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03/11/2016 at 11:02 • Filed to: None
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"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
03/11/2016 at 11:02 • Filed to: None | 2
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I drive my kids around in my car every day. The three year old in particular loves when I drive a little bit like a lunatic, meaning a little sideways on dirt or snow, and definitely donuts in my cul-de-sac right in front of my house. That’s an easy one, I mean, what do you expect me to do when you put a HUGE paved circle in front of my house with no other houses anywhere around and no traffic except the mail delivery.
But today, I deliberately chose a ridiculously muddy, rutted dirt road (it’s early mud season here) to take my son to school and he loved it. I flew over and through the puddles and ruts - no bottoming out! - and he giggled.
At what point am I creating a monster who is going to surely crash his first car like the first day he drives it alone? Or, am I actually creating the next Sebastien Loeb?
A pic of my car after traversing said mud pit of a road (plus dog):
citizennick
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:07 |
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It’s worth the risk. Just keep doing what you’re doing. Keep oppo updated on your child’s personality traits. If he starts having signs of being a monster we may have to abort this experiment.
DipodomysDeserti
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:08 |
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My daughters are the same way. I used o do donuts and burnouts in my wife's 335d with them and now they're hooked. They have me out their car seats in my Abarth on weekends so we an drive around in it.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:08 |
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if you wreck with your son in the car, your wife will probably do more damage to you than the accident itself, at least I know thats how it would go for me. You just gutta teach him he right thing,
CalzoneGolem
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:09 |
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Judging by the people I meet on a daily basis you never have to be responsible and neither will your children.
shop-teacher
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:10 |
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At what point? Dude, it’s already happened :)
dogisbadob
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:11 |
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That dog is so cute!
Your kids will probably be ok since you’ll be with them when they have their permits and you can show them the right thing. Fun driving but in a responsible manner.
scoob
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:14 |
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When you have a kid.
HammerheadFistpunch
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:18 |
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its a fine line these days between living and endangerment. For example, I recently spent 3 days living on the edge of a 500 foot cliff with my 4 year old. we had a great time.
Sweet Trav
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:19 |
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So, My dad and I restored my Monte SS together, he handed me the keys to a near as makes no difference 400 hp muscle car and said “There is a time and place for everthing” And I knew what he meant, I grew up racing a little go kart on a dirt track cut into our lawn, he knew my capabilities but also knows that I am generally an extremely cautious person. I suppose my theory is let your kids know that you can have fun, but you need to do it safely. Some low speed sno drifts in the cul-de-sac? no problem. Doing it with a car full of friends on a freeway on ramp, could be a costly and devastating mistake.
Trunk Impaired 318
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:19 |
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You have an E46 touring with a roof rack. Clearly you have demonstrated that you are a responsible adult.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:19 |
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Some days being tired is even better than drugs: I read your second sentence as “the three year old loves to drive a bit like a lunatic..” the first time. O_O
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:23 |
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This is good parenting. How else are they going to learn to control oversteer?
Steve in Manhattan
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:46 |
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As long as the kids are safely strapped in, you’re probably OK - but if someone ever needs evidence, they’ll have this post. FYI.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 11:54 |
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I think it’s a matter of teaching your kid to know the difference between appropriate and inappropriate times to be “irresponsible”. On a quiet residential road? No! In an abandoned dirt lot? Go for it!
The kid’s gonna do stupid shit once he gets his license anyways, might as well try to cultivate some sensibility before that happens.
Spaze
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 12:27 |
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If you start him out early and teach him driving dynamics, he’ll never wreck anything. He will end up scaring the ever living daylights out of other people though. Seriously, you are starting him young enough he’ll probably enjoy cars/driving for the rest of his life.
Just don’t go half way on this, get him into karts, or lawnmowers, or something cheap that he can have fun with. Once he understands how to drive, he’ll learn what needs to be done on the road... and do it safely.
gawdzillla
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 12:44 |
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when you dont have enough money in the saving account
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functionoverfashion
> OPPOsaurus WRX
03/11/2016 at 14:10 |
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This is true. Right now she very much trusts my driving,
despite
perhaps because of
my regular shenanigans. She sees exactly how well I control my slides here and there. She’s witnessed first hand (passenger’s seat) a well-executed Scandi flick. But there’s always the edge of skepticism, I feel. And she may still trust me but she would forever remind me of “that one time.”
Actually, I’d have a hard time forgetting about crashing with my son in the car, if it were due to general shenanigans and not something outside of my control. I’d never forgive myself if he got hurt.
Calculated risks, I suppose. I’m not doing an actual rally stage, here.
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functionoverfashion
> Sweet Trav
03/11/2016 at 14:13 |
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There is a time and place for everthing
This, I think, is my approach, and my message to anyone who questions my driving style. I’m NOT doing it anywhere that may truly endanger others. In fact, this morning I wasn’t going over 30 at any point. The mud made it FEEL fast and exciting.
I actually asked a cop once in high school if he minded if I went and slid around in a parking lot in the snow. He didn’t explicitly say no, he just basically said “don’t let me see you” but not in so many words.
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functionoverfashion
> citizennick
03/11/2016 at 14:16 |
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ha! I’ll keep you updated. So far, he’s very cautious. My daughter, though, is already showing signs of being the one we’ll have to watch out for. I can only hope they’ll get to drive something with a proper handbrake. Maybe I’ll have to buy a couple 90's civics and put them in a barn somewhere for 15 years.
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functionoverfashion
> dogisbadob
03/11/2016 at 14:22 |
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Haha, thanks! The dog is great. Funny, you’re the first to mention the dog, and no one has yet noticed that there’s a pitchfork in my roof rack. Or, no one dares ASK...
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functionoverfashion
> HammerheadFistpunch
03/11/2016 at 14:23 |
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That sounds fantastic! I have found my 3 year old to be very cautious, actually, when it comes to things that could truly endanger his life. Cliffs, deep water docks, ice on a lake... that’s not a bad thing at this point.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> functionoverfashion
03/11/2016 at 14:27 |
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she’s almost 5 but our 3 year old did NOT come on the trip with us because...um...she’s not cautious at all.
Some good pictures here