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Ozzie_Isaac

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Acn said:

Wondering about people who buy Teslas for their high school kid to drive to school.

In highschool we had a kid who drove a Ferrari and another who drove a Dodge Viper.  BMWs and Mercedes did not stand out in the parking lot.  The teacher's cars were easy to spot: Ford Probes, Festivas, and Toyota Tercels and Camrys.  The principal did drive an older model BMW hatchback which was kind of sad.

Most of our parking lot thought they were from the movie Fast and Furious. You just had to shake your head when even the Plymouth Breeze had a body kit, rims, and a fart can on it. 

You must be younger than me.  I was out of highschool by the time (perhaps the greatest movie franchise, aside from Starship Troopers) Fast and Furious came out.

WeberWho

Ozzie_Isaac said:

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Acn said:

Wondering about people who buy Teslas for their high school kid to drive to school.

In highschool we had a kid who drove a Ferrari and another who drove a Dodge Viper.  BMWs and Mercedes did not stand out in the parking lot.  The teacher's cars were easy to spot: Ford Probes, Festivas, and Toyota Tercels and Camrys.  The principal did drive an older model BMW hatchback which was kind of sad.

Who in there right mind would let their kid drive a Viper? That would be one of the last cars I'd let any new driver drive. 

It was a toss up between that and the Supra with the twin turbos for dumbest cars to give to highschooler.

I only know three kids who got seriously hurt in a car accidents.  One jumped a Dodge Charger (b-body) Dukes of Hazard style.  Broke one drivers back and injured the passenger.  The other was just a regular car that kid crashed into a light pole.  I know of two trucks destroyed in off-roading mishaps and one 68 bronco rolled in front of the school, but nobody was hurt in those.

A kid in my grade has a old square body Silverado that was lifted. One of his friends jumped up on his back bumper. The truck owner thought it would be funny to back up and see if he could get his friend off the rear bumper of his truck. He didn't realize that there was a lowered Honda Civic right behind him. He ended up driving up the hood of the Honda Civic. One of the funnier things I saw in high school revolving vehicles. 

Ozzie_Isaac

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Acn said:

Wondering about people who buy Teslas for their high school kid to drive to school.

In highschool we had a kid who drove a Ferrari and another who drove a Dodge Viper.  BMWs and Mercedes did not stand out in the parking lot.  The teacher's cars were easy to spot: Ford Probes, Festivas, and Toyota Tercels and Camrys.  The principal did drive an older model BMW hatchback which was kind of sad.

Who in there right mind would let their kid drive a Viper? That would be one of the last cars I'd let any new driver drive. 

It was a toss up between that and the Supra with the twin turbos for dumbest cars to give to highschooler.

I only know three kids who got seriously hurt in a car accidents.  One jumped a Dodge Charger (b-body) Dukes of Hazard style.  Broke one drivers back and injured the passenger.  The other was just a regular car that kid crashed into a light pole.  I know of two trucks destroyed in off-roading mishaps and one 68 bronco rolled in front of the school, but nobody was hurt in those.

A kid in my grade has a old square body Silverado that was lifted. One of his friends jumped up on his back bumper. The truck owner thought it would be funny to back up and see if he could get his friend off the rear bumper of his truck. He didn't realize that there was a lowered Honda Civic right behind him. He ended up driving up the hood of the Honda Civic. One of the funnier things I saw in high school revolving vehicles. 

That sounds like a beautiful cross-section of American youth.  I miss the good ol'days.

Ozzie_Isaac

Ozzie_Isaac said:

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Acn said:

Wondering about people who buy Teslas for their high school kid to drive to school.

In highschool we had a kid who drove a Ferrari and another who drove a Dodge Viper.  BMWs and Mercedes did not stand out in the parking lot.  The teacher's cars were easy to spot: Ford Probes, Festivas, and Toyota Tercels and Camrys.  The principal did drive an older model BMW hatchback which was kind of sad.

Who in there right mind would let their kid drive a Viper? That would be one of the last cars I'd let any new driver drive. 

It was a toss up between that and the Supra with the twin turbos for dumbest cars to give to highschooler.

I only know three kids who got seriously hurt in a car accidents.  One jumped a Dodge Charger (b-body) Dukes of Hazard style.  Broke one drivers back and injured the passenger.  The other was just a regular car that kid crashed into a light pole.  I know of two trucks destroyed in off-roading mishaps and one 68 bronco rolled in front of the school, but nobody was hurt in those.

A kid in my grade has a old square body Silverado that was lifted. One of his friends jumped up on his back bumper. The truck owner thought it would be funny to back up and see if he could get his friend off the rear bumper of his truck. He didn't realize that there was a lowered Honda Civic right behind him. He ended up driving up the hood of the Honda Civic. One of the funnier things I saw in high school revolving vehicles. 

That sounds like a beautiful cross-section of American youth.  I miss the good ol'days.

One that stands out for me was kid in a sweet brand new black Chevy Blazer.  He was showing off to those of us stuck riding the school bus.  He went to take a desert short cut and pass the bus.  He smashed into a mesquite tree.  You could see his face turning red and angry from the bus.  I am sure he heard the ohhs, ahhs, and laughs from the bus.

Eoin

Most kids in school here who can drive (17 years old to get a provisional licence) have small hatches with 1.0 to 1.3 litre engines, usually 5+ years old. Manual, obviously.

I think I've found a 14 year old Mazda 2 for Dom to learn on, £600. 

nolaegghead

Eoin said:

Most kids in school here who can drive (17 years old to get a provisional licence) have small hatches with 1.0 to 1.3 litre engines, usually 5+ years old. Manual, obviously.

I think I've found a 14 year old Mazda 2 for Dom to learn on, £600. 

Tesla shortage in your market?

Eoin

nolaegghead said:

Eoin said:

Most kids in school here who can drive (17 years old to get a provisional licence) have small hatches with 1.0 to 1.3 litre engines, usually 5+ years old. Manual, obviously.

I think I've found a 14 year old Mazda 2 for Dom to learn on, £600. 

Tesla shortage in your market?

Yes, shame about that.

WeberWho

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Acn said:

Wondering about people who buy Teslas for their high school kid to drive to school.

In highschool we had a kid who drove a Ferrari and another who drove a Dodge Viper.  BMWs and Mercedes did not stand out in the parking lot.  The teacher's cars were easy to spot: Ford Probes, Festivas, and Toyota Tercels and Camrys.  The principal did drive an older model BMW hatchback which was kind of sad.

Who in there right mind would let their kid drive a Viper? That would be one of the last cars I'd let any new driver drive. 

It was a toss up between that and the Supra with the twin turbos for dumbest cars to give to highschooler.

I only know three kids who got seriously hurt in a car accidents.  One jumped a Dodge Charger (b-body) Dukes of Hazard style.  Broke one drivers back and injured the passenger.  The other was just a regular car that kid crashed into a light pole.  I know of two trucks destroyed in off-roading mishaps and one 68 bronco rolled in front of the school, but nobody was hurt in those.

A kid in my grade has a old square body Silverado that was lifted. One of his friends jumped up on his back bumper. The truck owner thought it would be funny to back up and see if he could get his friend off the rear bumper of his truck. He didn't realize that there was a lowered Honda Civic right behind him. He ended up driving up the hood of the Honda Civic. One of the funnier things I saw in high school revolving vehicles. 

That sounds like a beautiful cross-section of American youth.  I miss the good ol'days.

One that stands out for me was kid in a sweet brand new black Chevy Blazer.  He was showing off to those of us stuck riding the school bus.  He went to take a desert short cut and pass the bus.  He smashed into a mesquite tree.  You could see his face turning red and angry from the bus.  I am sure he heard the ohhs, ahhs, and laughs from the bus.

We had the crazy kid (actually a really good guy) t-boned a school bus with his Ford Aerostar van leaving school. 

One of my best friends in college lost his car (Ford Probe GT) I want to say for 9-10 days. He had a little too much to drink before driving to a party a few blocks from college campus. The next day he went back to where he thought he parked it. It was gone. Nowhere in sight. He couldn't call the police as he didn't exactly remember where he parked it. No way he was telling his dad. He walked campus 3-4 days straight looking for it. After a week he just considered it gone. He was running late to class one morning and he decided to take a shortcut through the teachers parking lot and low and behold finds his car sitting there with a windshield full of parking tickets! That's just one of many stories he has over the years. 

Foghorn

When I first started working one of my most senior colleagues got a call from his daughter one day.  She said "I think I've made a mistake.  In a moment of weakness, I bought your 17 year-old grandson a 380Z."

My colleague, who had previously been president of our national trauma surgery society, said "Don't let him leave the house.  I'll be right there."

He went over to his daughter's house and went to the bank with her and the grandson.  He paid off the car loan with a check and said, "Thank you for helping me select my new car.  I've been needing one and wanted something sporty.  You can have my old Datsun 810 station wagon to use as a trade-in to buy him a car - provided you select something that would be appropriate for novice driver.  I'm not going to get a phone call in the middle of the night telling me that my grandson wrapped his sports car around a telephone pole at over 100 mph..."

My kids were in diapers at the time, but it occurred to me that the advice that is often given about keeping 2-3 months pay available for rough times would come in handy at a time like that... 

TEXASBGE2018

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Acn said:

Wondering about people who buy Teslas for their high school kid to drive to school.

In highschool we had a kid who drove a Ferrari and another who drove a Dodge Viper.  BMWs and Mercedes did not stand out in the parking lot.  The teacher's cars were easy to spot: Ford Probes, Festivas, and Toyota Tercels and Camrys.  The principal did drive an older model BMW hatchback which was kind of sad.

Who in there right mind would let their kid drive a Viper? That would be one of the last cars I'd let any new driver drive. 

Idiot parents with too much money, that's who.

Ozzie_Isaac

TEXASBGE2018 said:

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Acn said:

Wondering about people who buy Teslas for their high school kid to drive to school.

In highschool we had a kid who drove a Ferrari and another who drove a Dodge Viper.  BMWs and Mercedes did not stand out in the parking lot.  The teacher's cars were easy to spot: Ford Probes, Festivas, and Toyota Tercels and Camrys.  The principal did drive an older model BMW hatchback which was kind of sad.

Who in there right mind would let their kid drive a Viper? That would be one of the last cars I'd let any new driver drive. 

Idiot parents with too much money, that's who.

Against all odds, the kid drove it like an old grandpa.  On the other end, a good friend spent 3 years rebuilding a 1968 Bronco from the ground up.  Aimed to be done by 16, but didn't finish till 17.  He drove a Bronco II until his 68 was complete.  Did everything himself including the paint.

Well, took him about 3 months in the 68, but he eventually flipped it on its side and slide past the entrance of our school at about 45 mph on its drivers side.  Right past all the cars lined up to pull in and drop their kids off.  Honestly, pretty epic.  In full racing harness and seats.  No top, just half doors and a roll cage.  Bright blue beast.

I helped him unload it at home and start the rebuild process again.  This time it was only body panels though.

nolaegghead

I have a pretty good story involving public nudity, heaving drinking, fighting with Frat boys, ejection from a bar on Bourbon Street and losing truck the next day but it isn't appropriate for a public forum.

Gulfcoastguy

nolaegghead said:

I have a pretty good story involving public nudity, heaving drinking, fighting with Frat boys, ejection from a bar on Bourbon Street and losing truck the next day but it isn't appropriate for a public forum.

Darn statute of limitations eh?

buzzvol

Foghorn said:

When I first started working one by of my most senior colleagues got a call from his daughter one day.  She said "I think I've made a mistake.  In a moment of weakness, I bought your 17 year-old grandson a 380Z."

My colleague, who had previously been president of our national trauma surgery society, said "Don't let him leave the house.  I'll be right there."

He went over to his daughter's house and went to the bank with her and the grandson.  He paid off the car loan with a check and said, "Thank you for helping me select my new car.  I've been needing one and wanted something sporty.  You can have my old Datsun 810 station wagon to use as a trade-in to buy him a car - provided you select something that would be appropriate for novice driver.  I'm not going to get a phone call in the middle of the night telling me that my grandson wrapped his sports car around a telephone pole at over 100 mph..."

My kids were in diapers at the time, but it occurred to me that the advice that is often given about keeping 2-3 months pay available for rough times would come in handy at a time like that... 

This story caused a moment of choke up.  Awesome granddad.

keener75

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Acn said:

Wondering about people who buy Teslas for their high school kid to drive to school.

In highschool we had a kid who drove a Ferrari and another who drove a Dodge Viper.  BMWs and Mercedes did not stand out in the parking lot.  The teacher's cars were easy to spot: Ford Probes, Festivas, and Toyota Tercels and Camrys.  The principal did drive an older model BMW hatchback which was kind of sad.

I had a good chuckle at this...I drove my parents Toyota Tercel to highschool until I bought my first car which was a Ford Probe. The biggest problem with the Probe was the flip up headlights! I always had one of them freeze shut in the winter and then they were never in sync. Always had one up and one down. 
Good memories. Also drove a Hyundai Pony for a while until it just died one day. 

Gulfcoastguy

1964 Ford pickup with a 2 speed transmission. Metal dash, no seat belts, and the leaky gas tank was behind the seat.

bubbajack

nolaegghead said:

I have a pretty good story involving public nudity, heaving drinking, fighting with Frat boys, ejection from a bar on Bourbon Street and losing truck the next day but it isn't appropriate for a public forum.

I may or may not resemble that remark. Do not want to self incriminate.

Wolfpack

In our town there was a quasi magnet school before there was such a thing- you could take a 7:30am class in subjects like graphic arts, programming, etc that weren’t offered in your normal high school. 

The issue was our high school had a limited number of parking spaces in the senior lot; if you aren’t one of the first 5 cars back you had to park 1/4 mile down the street. Low and behold the “Weaver 500” was born. 

Glad @battlebron wasn’t around to watch the mayhem as we would often hit ridiculous speeds through downtown. I had a slow VW quantum, but I was also blessed with less sense.  So I made up for my car’s shortcomings by figuring out all the light cycles and creating some questionable passing tactics. It was rare I didn’t get one of the spots, leaving my buddies with 5.0’s, a ‘67 camaro, 82 vette and a brand new1992 Firebird (which was pretty fast at the time) talking the 1/4 mile walk of shame. It’s amazing we all survived

Ozzie_Isaac

Wolfpack said:

In our town there was a quasi magnet school before there was such a thing- you could take a 7:30am class in subjects like graphic arts, programming, etc that weren’t offered in your normal high school. 

The issue was our high school had a limited number of parking spaces in the senior lot; if you aren’t one of the first 5 cars back you had to park 1/4 mile down the street. Low and behold the “Weaver 500” was born. 

Glad @battlebron wasn’t around to watch the mayhem as we would often hit ridiculous speeds through downtown. I had a slow VW quantum, but I was also blessed with less sense.  So I made up for my car’s shortcomings by figuring out all the light cycles and creating some questionable passing tactics. It was rare I didn’t get one of the spots, leaving my buddies with 5.0’s, a ‘67 camaro, 82 vette and a brand new1992 Firebird (which was pretty fast at the time) talking the 1/4 mile walk of shame. It’s amazing we all survived

School mornings were mayhem.  One time the police thought it was a good idea to put up one of those "Know your speed" signs.  It became a challenge for everyone.  I never participated, but I did learn that they tap out at 99 from another kid with less sense and more horespower.  I had a 4 cycl manual transmission Dodge Dakota.  I raced everyone, but nobody noticed.

lkapigian

nolaegghead said:

I have a pretty good story involving public nudity, heaving drinking, fighting with Frat boys, ejection from a bar on Bourbon Street and losing truck the next day but it isn't appropriate for a public forum.

Brisket Camp 

Battleborn

Wolfpack said:

In our town there was a quasi magnet school before there was such a thing- you could take a 7:30am class in subjects like graphic arts, programming, etc that weren’t offered in your normal high school. 

The issue was our high school had a limited number of parking spaces in the senior lot; if you aren’t one of the first 5 cars back you had to park 1/4 mile down the street. Low and behold the “Weaver 500” was born. 

Glad @battlebron wasn’t around to watch the mayhem as we would often hit ridiculous speeds through downtown. I had a slow VW quantum, but I was also blessed with less sense.  So I made up for my car’s shortcomings by figuring out all the light cycles and creating some questionable passing tactics. It was rare I didn’t get one of the spots, leaving my buddies with 5.0’s, a ‘67 camaro, 82 vette and a brand new1992 Firebird (which was pretty fast at the time) talking the 1/4 mile walk of shame. It’s amazing we all survived

Ha! I hate running traffic. Will not pull someone over for speeding until 15 over (unless in a school zone with kids present). I’m actually surprised I haven’t been contacted by IA for cursing at people going the speed limit on my body cam while in my car. 

nolaegghead

Put 3 more cameras up at the shop.  The night vision is excellent! 

DuckDogDr

Trying not to mess up this carving while painting 

Eoin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Wolfpack said:

In our town there was a quasi magnet school before there was such a thing- you could take a 7:30am class in subjects like graphic arts, programming, etc that weren’t offered in your normal high school. 

The issue was our high school had a limited number of parking spaces in the senior lot; if you aren’t one of the first 5 cars back you had to park 1/4 mile down the street. Low and behold the “Weaver 500” was born. 

Glad @battlebron wasn’t around to watch the mayhem as we would often hit ridiculous speeds through downtown. I had a slow VW quantum, but I was also blessed with less sense.  So I made up for my car’s shortcomings by figuring out all the light cycles and creating some questionable passing tactics. It was rare I didn’t get one of the spots, leaving my buddies with 5.0’s, a ‘67 camaro, 82 vette and a brand new1992 Firebird (which was pretty fast at the time) talking the 1/4 mile walk of shame. It’s amazing we all survived

School mornings were mayhem.  One time the police thought it was a good idea to put up one of those "Know your speed" signs.  It became a challenge for everyone.  I never participated, but I did learn that they tap out at 99 from another kid with less sense and more horespower.  I had a 4 cycl manual transmission Dodge Dakota.  I raced everyone, but nobody noticed.

Those signs max out mayne 15 mph over the set limit here. I guess to stop attempts at a high score.

Ozzie_Isaac

Eoin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Wolfpack said:

In our town there was a quasi magnet school before there was such a thing- you could take a 7:30am class in subjects like graphic arts, programming, etc that weren’t offered in your normal high school. 

The issue was our high school had a limited number of parking spaces in the senior lot; if you aren’t one of the first 5 cars back you had to park 1/4 mile down the street. Low and behold the “Weaver 500” was born. 

Glad @battlebron wasn’t around to watch the mayhem as we would often hit ridiculous speeds through downtown. I had a slow VW quantum, but I was also blessed with less sense.  So I made up for my car’s shortcomings by figuring out all the light cycles and creating some questionable passing tactics. It was rare I didn’t get one of the spots, leaving my buddies with 5.0’s, a ‘67 camaro, 82 vette and a brand new1992 Firebird (which was pretty fast at the time) talking the 1/4 mile walk of shame. It’s amazing we all survived

School mornings were mayhem.  One time the police thought it was a good idea to put up one of those "Know your speed" signs.  It became a challenge for everyone.  I never participated, but I did learn that they tap out at 99 from another kid with less sense and more horespower.  I had a 4 cycl manual transmission Dodge Dakota.  I raced everyone, but nobody noticed.

Those signs max out mayne 15 mph over the set limit here. I guess to stop attempts at a high score.

The new ones I have seen over the last year here flash "Too Fast, Slow Down" at 10+mph over posted limit.

This was 25 years ago, and high scores mattered.

Eoin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Eoin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Wolfpack said:

In our town there was a quasi magnet school before there was such a thing- you could take a 7:30am class in subjects like graphic arts, programming, etc that weren’t offered in your normal high school. 

The issue was our high school had a limited number of parking spaces in the senior lot; if you aren’t one of the first 5 cars back you had to park 1/4 mile down the street. Low and behold the “Weaver 500” was born. 

Glad @battlebron wasn’t around to watch the mayhem as we would often hit ridiculous speeds through downtown. I had a slow VW quantum, but I was also blessed with less sense.  So I made up for my car’s shortcomings by figuring out all the light cycles and creating some questionable passing tactics. It was rare I didn’t get one of the spots, leaving my buddies with 5.0’s, a ‘67 camaro, 82 vette and a brand new1992 Firebird (which was pretty fast at the time) talking the 1/4 mile walk of shame. It’s amazing we all survived

School mornings were mayhem.  One time the police thought it was a good idea to put up one of those "Know your speed" signs.  It became a challenge for everyone.  I never participated, but I did learn that they tap out at 99 from another kid with less sense and more horespower.  I had a 4 cycl manual transmission Dodge Dakota.  I raced everyone, but nobody noticed.

Those signs max out mayne 15 mph over the set limit here. I guess to stop attempts at a high score.

The new ones I have seen over the last year here flash "Too Fast, Slow Down" at 10+mph over posted limit.

This was 25 years ago, and high scores mattered.

High scores always matter.

Ozzie_Isaac

Eoin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Eoin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Wolfpack said:

In our town there was a quasi magnet school before there was such a thing- you could take a 7:30am class in subjects like graphic arts, programming, etc that weren’t offered in your normal high school. 

The issue was our high school had a limited number of parking spaces in the senior lot; if you aren’t one of the first 5 cars back you had to park 1/4 mile down the street. Low and behold the “Weaver 500” was born. 

Glad @battlebron wasn’t around to watch the mayhem as we would often hit ridiculous speeds through downtown. I had a slow VW quantum, but I was also blessed with less sense.  So I made up for my car’s shortcomings by figuring out all the light cycles and creating some questionable passing tactics. It was rare I didn’t get one of the spots, leaving my buddies with 5.0’s, a ‘67 camaro, 82 vette and a brand new1992 Firebird (which was pretty fast at the time) talking the 1/4 mile walk of shame. It’s amazing we all survived

School mornings were mayhem.  One time the police thought it was a good idea to put up one of those "Know your speed" signs.  It became a challenge for everyone.  I never participated, but I did learn that they tap out at 99 from another kid with less sense and more horespower.  I had a 4 cycl manual transmission Dodge Dakota.  I raced everyone, but nobody noticed.

Those signs max out mayne 15 mph over the set limit here. I guess to stop attempts at a high score.

The new ones I have seen over the last year here flash "Too Fast, Slow Down" at 10+mph over posted limit.

This was 25 years ago, and high scores mattered.

High scores always matter.

Back then they mattered more.  Everyone gets a trophy today.  Damn kids and their music.

JethroVA

nolaegghead said:

I have a pretty good story involving public nudity, heaving drinking, fighting with Frat boys, ejection from a bar on Bourbon Street and losing truck the next day but it isn't appropriate for a public forum.

Brisket Camp?

FarmingPhD

Daddy daycare today, little man wanted pancakes.  I was looking for an excuse to not get started on work anyways.

Kayak

FarmingPhD said:

Daddy daycare today, little man wanted pancakes.  I was looking for an excuse to not get started on work anyways.

That's my kind of syrup application. By the way, it's not called 'daddy daycare' when it's yours. It's called 'parenting'😗