Do you plan to pass your mustang along?
09-28-2011, 06:14 PM
#23
6th Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Thomasville, NC Where we beat headers into submission!!
Posts: 7,233
Sorry to hear about your son. I bet he enjoys riding with you and hearing the V8 exhaust and feeling the rumble. =-)
I'm not sure if my daughter will be ready for a stick shift either, but that's all my wife and I drive. My wife learned how to drive a stick shift on a tractor and then a 4 speed car. lol
My car is a sixxer and I can change custom tune back to stock, to help reduce the HP. Maybe I can have a governer installed so she can't go pass 60 MPH!! LOL
I'm not sure if my daughter will be ready for a stick shift either, but that's all my wife and I drive. My wife learned how to drive a stick shift on a tractor and then a 4 speed car. lol
My car is a sixxer and I can change custom tune back to stock, to help reduce the HP. Maybe I can have a governer installed so she can't go pass 60 MPH!! LOL
09-28-2011, 08:18 PM
#24
I plan on willing mine to my child (whenever I go down that road) with stipulations written in the contract. lol...I'm sure my child will understand how much this car means to me and how they should keep and take care of it. Good topic BTW
09-28-2011, 09:42 PM
#25
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: MD/WV
Posts: 5,736
Well I can tell everyone from EXPERIENCE that if you are never around power at a younger age you will never know what its like and what it can do. I was always in the car with my father (vettes, mustangs) and yeah he would always have "fun" while I was in the car. They were a little skeptical about buying me a GT as my first car, but I was smart enough to realize what its like to have all that power under your foot and what it can do to you if your stupid.
Moral of the story -- Show your kids what its really like. Also show them what it can do to you if your stupid. I'm 18 with about 500hp in my gt and drive smarter than most kids in my area with 190hp Altimas. But then again most of these kids have no common sense
Moral of the story -- Show your kids what its really like. Also show them what it can do to you if your stupid. I'm 18 with about 500hp in my gt and drive smarter than most kids in my area with 190hp Altimas. But then again most of these kids have no common sense
09-28-2011, 11:14 PM
#27
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 243
Definitely will pass it to my daughter if she wants it, when she's mature enough/old enough. She loves going for rides in it now, even though she's just a baby! Too much car if you ask me though, for the average 16 year old. I remember being 16, it's just too much car for most that age. All depends on maturity and like grabber blue said, if they were interested to learn or were taught the dangers that go along with the power. I'd never forgive myself if she got it sideways into a tree or car or something and got hurt, or hurt somebody and she had to live with it.
09-28-2011, 11:58 PM
#28
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Buffalo, New York
Posts: 1,335
I plan on driving it into the ground. Then rebuilding it. Then driving it into the ground. Then rebuilding it. Then driving it into the ground. Then rebuilding it. Then driving it into the ground. Then rebuilding it. Then driving it into the ground. Then rebuilding it.
In short, I plan on being buried with it.
In short, I plan on being buried with it.
09-29-2011, 12:28 AM
#30
Chop Mod
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: OK
Posts: 3,333
If I ever do have children I seriously doubt I would ever give them the Mustang. I wouldn't want them to have the mentality of "Oh its just my mom's old car." Because if they wrecked it being careless (And they were okay.) I would be forced to beat them. And what am I suppose to drive if I give it to them??
Plus, hopefully it won't be young driver friendly for much longer.
And Mongoose, I completely agree with you.
