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Bladewire · 09-05-2011, 03:45 PM

My son turns 18 in October and yesterday I bought him a V6 Mustang Convertible.

Now I'm having second thoughts. Too much?

He doesn't know I've bought it and has no idea he's getting wheels.

Here's a cell phone pic I took of the car.

L-Pink · 09-05-2011, 03:49 PM

Nice car. Not a bad choice really.

thickcash_amo · 09-05-2011, 04:00 PM

My cousin just turned 16 and my Grandma bought him a damn 2011 dodge challenger. I drove it and all I can say is he is going to freaking kill himself!!

ottopottomouse · 09-05-2011, 04:09 PM

Too much? Depends what his friends have got.

Dubya · 09-05-2011, 04:32 PM

He's going to be pissed you got him the V6 model, poor choice dad.

baddog · 09-05-2011, 04:47 PM

I had a V-8 when I was 16. If he gets pissed about the 6 vs an 8 it means you have spoiled him and should take it back.

Willing to bet it is Europeans that say it is too much.

SallyRand · 09-05-2011, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ottopottomouse

Too much? Depends what his friends have got.

You are suggesting that it is a parent's obligation to play "Keep up with the Jones'es" with their child's friends?

WOO HOO!

DudeRick · 09-05-2011, 04:57 PM

It's a good looking car which is all a kid that age cares about. Stock Mustangs (even V8's) are wimps as far as horse power is concerned so you don't have to worry about him street racing.

Lucy - CSC · 09-05-2011, 05:00 PM

My dad told me for your first car get something that it doesnt really matter if it takes a few hits as they are going to happen.

CyberHustler · 09-05-2011, 05:03 PM

Does he know you juggle nuts?

L-Pink · 09-05-2011, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SallyRand

You are suggesting that it is a parent's obligation to play "Keep up with the Jones'es" with their child's friends?

WOO HOO!

Unless his son is a cross dressing idiot what use does he have for your opinion?

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brassmonkey · 09-05-2011, 05:05 PM

i had two clean ass novas '76 and a '78 at 18 rims and limo tent and a ghetto blaster hahaha!!

fuzebox · 09-05-2011, 05:06 PM

It's about as fast as your average minivan, so I wouldn't be worried about the power.

Rochard · 09-05-2011, 05:09 PM

That's exactly what I'm looking to buy my kid, although I've got a few more years of waiting.

It depends on the kid really. Most kids will tear up their first new car. I physically ran two cars into the ground, and totaled two others before I was 18. Yet my best friend in high school had a beautiful Firebird, treated it like a baby, and never had a problem - or a traffic ticket.

If your kid is responsible, then great. If not, buy him (her) a beater until they figure it out.

alias · 09-05-2011, 05:12 PM

V6, just right. Slap a roll bar in.

midnightio · 09-05-2011, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dedi

Does he know you juggle nuts?

... I too laughed after looking at the links in his sig

scottybuzz · 09-05-2011, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rochard

If your kid is responsible, then great. If not, buy him (her) a beater until they figure it out.

thats all that counts here!

Bladewire · 09-05-2011, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baddog

I had a V-8 when I was 16. If he gets pissed about the 6 vs an 8 it means you have spoiled him and should take it back.

That's great input, something to remember.

Lots of great input in this thread so far thanks I look forward to reading more tomorrow

SallyRand · 09-05-2011, 06:35 PM

I learned to drive on a car exactly like this one:

http://www.allpar.com/cars/dodge/wayfarer.html

Same color even.

Had only 19K miles, a radio, a heater, a defroster, a heater under the back seat and Fluid Drive, which meant that it shifted like a regular three on the tree but you could pull up to a stoplight and not depress the clutch, then take off by just pushing down on the gas.

http://www.allpar.com/cars/dodge/wayfarer.html

Another view but different color:

HUGE back seat.............................................. ........

woj · 09-05-2011, 07:11 PM

kids now a days need to be 18 to get a drivers license? used to be 16 when I was growing up...

19teenporn · 09-05-2011, 07:15 PM

You should have bought him a real old camaro.
With enough luck it would have turned into a transformer and you would have became rich...

baddog · 09-05-2011, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woj

kids now a days need to be 18 to get a drivers license? used to be 16 when I was growing up...

No, they can still get their license at 16 (IN and CA for sure). Some kids are in no hurry. Mine weren't. Blew my mind. I was at the DMV on my 16th birthday.

L-Pink · 09-05-2011, 07:37 PM

I got my m/c permit in Hawaii when I was 15.

PromoterX · 09-05-2011, 07:43 PM

You gonna buy him another one when he crashes this one?

Gabriel · 09-05-2011, 07:52 PM

I dont know your son so i cant give you an honest opinion, but i wouldn't think you'd buy him a car that he may get in trouble with if you didn't think he could handle the responsibility.

Congrats on being able to reward your son so generously.

american pervert · 09-05-2011, 08:00 PM

my first car was a yellow 81 dodge reliant. it got totaled along with 2 other cars i've owned.

have fun getting it fixed, 18 years olds drive like assholes, esp when they have cares like that.

Pseudonymous · 09-05-2011, 08:09 PM

It's a V6 and at that weight, i wouldn't at all say that's too much. I have driven one of those, it's hardly that much power that it makes you want to drive it crazy. If he's going to drive like an idiot in that car, he'd drive like an idiot in any car.

iwantchixx · 09-05-2011, 08:22 PM

Honestly? It's a good choice if he's a responsible lad. Decent on fuel and lots of horsepower. It still has more than any stock v8 ford has produced for the mustang in previous generations.

wild johnny · 09-05-2011, 08:32 PM

Real nice car.

You must of thought it was perfect for him when you seen it or you wouldn't of got it.

Good choice in my opinion....

woj · 09-05-2011, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baddog

No, they can still get their license at 16 (IN and CA for sure). Some kids are in no hurry. Mine weren't. Blew my mind. I was at the DMV on my 16th birthday.

I haven't heard of anyone waiting till they are 18, everyone I know pretty much got it on their 16th birthday just like you did...

Mr Pheer · 09-05-2011, 09:47 PM

I had a '78 Trans-Am with a 6.6L V8 when I was 16. I never got killed in it.

drmadcat · 09-05-2011, 10:15 PM

depends on what hes like behind the wheel when im with my mum i drive like a nun when im by myself im a little bit reckless

k0nr4d · 09-05-2011, 10:27 PM

I'd have went with an SUV. Safer in an accident (because it's heavier), handles like shit so he wont be tempted to go fast, and generally slower.

Spunky · 09-05-2011, 10:29 PM

A great car to learn on and then he can buy his own after he learns the basics

campimp · 09-05-2011, 10:50 PM

nice car... V6 is good choice i think for him, had lots of friends in high school with V8 mustangs... the majority of them wound up totalled by the end of senior year.... but then again we were all rednecks who loved to race

RaiderCash_Dominik · 09-05-2011, 10:53 PM

I don;t know about convertible part. Other than that looks like a good car.

My Pimp · 09-06-2011, 01:22 AM

It is not too much.

BIGTYMER · 09-06-2011, 01:39 AM

Sweet ride! I'm sure he'll love it.

Far-L · 09-06-2011, 01:51 AM

I don't get why parents give their kids cars in the first place so I am probably the last person that should say anything... but I have to pass this on... I grew up around some very privileged absolutely affluent people and old money wisdom was you never did stuff like buy your kids cars. (Must just be a WASPY Connecticut thing or something... I don't know...)

Good luck with it.

Mike Honcho · 09-06-2011, 02:15 AM

Depends on the type of person your son is. I'd honestly say yes, not only did you buy him a sports car, but you bought him a sports car with less safety than the hard top. Regardless of the fact that it's a v6, it's still a remotely fast car and chances are he will wreck it. On the flip side of the coin, It'd definitely increase his chances of getting laid and increase his popularity at school. Always good to be the cool Dad. I'd go with what baddog said, if he bitches about not having the v8 he definitely isn't ready for the car.

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Originally Posted by k0nr4d

I'd have went with an SUV. Safer in an accident (because it's heavier), handles like shit so he wont be tempted to go fast, and generally slower.

Definitely don't give him an S.U.V

Lace · 09-06-2011, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by k0nr4d

I'd have went with an SUV. Safer in an accident (because it's heavier), handles like shit so he wont be tempted to go fast, and generally slower.

And that's why I bought a jeep wrangler. Lol
Put some bigger tires on it and thats it. Slower then hell but keeps me out of trouble...somewhat.

VladS · 09-06-2011, 02:36 AM

Keep it yours for a year or two and let him drive something else, imo it is too much for him at that age, no matter how good of a driver he is.

Adraco · 09-06-2011, 03:27 AM

Make him wait for something, make dreams and fantasies.

Get him started with a little cheaper, used car but tempt him, tell him that if he drives responsibly and takes good care of that car, in 6 months or something, the two of you will go buy a completely brand new car (like the one you now have) for him. Or set a certain goal, that if he achieves certain grades in school, or does this and that, he will get an upgrade of his car.

The exitment of going together, looking, reading up on stuff, going home and dreaming of what is yet to come is a part of life. I think you are starting him out too large, how is he possibly going to be able to top this later on in his life? Some of the fun is going together with dad, looking at cars, weighing pros and cons, the realization that you can't have everything, like sacrificing trunk space in exchange for a cool convertible. Those are important lessons of life, and I think you have an excellent chance of being able to join him on that trip.

No, let him travel upwards alongside with you, by starting with a little lesser car. Then start looking at new cars in three months or so, and then after another 3 or 4 months, go buy it together. It's fun to do stuff with ones parents, don't take that away from him by having everything served on a platter for him, because that is probably not how life will be for him in a few years.

Take every chance you get on doing stuff together with your son! Share his dream and be part of his life, dreams and hopes, yu have an excellent chance starting with this.

Good luck!

Danny B · 09-06-2011, 03:36 AM

Make the car come with with a list of responsibilities for the kid.
He fucks up, you take it back.

As for the car, I wish my folks even got me one.
It's a nice ride and make sure to have your kid take good care of it.

k0nr4d · 09-06-2011, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Honcho

Depends on the type of person your son is. I'd honestly say yes, not only did you buy him a sports car, but you bought him a sports car with less safety than the hard top. Regardless of the fact that it's a v6, it's still a remotely fast car and chances are he will wreck it. On the flip side of the coin, It'd definitely increase his chances of getting laid and increase his popularity at school. Always good to be the cool Dad. I'd go with what baddog said, if he bitches about not having the v8 he definitely isn't ready for the car.

Definitely don't give him an S.U.V

It's not exactly impossible to roll a mustang, and he'll be even more fucked in that cabrio...
While it is possible and easier to flip an SUV, the fact it's slower and handles like shit makes you avoid going too fast and doing something stupid

Chosen · 09-06-2011, 04:00 AM

Nice car

CurrentlySober · 09-06-2011, 04:02 AM

Take the engine out and give him that part for Xmas? That way he has a few months to get used to it, before he can hurt himself

seeandsee · 09-06-2011, 04:19 AM

buy him some big and not so fast car

pornguy · 09-06-2011, 05:36 AM

Its a nice car. My fear would be the lack of a top. Make him earn it though.

nico-t · 09-06-2011, 06:16 AM

a car for your kid = spoiled, doesnt matter what kind of car it is. I never got a goddamn car i had to work my ass off for it!

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09-05-2011, 03:45 PM	#1
Bladewire StraightBro Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Monarch Beach, CA USA Posts: 56,229	Too much car for an 18 year old? My son turns 18 in October and yesterday I bought him a V6 Mustang Convertible. Now I'm having second thoughts. Too much? He doesn't know I've bought it and has no idea he's getting wheels. Here's a cell phone pic I took of the car. __________________ Skype: CallTomNow Last edited by Bladewire; 09-05-2011 at 03:51 PM..

09-05-2011, 04:00 PM	#3
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09-05-2011, 03:49 PM	#2
L-Pink working on my tan Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Florida/Kentucky Posts: 39,151	Nice car. Not a bad choice really.

09-05-2011, 04:32 PM	#5
Dubya So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,152	He's going to be pissed you got him the V6 model, poor choice dad.

09-05-2011, 04:47 PM	#6
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	I had a V-8 when I was 16. If he gets pissed about the 6 vs an 8 it means you have spoiled him and should take it back. Willing to bet it is Europeans that say it is too much.

09-05-2011, 04:57 PM	#8
DudeRick Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tobacco Road Posts: 1,568	It's a good looking car which is all a kid that age cares about. Stock Mustangs (even V8's) are wimps as far as horse power is concerned so you don't have to worry about him street racing.

09-05-2011, 05:00 PM	#9
Lucy - CSC Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 490	My dad told me for your first car get something that it doesnt really matter if it takes a few hits as they are going to happen.

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CyberHustler Masterbaiter Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 26,110	Does he know you juggle nuts?

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fuzebox making it rain Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: seattle Posts: 22,111	It's about as fast as your average minivan, so I wouldn't be worried about the power.

09-05-2011, 05:09 PM	#14
Rochard Jägermeister Test Pilot Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NORCAL Posts: 73,964	That's exactly what I'm looking to buy my kid, although I've got a few more years of waiting. It depends on the kid really. Most kids will tear up their first new car. I physically ran two cars into the ground, and totaled two others before I was 18. Yet my best friend in high school had a beautiful Firebird, treated it like a baby, and never had a problem - or a traffic ticket. If your kid is responsible, then great. If not, buy him (her) a beater until they figure it out. __________________ “The choice is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal and crazy.” - Sarah Huckabee Sanders YNOT MAIL \| THE BEST ADULT MAILING SOLUTION

09-05-2011, 05:12 PM	#15
alias aliasx Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 19,010	V6, just right. Slap a roll bar in. __________________ https://porncorporation.com

09-05-2011, 06:35 PM	#19
SallyRand So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: In A Galaxie Far, Far Away! Posts: 3,487	I learned to drive on a car exactly like this one: http://www.allpar.com/cars/dodge/wayfarer.html Same color even. Had only 19K miles, a radio, a heater, a defroster, a heater under the back seat and Fluid Drive, which meant that it shifted like a regular three on the tree but you could pull up to a stoplight and not depress the clutch, then take off by just pushing down on the gas. http://www.allpar.com/cars/dodge/wayfarer.html Another view but different color: HUGE back seat.............................................. ........

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19teenporn Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: En la reverendisima concha de tu madre! Posts: 3,034	You should have bought him a real old camaro. With enough luck it would have turned into a transformer and you would have became rich...

09-05-2011, 07:37 PM	#23
L-Pink working on my tan Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Florida/Kentucky Posts: 39,151	I got my m/c permit in Hawaii when I was 15.

09-05-2011, 07:43 PM	#24
PromoterX Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 949	You gonna buy him another one when he crashes this one?

09-05-2011, 07:52 PM	#25
Gabriel Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: So*Cal Posts: 4,789	I dont know your son so i cant give you an honest opinion, but i wouldn't think you'd buy him a car that he may get in trouble with if you didn't think he could handle the responsibility. Congrats on being able to reward your son so generously. __________________ ICQ#: 142295729

09-05-2011, 08:00 PM	#26
american pervert Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,830	my first car was a yellow 81 dodge reliant. it got totaled along with 2 other cars i've owned. have fun getting it fixed, 18 years olds drive like assholes, esp when they have cares like that. __________________ I can resist everything except temptation

09-05-2011, 08:09 PM	#27
Pseudonymous Photographer/Owner Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 2,661	It's a V6 and at that weight, i wouldn't at all say that's too much. I have driven one of those, it's hardly that much power that it makes you want to drive it crazy. If he's going to drive like an idiot in that car, he'd drive like an idiot in any car.

09-05-2011, 08:22 PM	#28
iwantchixx Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Boonies Posts: 12,860	Honestly? It's a good choice if he's a responsible lad. Decent on fuel and lots of horsepower. It still has more than any stock v8 ford has produced for the mustang in previous generations.

09-05-2011, 08:32 PM	#29
wild johnny Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Way Out There Posts: 723	Real nice car. You must of thought it was perfect for him when you seen it or you wouldn't of got it. Good choice in my opinion.... __________________ Contact.....Johnny[at]wildg[.]com

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drmadcat Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: in the back room wanking Posts: 2,024	depends on what hes like behind the wheel when im with my mum i drive like a nun when im by myself im a little bit reckless __________________ asiamoviepass.com

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k0nr4d Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 9,228	I'd have went with an SUV. Safer in an accident (because it's heavier), handles like shit so he wont be tempted to go fast, and generally slower. __________________ Mechanical Bunny Media Mechbunny Tube Script \| Mechbunny Webcam Aggregator Script \| Custom Web Development

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Spunky I need a beer Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ♠ Toiletville ♠ Posts: 133,940	A great car to learn on and then he can buy his own after he learns the basics __________________ *YOUR INFORMATION HERE*

09-05-2011, 10:50 PM	#35
campimp Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Gamehendge Posts: 1,340	nice car... V6 is good choice i think for him, had lots of friends in high school with V8 mustangs... the majority of them wound up totalled by the end of senior year.... but then again we were all rednecks who loved to race

09-05-2011, 10:53 PM	#36
RaiderCash_Dominik Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,145	I don;t know about convertible part. Other than that looks like a good car.

09-06-2011, 01:22 AM	#37
My Pimp Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,201	It is not too much.

09-06-2011, 01:39 AM	#38
BIGTYMER Junior Achiever Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Walled Garden Posts: 17,066	Sweet ride! I'm sure he'll love it.

09-06-2011, 01:51 AM	#39
Far-L Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 6,065	I don't get why parents give their kids cars in the first place so I am probably the last person that should say anything... but I have to pass this on... I grew up around some very privileged absolutely affluent people and old money wisdom was you never did stuff like buy your kids cars. (Must just be a WASPY Connecticut thing or something... I don't know...) Good luck with it. __________________ HomegrownCash.com, the affiliate program of Homegrown Video - The Largest Collection of Amateur XXX - Est. 1982. Contact - Email: farrell AT homegrownvideo D com Skype: hgfarl Newsweek Magazine - "Homegrown Video, the longest running series in the history of porn."

09-06-2011, 02:36 AM	#42
VladS Available for Coding Work Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,435	Keep it yours for a year or two and let him drive something else, imo it is too much for him at that age, no matter how good of a driver he is. __________________ <developer> MechBunny / KVS / PHP / MySQL / HTML5 / CSS3 / jQuery Email: vlad [at] dangerouscoding.com Telegram: @dangerouscoding

09-06-2011, 03:27 AM	#43
Adraco Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2009 Location: Onboard an airplane around the globe Posts: 3,736	Make him wait for something, make dreams and fantasies. Get him started with a little cheaper, used car but tempt him, tell him that if he drives responsibly and takes good care of that car, in 6 months or something, the two of you will go buy a completely brand new car (like the one you now have) for him. Or set a certain goal, that if he achieves certain grades in school, or does this and that, he will get an upgrade of his car. The exitment of going together, looking, reading up on stuff, going home and dreaming of what is yet to come is a part of life. I think you are starting him out too large, how is he possibly going to be able to top this later on in his life? Some of the fun is going together with dad, looking at cars, weighing pros and cons, the realization that you can't have everything, like sacrificing trunk space in exchange for a cool convertible. Those are important lessons of life, and I think you have an excellent chance of being able to join him on that trip. No, let him travel upwards alongside with you, by starting with a little lesser car. Then start looking at new cars in three months or so, and then after another 3 or 4 months, go buy it together. It's fun to do stuff with ones parents, don't take that away from him by having everything served on a platter for him, because that is probably not how life will be for him in a few years. Take every chance you get on doing stuff together with your son! Share his dream and be part of his life, dreams and hopes, yu have an excellent chance starting with this. Good luck! __________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The truth is not affected by the beliefs, or doubts, of the majority.