This is what i like to call, "thinning the herd"
this kinda sheer idiocy drives me crazy, i live in an upper middle class/rich town an the entire highschool parking lots are filled to the brim with $50,000 conversion trucks/SUVs, a couple of 2001 C5's, lots of mustangs, crapmaro's, BMW's, and ricers. a couple of months ago there were several break-ins in the school parking lot netting close to $100,000 dollars in car stereo equipment, cds, etc.. the school didn't do anything about it, except have the local cops make a few round the next couple of days
... another case was this girl i knew i highscool got a brand new 99 eclipse and she rolled it in a ditch 24 hours after she got it.. monetary loss jus dosen't click with some people, and the gross majority of this endless whirlpool of automotive excess is the parents.
Do you really think an amatuer punk 16 yr old can safetly handle a near 400 hp C5 corvette? 260 power GT, HELL NO!!
If parents want to teach there kids how to be safe, efficient, drivers, ya got a start em slow by learning on a piece of crap. i drove a 200 hp '89 crown vic through highschool, never wrecked it, but learned a lot about the 5.0 engine and is capabilities, handling and agressive driving techniques. when i got out an started to work, i knew i wanted a 5.0 stang, an i finally found one in January...an i baby that sucker 6 ways from sunday..
the parents of these kids need to learn that driving is 1 pecent physical an 99 percent mental. By making a kid work for somthin better, they are more inclined to take care of it when they have it. ( me an my 5.0) basically it breaks down that gotta walk before ya can fly..
