This morning, my daughter asked if she could borrow one of my cars. She insisted that it would have to be the 911.
She is three.
This morning, my daughter asked if she could borrow one of my cars. She insisted that it would have to be the 911.
She is three.
Well, we can see from here that you're raising her well.
So can she rev match yet?
Did you tell her she can't drive the 911 until she learns about power-off over steer and opposite lock?
smart girl, by the time she's old enough to drive you'll be so used to the idea that you won't think twice
My friend has been restoring a TR-3 since I've known him. His daughter is 17 and whipped out an old photo of her standing on the seat sawing at the wheel while she was still in diapers.
"Dad, remember when I was little you said I could have the Triumph when I was big? I'm big."
Dan
Is her foot big enough to heel-toe yet? Mine got so wide that I prefer to toe-toe it. Hopefully she doesn't get to that point.
914Driver wrote: My friend has been restoring a TR-3 since I've known him. His daughter is 17 and whipped out an old photo of her standing on the seat sawing at the wheel while she was still in diapers. "Dad, remember when I was little you said I could have the Triumph when I was big? I'm big."
oh.. what do you do when faced with that bit of teenaged girl logic
She seems like a responsible kid. I say let her have it.
what's scary.. my 11 year old niece wants my saab
"that bit of teenaged girl logic" That, my friends is scary. Yes, I have had teen age daughters. And granddaughters.
Try the 12V electric cars before you turn her loose in a big boy toy....
True story, and not meant to be sexist or anything. I've got 3 kids. Two boys and a girl. My oldest son was driving the 12V at age 3 or so, and doing really well with it. By 5, he was driving gas powered go carts. He has since stopped (he's now almost 8), but he was really good. His younger brother is now 4 1/2 years old. He's been driving the 12V since he was 3 and keeps asking for a gas go cart and loves playing racing games on Wii. We've let his twin sister drive the 12V a few times. The first time she drove it, she had her foot on the gas pedal, with both hands off the wheel and her head turned behind her looking backwards.... 
She has since improved, but only to the point where she has her hands on the wheel and a vague concept of what the wheel does. Sigh....
My 4 year old asked my wife for the keys to the race car earlier this year while I was out of town. I tell her she can drive if if she helps me finish putting it together and learns how to TIG weld. That way she can help me fix whatever WE break driving the darn thing...
She claims that she's already outgrown her Mustang and she's tired of its propensity to understeer.
Could be worse, when my boy was 3 he decided that he should take our RV for a drive whilst it was parked on a not quiiiiiite level campsite. No keys in the ignition, but hey no prob, he's just a sawin away at the wheel while Mom's outside and I'm on the way up to meet them, when he takes it outta park and releases the p-brake. the tree stopped him going over the embankment and taking out a minivan so no big deal. Cept he was 3. And already crashing my rolling stock.
mad_machine wrote:914Driver wrote: My friend has been restoring a TR-3 since I've known him. His daughter is 17 and whipped out an old photo of her standing on the seat sawing at the wheel while she was still in diapers. "Dad, remember when I was little you said I could have the Triumph when I was big? I'm big."oh.. what do you do when faced with that bit of teenaged girl logic
That has way less to do with teenager logic than it does with female logic. You said something. It latched into her brain as something she can make use of at some time in the future. Now is the time.
I say give (as in lend) her the car. Its a Triumph. How much trouble could she possibly get into?
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