"mcseanerson" (mcseanerson)
10/22/2014 at 16:21 • Filed to: None
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"mcseanerson" (mcseanerson)
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Am I doing it right? Side note the Encore was my first car technically but I don't count it since it was given to me and I only got it to turn over once.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> mcseanerson
10/22/2014 at 16:31 |
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Someone I know recently got an Alliance as their first car.
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mcseanerson
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/22/2014 at 16:36 |
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I cant imagine giving someone one of those now as their first car. It was 2003 when I got mine.
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> mcseanerson
10/22/2014 at 16:39 |
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Well, pretty much everything works, it's well taken care of for the most part, and it's not high miles. Also, he got it for LeMons money. It's working out so far...
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mcseanerson
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/22/2014 at 16:40 |
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Maybe... I hope parents take a more active approach to their kids first cars to make sure they don't buy deathtraps.
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> mcseanerson
10/22/2014 at 16:44 |
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An Alliance four-door, other than weight/smallness, is not a particular deathtrap if (as the Brits say) it's in good kit. Not more so than a first-gen Golf. It may be more prone to come over all French, and it's from a brand that's dead in this country, but that's not necessarily deathy.
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mcseanerson
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/22/2014 at 16:50 |
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I'm just referring to pre-90's cars.
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> mcseanerson
10/22/2014 at 16:54 |
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Well, you know my sentiments on the issue. Plus, reaching into the 90s, you still have a lot of light cars with first-gen implementation of things like airbags and ABS that are as likely as not more trouble than they're worth. You can either try to insulate/suffocate the kid, or give them something gutless in which they can still learn proper respect for driving without it trying to actively kill them.
A lot's going to depend on local conditions.
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mcseanerson
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/22/2014 at 17:01 |
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Personally I want my kids in something like a first gen Mazda 3. Small, agile, decent power, reliable, simple, and good crash test rating. I've had all the beaters too and if I didn't have kids now I'd probably keep buying them. I'm fine with less aids, I just want something that when it does crash holds up.
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> mcseanerson
10/22/2014 at 17:10 |
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I think there's a good argument to be made for giving a kid no larger than a midsize until they're basically proficient at *getting around*. Alec Issigonis overstated things a bit about the best safety feature being the ability to avoid an accident, but it's a lot easier to get a big car in a position through inexperience where you don't have room or agility to clear.
Nothing low, though, nor overpowered, and good visibility. Those latter two I'd say argue for almost nothing fresher than 2005 or so, just because power and lack of visibility have run so very far away.
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mcseanerson
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/22/2014 at 17:13 |
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I think more than just the ability to avoid an accident but also a car that is agile and promotes learning how to actually drive and not just casually suggest the direction you want the car to go in.