’ model: A two door, two tone, Ford custom. Inline 6, 3 on-the-tree. Great car for a 16 yr old to go charging down the gravel roads in my local.
The Charger Hellcat weighs over 4,400 lbs.
At full throttle it will empty it's 18.5 gallon tank in 12.5 minutes.
Hand the red key to a teenager, what could go wrong?
After all, it's a 4 door heavy ole gas guzzling sedan, right?
Oh pish-posh, pay no attention to those little details like 700+ HP and being the fastest 4 door sedan in the world at 204 mph.
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Making fun of the media’s attempt to shape the narrative.
Yep, that’s where it’s at - mocking PC.
Nah, that was Chrysler Cordoba.
I don’t think many teens could afford to buy a $60,000 Charger Hellcat, and any parent that would buy one for their kid as a first car probably doesn’t deserve to have their genes passed onto the next generation.
I know, but that car just reminded me of some of those car commercials of that era. It’s interesting how car commercials have changed over the years.
He was staring at a flower girl, a common sight on Phoenix street corners back then, and didn't notice that the light had turned red until he plowed into the back of that big Buick.
Totaled the little Honda, messed up the Buick's bumper a little bit and, of course, everyone in the Buick sued the old man's insurance company for whiplash.
The flower girl was flattered and amused.
The first Hellcat delivered in Colorado lasted less than an hour before the 34 year old new owner customized it with a tree.
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