My 17 year old son just asked to take my car to prom
 

I said yes but feel sick to my stomach about it. It's going to be a long two and a half weeks until this is over!

Why would you say yes to this........I would pay for a limo before I said yes to this.

Good luck with your insurance goals of 2014.


-M-

LOL I'm sure he will be fine as long as he's not drinking

if he ever wants to drive the car ever again, this opportunity should convince him not to drink and drive on prom night.

I would give this opportunity to my son in a heart beat, he would remember it forever.

I would just make sure that he drives it before the big night so that he is comfortable with the car when he goes on his own.

I would never loan my car to someone I didn't trust to treat it the same way I do.

He is a great kid and student (unlike me) so I couldn't say no. I don't have to worry about this one drinking, we leave him home for weekend all the time and have never had one problem and I have neighbors that keep an eye on him. Since the car is supercharged I have a tune on it just in case this happened (4000 rpm and 60 mph) but it's still my car with a kid driving it. I need another drink!

:iagree: Boy, I would have told him to want in one hand & crap in the other & let me know which one fills up first. :rolleyes:
Personally I think this is a bad move in so many ways & it's not about the car not being replaceable, sometimes bad decisions are made without ever knowing how bad they are

Good luck to all involved

:iagree: Definitely make sure you get him comfortable with the car & hopefully he will act responsible

id be more worried about it getting dinged or keyed or something stupid.

You sound like a good father. I understand your anxiety...I remember the first time I let my son take my Harley. I'll bet your son doesn't let you down on this.

My 17 year old son just asked to take my car to prom
 

My first question was " you haven't pissed anyone off enough to key my car have you?" But that's just not him. He been getting up at 4 am to go to football conditioning, doing track practice after school and doing homework until 11-12 at night so he doesn't have time to be in trouble.


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Parent of the year candidate!

That's awesome of you. Hopefully, your faith in your son is rewarded. I would do the same in your position.

Thank you MacCool, I try my best and it sounds like you've been there!


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Those things can be fixed. This is a memory that will last a lifetime for the boy.

Well...if it makes you feel any better, it's REALLY difficult to have sex in the Z, so at least it'll be clean of bodily fluids? :ugh2:

I said that to my wife as soon as he was out of the room!


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Just be sure to throw an extra coat of wax on the hood just in case :icon17:

I've been there and learned a lot. He's never let me down. I have very little concern about trusting these things to him these days.

I let my son take my 640 rwhp car to his prom (full cage lol) -

...I used my handheld programmer to load a tune specific to him...

- Pulled all the timing out of it

- Rev limited to 4,000 rpm (to hold it to about 400 hp)

- Traction control locked on

- Speed limited to 75 mph

Worked great

Apparently my wife and him had this conversation before I knew about it and she said he could take her Veloster Turbo if I said no. Then he showed my wife her dress and my wife said he not going anywhere with her and a back seat! He's a great kid but lets face nothing destroys a god man like a bad woman!

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No party bus!?

You are not funny! If there are *** prints on the carbon fiber there will be hell to pay! Now that you pointed this out we WILL have this conversation!

Just tell him traction control on.

Fück it. It's a car. I hope your son is safe... And gets laid

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I'm sure he's a great kid. But I want you to take a look at the attached pic. That GTR was also driven by a 17 y.o. great kid. He didn't drink and got straight A's. He's now in a wheelchair for life.

Please don't do it. A 17 y.o. does not possess the driving skills.

Put uprev tune on it. Car won't go over 55mph and over 3500rpm. Problem solved.

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be sure to leave a MF towel and some QD in the hatch :driving:

Has it at 4000 rpm and 60 mph!


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Most don't, but theres plenty of kids driving around in fast cars. This was my very first car.

My car has a tune that won't let him go 4000rpm or 60 mph, his Altima lets him go faster. I'm not turning him loose with a rocket but thanks for trying to say I'm a sucky father! That's as nice as I can say it so please go away!


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I agree you a great dad haha he will love items I'm sure his date will also! Wish I had showed up to my prom in a S/C 370 !!

Me too but I wouldn't have done it for me as a kid!

Just make sure he isn't strolling around after the dance to go drinking. Is it just him and his date?

No there are a group of them going together. I have zero concerns about him drinking, he's so ridiculously by the books I worry he missed a fun time in life. I'm a jaded person that broke every rule but this kid is so good it's disgusting !


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hope he don't come home a daddy! =p

No it's not. :eek: :tup: :happydance: :D

Make sure he switches off the TC

This place is full of ********!


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