depends on the kid, when I was 16 I had a 68 chevelle built that would rape my 03 cobra and it didn't kill me..
Would you buy a terminator for your son?
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+1 I started with a v6 when i was 15. then i bought a gt when i was 17,sold that and bought a 99 "terminated" cobra with 500rwhp. Ive been into cars from very young & have matured pretty fast. Now im 18 & I baby this car. I bearly ripp on it like any teenage would do & i always obey the rules. Most of the time
FYI: i bought these cars with my own hard earn money. Given the fact i have been saving up since i was 12.
In a word, NO! Let him grow up a bit with out the peer pressure of driving this hot of a car. You will regret it every day if you do.
If he's a problem for you and you would simply like him removed from the gene pool as soon as possible.... SURE!
:rollseyes
Not if you would like to see him get old however.
Work up to it.
In Idaho a v6 manual transmission Mustang driven through the winter will allow him to develop critical car control skills, that later on will be absolutely essential in order to control a much higher powered version of a very similar car.
Don't skip the training. Winter driving a rear drive vehicle of similar weight can be incredibly instructive. Southern boys don't often get a chance to practice catching sliding cars much. The catch skills are the same, however sliding a high powered car on asphalt means you are going way faster with a much narrower catch window.
And that carries a whole lot more risk.
:rollseyes
Not if you would like to see him get old however.
Work up to it.
In Idaho a v6 manual transmission Mustang driven through the winter will allow him to develop critical car control skills, that later on will be absolutely essential in order to control a much higher powered version of a very similar car.
Don't skip the training. Winter driving a rear drive vehicle of similar weight can be incredibly instructive. Southern boys don't often get a chance to practice catching sliding cars much. The catch skills are the same, however sliding a high powered car on asphalt means you are going way faster with a much narrower catch window.
And that carries a whole lot more risk.
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wait a minute....Have you ever watched the Dukes of Hazzard? We do plenty of slides with a big ole V8 in the front. In the south we do it in the mud and red clay instead of the ice. Lol.
wait a minute....Have you ever watched the Dukes of Hazzard? We do plenty of slides with a big ole V8 in the front. In the south we do it in the mud and red clay instead of the ice. Lol.
Very true! Gravel covered logging roads, dirt and clay etc will do the same thing, however the speeds for sliding and catching will be higher than icy snowy roads, so the driver will need to be a little further along in order to stay out of the ditches and trees.:beer::rockon:
My cousin taught my how to drive stick at 12 years old. On a dirt road in the Adirondack mountains near Keene NY.
It was in his brand new 1964/65 Mustang fastback 200 6 cylinder 4 speed, nice guy huh?!!:rockon::beer:
Det.Bullitt
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I was 17 when my parents bought my 1995 cobra for me. I've always had a job and works as much as possible outside of school. Sold the cobra and I got a loan for my terminator. It was stock when I bought it, and it's getting tuned on the 2.9 this weekend, I'm 19 years old now. Accident free. Totally depends on maturity level.
If it was a mustang family id say yes, but other wise no.
Don't do it
I probably would. My dad helped me with the down payment and cosigning when I was 18, and its been 5 years next month with not a single accident or ticket (minus no front plates). It would really be situational on how mature my son was. I've always been slightly more mature/reaponsible for my age. If that hadnt had been the case I can only imagine how bad things would have gotten. You wouldnt believe how many times in hs random people I barely knew would call me asking to bring my car out to the boonies to run others. Always said no and out of every single car person I know from hs, im the only one who still has their car, or has never wrecked it.
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Never would I buy my kids a car at this power level. I started off with my dads old fox. I saved up money and bought my cobra at 22. I appreciate it more.
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Being 17, I know what kids my age do. I would trust myself, just because I know what they can do and how fast shit can happen. I was scared to floor my GT through every gear for a while, then when I did, it felt slow lol.
I agree starting alow. If I never had my 03 v6 I would never have properly learned the responcibilities of having and driving a car. A terminator as a teenager? Sure. As a first car? Hell no
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No way.... start him off in a 2v gt or old 5.0 mustang. I started off in a fox body and drove like a dummy showing off for friends and girls. A 14 sec car isn't going to get you in trouble it will spin tires from a stop ans that's about it. Toss some good all season tires on it and let him beat around in it.
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Similar question but would you let your 16 year old daughter drive a cobra as her first car?
Think I may have posted this here before
She knows her Cobra's - YouTube
She gets her license in 10 more years. LOL
Think I may have posted this here before
She knows her Cobra's - YouTube
She gets her license in 10 more years. LOL
I really hope this is a rhetorical question. My opinion is a male that age will never respect any vehicle unless it was his hard work to aquire such a vehicle. And a high valued one at that.
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