I always win. I believe this is the 34th thread or something where you got owned. Maybe a little more thought is in order before posting?
"She ....... loves to induce a little oversteer exiting corners." Any sage advice? Who is the parent, who is the child? If she is throwing the car about with you in it, what makes you think she will do otherwise in your absence? She is 16! Amazing reactions, but questionable judgment. Front wheel drive.....rear wheel drive: It does not matter. Just get her something safe, because as sure as god made little green apples she will be pushing the vehicle near the edge. I would respectfully recommend a performance driving school - where she can spin out without hurting herself. But what do I know? Four kids, but all under 10. Kram
Let her have the Miata. When I was her age, I had a Fiat 124 Spyder and lived to tell about it. Ultimately, her safety is in her hands... unless you get her a Hummer, a Mack truck or something of similar girth. Antilock brakes are a must in my houshold, F-cars excepted.
No worries - Ryan was getting excited with the pictures of your daughter, and then used her Pic as his Avatar. It was a lot funny, but also slightly creepy/stalking. Nothing to do with the Kitty pic!
According to the (biased) owners of the gen 1 Miatas ("NA"), 1990-1997, the new Mazdaspeed miata is a little sluggish prior to turbo boost and the handling is not as sharp and elemental as the early cars. They say its just not as fun. Of course this is a biased group saying this: http://forum.miata.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=036818
Get her something big, heavy, and slow and not a SUV. Art is right, a Miata is a prescription for disaster for a teenager, they have bad judgement and are easily distracted such as when friends are driving with them. Miatas are not very safe cars, I saw one that rolled doing 35mph and the driver was killed from hitting his head on the curb when the car landed upside down.
Yeah, but if it was pink, with green stripes, and 13" wheels. ah-AH, now that would be unique! LMAO BTW, wise decision on keeping the Miata for weekends. Not fun, but wise.
from a guy that just turned 16, a miata would be something that i would have loved. i was lucky enough to get a rwd car, but it wasn't light and nimble enough to be compared to a miata. miata or no miata make sure it is rwd, fwd aren't really any fun and don't they say that this the age to have all the fun. i can understand any parents worries to getting a miata because it isn't the safest thing if you were to get in an accident with a mack truck, but what are the chances of that happening .... j/k if you are still concerned then you might wanna do what my parents did. it cost a little bit of money but they bought me a BMW M coupe. if you look around, you can get a good deal just my 2 cents Nothing less than RWD
Okay back to the problem. Changing the car will just piss her off ... and make her jump into somebody else's car when you are not there to show them how good she is, etc. It is time to put her on the track. Time for her to learn the skills that she has already started in an unsafe way. You cannot stop her playing as this has already started, thus teach her the skills so that she can atleast control the car. She will have her first loose ... best for that to happen on the track. Thus I recommend changing the focus ... it is NOT the cars fault, but her want to push the boundaries and have fun that is what is worrying you. You could put her in a tank and she would still push those boundaries ... just like I did at her age! Good luck ... maybe even join a car club(?). Pete
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OK, the car issue is simmering on the back burner. The speed-demon will be attending either the Audi teen school (the speed-demon shakes her head because she does not like FWD), or the BMW teen school (unfortunately, no 2-day courses 'til next summer). AFTER that, I'm going to see about getting her involved in SOLO II. Does anyone know if a race school is required for this? Here's the big question; After she completes the teen driving course, either Audi or BMW, what race school do you think would be best for a 15 year old girl to attend? We could fly anywhere in the USA if a really superior school required it, but a school in the south-east would make it easier and cheaper. Anybody with personal experience with this sort of thing??
The SCCA website reads that all you need is a helmet for Solo II, no roll-bar or competition license required. Though I think they require roll-bars for convertibles.
On their site they show this pic under SOLO II: (no roll bar, at least visible!) http://www.scca.org/Solo/Solo2.asp?IdS=00A852-CA35650&x=050|030&~= Image Unavailable, Please Login
