Cool people ready to cruise

[FR-Sky]

Originally Posted by humfrz

1948 Chevrolet ..........wait, what does that have to do with anything ..... ??


humfrz

lol, just a expression of young kid these days that can afford nice car compare with my poor high school life....

[Braeden]

@JFunk I am moving to Tampa, Florida in a couple months for college. Shortly after I will be trading in my Jetta and purchasing one of the twins. One of the day trips I had already planned was to head down to Miami so maybe when I get down there and settled you can show me around. :thumb:

Also, I had a 2002 Volvo V70 when I was 16. Bought the car before I was even legally able to drive! Funny story, but the car actually crapped out in the dealership parking lot after the dealer quoted me on the trade in value and me talking them up another $1k.

[Packofcrows]

When I was 16 I was sneaking into my then gf's house and hiding my then 16 speed pos bike that would cut into my leg after the chain snapped or came loose.


Man 16yrs olds really have a life of luxury nowadays, eh?


Anyway lol try craigslist. Just set a car meet up and see who shows up. If its full of dbags, then just dont say you the one who started the meet lol

[S84kam]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

On the opposite end of the spectrum but of about the same vintage I received my first car at 13 and was driving on a regular basis by 14. It was not legal of course but I looked way older than I was and there were no computers for the cops to look you up from their car so I got away with it.
By the time I was half way through 17 I was operating equipment and driving vehicles that would scare the crap out of some older people.




An almost 18 year old Tcoat in Germany with one of the more basic vehicles I worked with:

Damn was that during WW2?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by S84kam

Damn was that during WW2?

Hey! I'm not Humfrz!

[sheady]

at 16 I was driving a Kia Rio Cinco, at least it was a manual. Drove the "stoner turtle" (license plate started 420 followed by a space) for 7 long years before buying a tC, which I traded after a short 10 months for my FRS.

[8R6]

87 Chevy Celebrity

[JFunk]

Originally Posted by MuseChaser

My Dad felt that the legal driving age should be 18, although he allowed me to get my license immediately before leaving for college ( I was 17 at the time). I couldn't afford a car. Learned how to drive on our family's manual transmission 1971 VW bus and 1973 Datsun B210. After two successful years of college and just prior to beginning a required off-campus student-teaching internship, the B210 became my first car.

As a 16-year-old, I sure didn't agree with my Dad's take on the whole thing. As a 56-year-old, I couldn't agree more. I was slightly more lenient with the process for my own kids, but we sure didn't treat driving as a "right" our kids had.

Our country's kind of weird. At 16, even though science says your brain isn't fully developed until the early-to-mid 20's, especially the part that processes cause/effect relationships, you can get behind the wheel of a machine that often weighs over 2 tons and is more than capable of causing fatal injury to many more than one person at a time. At 18, you can enlist in the armed forces, get married and be responsible for a family without your parents' consent, and determine the future of our country by voting. At 21, you're finally mature enough to drink a beer. Up until the age of 26, you can stay on Mommy and Daddy's health insurance. Sure seems that at least some of that makes no sense at all. Opinions probably differ as to what makes sense and what doesn't, but there's no way it ALL makes sense. I'm also betting that the parts that make sense will sure change as one's age and experience change; they sure did for me.

To the O.P. .. welcome to the forum. You are blessed to have a nice vehicle, regardless of whether you bought it with your own sweat equity or it was a gift from a loving family member. Enjoy it safely, always mindful of your own safety and, even more importantly, the safety of everyone else around you. I'm a retired teacher, and more than one of the many students I've taught over the years never got a chance to see his or her 20s or graduate from HS because they were killed in car accidents. Those senseless deaths can tear huge irreparable holes in families, schools, and communities. I've got close friends who've lost children in vehicular accidents. Letting my own kids drive was one of the most difficult things I've ever done, and I let them drive when there was a need for them to do so, not a want. They never "cruised" in HS. They're all out in the world now in their late 20s and early 30s, doing great. One of them is still driving the Volvo 240 we renovated together for him years ago; it meant that much to him. That means a lot to ME.

Take good care of yourself. Enjoy life. It's a jungle out there; prepare yourself the best you can. Do well in school. Work hard. Play hard, but safely. Live long enough to give all of your dreams your absolute best shots. Hug your family. The internet ain't the best place to meet folks, but it's not impossible to meet good people here who turn out to be REAL, in-person friends eventually, either. Use common sense, even though that part of your brain won't be fully developed for another 8-10 years. No offense by that.. it's just theway it is.

All my best to you.

Mr. Me

Thanks appreciate it, I'm always focused in school but now during summer I couldn't take any summer college classes so really have nothing to do, never been good at sports besides driving I've been driving since I was 12 years old


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[Brayden_23]

'89 Corolla Coupe

[NyC Zn6]

NY MTA Transit bus

[jsm_1388]

94 integra

[MuseChaser]

Originally Posted by JFunk

Thanks appreciate it, I'm always focused in school but now during summer I couldn't take any summer college classes so really have nothing to do, never been good at sports besides driving I've been driving since I was 12 years old


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Thanks for taking my post in the spirit in which it was intended... I'm glad you didn't take offense to it.

Coincidentally, my 28-year-old son gave me a great card for Father's Day yesterday. It starts out with "Why Do We Need Dads?" then proceeds to answer that question with a bunch of cute captions and cartoons. The very first answer was..

1. To give us "suggestions" if we say we're bored.

In this case, since I'm not your Dad, I'll keep my suggestions to myself.. <grin>. All my best, and enjoy your summer and your car.

Barry

[JFunk]

Originally Posted by MuseChaser

Thanks for taking my post in the spirit in which it what intended... I'm glad you didn't take offense to it.

Coincidentally, my 28-year-old son gave me a great card for Father's Day yesterday. It starts out with "Why Do We Need Dads?" then proceeds to answer that question with a bunch of cute captions and cartoons. The very first answer was..

1. To give us "suggestions" if we say we're bored.

In this case, since I'm not your Dad, I'll keep my suggestions to myself.. <grin>. All my best, and enjoy your summer and your car.

Barry

Yea man thanks and happy late father's day to you


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[Cole]

Also, some more anecdotes.

By the time I was 18 and headed to college, I had done some nearly 2k of damage on dad's '04 Camry in about 2 years. I was convinced my driving was far better than it was.

Fast forward 6 or 7 years now, and I'm qualified on a wide range of all military vehicles that have wheels (but not tracks, don't want my beret to turn black) and not only do I have thousands of hours accumulated across the fleet, I'm also teaching the new and upcoming soldiers of tomorrow on how to operate them, as well as making sure they can pass a road test as given by yours truly. Funny how times change...

Now that I think of it, I wonder if my insurance company will throw me a bone for being an instructor/examiner...