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Old 09-28-2009, 05:34 PM   #25
rallymaniac
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Location: Elgin, IL
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2006 MINIiiiiii
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Originally Posted by under5 View Post
It all depends on the kid I guess.
I totally agree.
I was 17 when i got my license in Europe on an first attempt, which does not happen that often. I was one of 2 people in the group of 30 that passed.
I was allowed to use family car on occasions but had to indicate where I was going and when I would be back (no cell phones back then).
Then year later i came over to US and my father bought me a $12k car but he thought that I deserved it and knew that I had pretty solid driving skills plus a head where it belonged.
4 years later he pitched in to my WRX as well. by then i was a much better driver but was still afraid of the WRX for the first month or so of driving. Then came time of excessive autoxing and other driving that enabled me to handle this car at a limit.
Now i'm long out of the house and out of my parent's supervision but they know that even though i can be an aggressive driver at times, they don't have to worry about me too much when I’m behind the wheel.
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