370z new owner

inTgr8r

I agree with the posts above....

IMO, your son may be mature,
but that has nothing to do with having the neccessary skills for a high performance car like this.

Sorry to be blunt, but if you value your sons life, buy something more conservative for him to learn on.

dwsq

The question is should a 16 Year old be allowed to drive one or own it. Well my take is heck yeah. If you have the means to buy your 16 year old a 370z then do it.
What would be the difference in buying them a ford focus or something else, the dumbest, fastest drivers on the road are the ones in the little ***t boxes we all see running around.
I am 42 and grew up with GTO's, Chevelles, Corvettes and I always got told to much power, etc... buy the 16 year old the car and get them some advanced driving lessons. Teach a young adult some responsibility, give it to them and see what happens, I have yet to read of an accident in my area with thousands of drivers daily with some young adult in a sports car, nope always the econo box loaded with friends and no appreciation for anything or anyone.
I plan on giving this car I just bought to my Daughter when she turns 16, she is 12 now, by then she will have grown up driving tractors, ATV's, heck she even drives my Yukon around the property now. She will have complete trust in me that I trust her judgement..

Last point, with the safety features in this car and only two seats they aren't going to be carting to many friends around. You give a 16 Year old a car like this and they will worship it, like we old guys would had our dads given us a Mustang or a Camaro back in the day..

Let the debate begin or not.

Thanks,
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mattkim85

lol that sounds more like let him learn the hard way

FairmanZ

Tell us if you still feel the same in 4 years. Imagine your daughter getting into a car with her jock boy friend who's parents just gave him a brand new 370z as his first car.

I'm 46 and have a teenage son who drives. While I do trust him and can afford to buy him a new car, I'm from the school of thought that any kid needs to earn his or her stripes. My first car was a 60's muscle car, but it was used piece of junk that I worked to buy with my own money.

LenZToy

+1 - I couldn't say it better. I'm 47 and have 3 teenagers. My first car was a 1968 Chevelle (got it in '78 or '79 rust and all). I worked hard for it and it meant a ton to me to know that I bought it myself and fixed it up the best I could as a 16 / 17 year old.

dwsq

Yep heard it all before,
Kids today are smarter and more educated then we give them credit for, love the line of I had to earn mine, fix mine, buy mine, so what, your kid will look back and remember what? that you walked up the hill each way to school when you were young through six feet of snow barefoot. Teach em the right way and they will do right by you as parents, Far as my daughter getting in a car with a 16 year old boy with a new 370z, not likely as they in there minimum wage jobs couldn't earn it, fix it or be able to buy it...

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LenZToy

I'm unclear what your point is;however, I'm proud of my children and they do "right by me". I guess what I'm saying is I've spoiled them a bit...i.e., bought them cars. My hope is my kids will look back and appreciate hard work and what that can do for them and their future families.

dwsq

Didn't really have a point, just speaking out loud, or should I say writing, I am pretty much a liberal guy and can't stand when adults say kids should earn everything. Because when it comes to cars, thats a hobby we should get all young adults into so they can save all these classic cars....from the scrap heap...

So no real point..

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