Ever wreck your parents' car?

[Curious Joel]

It's a typical teenage thing... Has anyone ever wrecked/damaged their parents car?

I bashed in our '93 Grand Cherokee's door while turning into the garage once a few years back... I did the same thing to the fender of our '99 Grand Cherokee a few months back. My brother tried to back out of the garage with the rear hatch of that very same Grand Cherokee open... You can guess the results.

[Alex Baumann]

:wave:

I did. It was the car I learned to drive. :eek:

[Curious Joel]

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=64
Welll I think it's an off-topic thing... :eek: :p
Have I ever posted in the right forum? I need some practice.

[Dave 330i]

Just to reiterate, my son totaled my mule before he got his permit. Totaled his new Focus SVT I bought for him. Lately, he is driving a Saturn SC I bought. I swear, that's the last car he is getting from me.

[Curious Joel]

A senior at my school totalled his RX330, so his parents bought him a big, safe LX470.

[InfiniteRegress]

My parents wouldn't let me drive their cars, 735iL and Q45, and they were pretty adamant... so no I can't say I have. Pretty smart decision on their part now that I think about it.

I did chip a bunch of paint off my e30 from various low speed collisions :mad:

[TXE39]

I was fortunate that the only time I did - it wasn't my fault, and my parents were with me.

I had been 16 for maybe 2 weeks when some chick in a Mercury Sable rear ended us in my dad's >1 year old Merc S500. It dented and scraped the bumper and screwed up the exhaust but completely obliterated the Mercury.

[InfiniteRegress]

Acutally my dad let me drive the 7 once... my first time out in a car.

Backed it out of the driveway and promptly ran the backend into my neighbour's front bumper. No scratches or damage to the 7 but one of the fog light on my neighbour's car was crushed...

my dad literally went :wow: :slap:

[Lanc3r]

I probably shouldnt admit this. My parents wouldnt let me anywhere near their cars my first few years driving (their cars: 88 325i, 90 Ford bronco full size). I did learn to drive stick in the Bronco. Instead they got this from my uncle for free, I played bumper cars with it at stop lights with my friends. It was DONE a year later. :D

[Spiderm0n]

A senior at my school totalled his RX330, so his parents bought him a big, safe LX470.

there is nothing safe about a teenager driving a big SUV. Have you told him to watch out for carjackers?

[Mathew]

Nope.

[Curious Joel]

there is nothing safe about a teenager driving a big SUV. Have you told him to watch out for carjackers?
Well the kid's about 6'3" and he starts for the school hockey team... Nobody's gonna mess with him.. And you can stop the immature jabs at me at any time.

[iateyourcheese]

Umm... I only totalled two of my parents' cars. :eek:

Neither were my fault and they weren't very expensive cars so they totalled easily. My insurance doesn't seem to care either. Same rates as before.

[Dave 330i]

My parents wouldn't let me drive their cars, 735iL and Q45, and they were pretty adamant... so no I can't say I have. Pretty smart decision on their part now that I think about it.

I did chip a bunch of paint off my e30 from various low speed collisions :mad:
And, that stoped you from midnight drives? I like you in my organization. You adhere to rules.

[·clyde·]

I totaled a friend's parents' car. A brand new (at the time) 1986 Acura Legend. I hit a curb. Very, very hard.

[InfiniteRegress]

And, that stoped you from midnight drives? I like you in my organization. You adhere to rules.

The fear of being grounded for the rest of my natural life should I even put a tiny scratch on either car was incentive enough for me not to even consider taking them out secretly...

OTOH which organization? I might be interested. :rofl:

[The Roadstergal]

there is nothing safe about a teenager driving a big SUV.

Hmm, he totalled vehicle #1, so let's get him something bigger and heavier that will cause more damage to the next thing he hits? :eeps:

Never totalled a car, never damaged a car belonging to my parents. Of course, I didn't bother to start driving until I was well past the teens. :) The only thing I owned that was totalled was the Savage that was totalled for me.

[Curious Joel]

Hmm, he totalled vehicle #1, so let's get him something bigger and heavier that will cause more damage to the next thing he hits? :eeps:

Never totalled a car, never damaged a car belonging to my parents. Of course, I didn't bother to start driving until I was well past the teens. :) The only thing I owned that was totalled was the Savage that was totalled for me.
Well, the bigger heavier vehicle will keep him safe, so the crash will work out for one half of the parties involved... :p

[The Roadstergal]

Well, the bigger heavier vehicle will keep him safe

Driving school will keep him safer, and doesn't make it harder for him to stop and easier for him to roll.

[SONET]

I don't think my neighbour ever found out it was us, heh hit and run. :D
And you're proud of this?

Proof positive: irresponsible parents raise irresponsible kids. :tsk:

--SONET

[cwsqbm]

Nope.
:stupid: as long as you don't count flat-spotted tires from handbrake u-turns and an exhaust that rusted out from cake-on mud.

A better question is "Ever wreck your kid's car"? My mom put a real nice scratch down the entire side of my truck (going down a trail while camping with my cousin) when it was only a couple months old. She even tried to get it fixed before I came home from my business trip. Jeez, parents!

[BahnBaum]

And you can stop the immature jabs at me at any time.
Good way to get them to continue. (Since you're prolly the only one on this board who would think that what he said was an "immature jab") And up to that point, you were doing so well. :p

Alex

[gojira-san]

A senior at my school totalled his RX330, so his parents bought him a big, safe LX470.There have been a bunch of studies recently that show new drivers and SUVs are not a good idea. People with not much experience behind the wheel coupled with a vehicle that can have some significant handling differences due to size, weight and high CG seem to be causing more accidents.

I think the best car you could give a teenager would be a Volvo 240 - has decent enough steering and braking, is built like a tank, and has the acceleration of a small home. :)

[Curious Joel]

Good way to get them to continue. (Since you're prolly the only one on this board who would think that what he said was an "immature jab") And up to that point, you were doing so well. :p

Alex
Well, theres a huge amount of hypocrisy around here... People say I'm acting immature, yet they continue to provoke me...? :dunno: If you really were bothered, if you really wanted me to stop, you'd stop the provocations. :thumbdwn:

[Curious Joel]

There have been a bunch of studies recently that show new drivers and SUVs are not a good idea. People with not much experience behind the wheel coupled with a vehicle that can have some significant handling differences due to size, weight and high CG seem to be causing more accidents.

I think the best car you could give a teenager would be a Volvo 240 - has decent enough steering and braking, is built like a tank, and has the acceleration of a small home. :)
Yes, a friend of mine drives a 240DL wagon... As shapely as the box it came in!

[Lanc3r]

Well, theres a huge amount of hypocrisy around here... People say I'm acting immature, yet they continue to provoke me...? :dunno: If you really were bothered, if you really wanted me to stop, you'd stop the provocations. :thumbdwn:


Posts like this beg for attention. CJ show you are the bigger man and stop acknowledging posts that are provoking. That would be a true test of maturity.

[The Roadstergal]

People say I'm acting immature, yet they continue to provoke me...?

What was the provocation - saying that an SUV is more difficult to drive than a car, saying that new drivers shouldn't drive cars beyond their ability, or saying that giving someone who has proven his lack of skill with a car (by totalling it) something bigger and heavier is counterproductive?

[The Roadstergal]

posts that are provoking.

http://forums.carmudgeons.com/images/smiles/kopfkratz2.gif

[Curious Joel]

What was the provocation - saying that an SUV is more difficult to drive than a car, saying that new drivers shouldn't drive cars beyond their ability, or saying that giving someone who has proven his lack of skill with a car (by totalling it) something bigger and heavier is counterproductive?
No, no not that... I agree with you there. It was a comment spiderm0n made... I'm over it

[·clyde·]

Well, theres a huge amount of hypocrisy around here... People say I'm acting immature, yet they continue to provoke me...? :dunno: If you really were bothered, if you really wanted me to stop, you'd stop the provocations. :thumbdwn:

Not again... :tsk:

Some people here don't really care what others think of them. You don't appear to be one them. No problem. If you want people to stop thinking that you're immature then it's time to start acting maturely. Ignoring provocations would be a good place to start. I can tell you with almost absolute certainty that the ones that give you the most grief here will be the first ones to notice if/when you do.

[Plaz]

And you're proud of this?

I was thinking the same thing. Nice lesson, Dad. :thumbdwn:

[·clyde·]

No, no not that... I agree with you there. It was a comment spiderm0n made... I'm over it
But not before making a scene about it.

A suggestion that might be helpful (maybe not :dunno: ). When you read a post that bugs you and you want to respond like you have on occasion...take 10 minutes to do something else. Come back and then decide if you really want to post what you thought you wanted to post.

[Curious Joel]

But not before making a scene about it.

A suggestion that might be helpful (maybe not :dunno: ). When you read a post that bugs you and you want to respond like you have on occasion...take 10 minutes to do something else. Come back and then decide if you really want to post what you thought you wanted to post.
Not a bad idea! :thumbup: There's a part of me that wants to just ignore everything people say.... but theres a bigger part of me that thinks people can't just something to me and get away with it... Oh well...

[Lanc3r]

http://forums.carmudgeons.com/images/smiles/kopfkratz2.gif


Stop provoking me! :mad: :p

[BahnBaum]

There's a part of me that wants to just ignore everything people say.... but theres a bigger part of me that thinks people can't just something to me and get away with it... Oh well...
If you're lucky, you've got another 70+ years to spend on this earth. To give yourself the best shot of enjoying that short time, you're going to have to get over part 2 of what you describe above. Trust me on this.

Alex

[cwsqbm]

there is nothing safe about a teenager driving a big SUV. Have you told him to watch out for carjackers?

I agree. Not only do they do a lot more damage, but they don't stop well or stay on four wheels well. Every time I go from my BMW to my truck, I'm shocked by the difference in brake feel. Given the money, I'd get my kid the slowest and safest thing possible. Too bad we're past the day of just retarding the ignition a touch. Maybe a throttle stop would work if you installed an additional hood lock.

[The Roadstergal]

No, no not that... I agree with you there. It was a comment spiderm0n made... I'm over it

Part of my summation post was his comment rephrased. :dunno:

[Curious Joel]

Part of my summation post was his comment rephrased. :dunno:
It's not about the teenager in a big SUV debate... it's about his carjacking comment.

[·clyde·]

It's not about the teenager in a big SUV debate... it's about his carjacking comment.
Whatever it is, you're over it, right? Right? You don't even remember what was said, right?

;)

:angel:

[adrian's bmw]

I wrecked my parents corvette on prom night back in 1990. :(

I destroyed the left rear wheel and axle.... I spun out going around an island from a residential street after leaving my prom date's house without a goodnight kiss :tsk: . Yeah, it was stupid. I didn't get a single graduation gift from my parents and I had to repay my dad by helping him all summer long building a house with no pay. :cry: I never went out with a Puerto Rican girl again. :rofl:

[SARAFIL]

I wrecked my dad's then-new car a few years ago. It wasn't my fault, though-- I swear!

Some old guy ran through an intersection in his Crown Vic, hit the rear wheel of the truck, and sent me into a spin. I then proceeded to roll over a few times, landing back on the wheels.

[AF]

I haven't but one of my best friends totalled his dad's 7 series back in the 80's. The car was a manual transmission which was pretty rare ... the crazy part is he hit an electrical pole and the car actually caught on fire and there was an explosion

[Clarke]

I never put an external scratch on any of them.Suspesions took a beating as I used to catch air in 3 places on our road and I sure lowered tires lifespans.My mother suddenly had a differential noise in her Volvo one day.(2 nights before I'd been having alot of fun in a snowy parking lot):angel:

[Arkady]

I was 15, thought I knew everything there was, so... one day I found the keys to one of my dads taxis (he owned a couple). I waited until he went out and took the car for a ride. He came home and saw that the car was missing and called the cops to report it stolen. In the meantime, I took a turn too fast and became one with a tree. :bawling:

The cops arrived, ran the plates, and called my dad. Needless to say I got the beating of my life that day.. :(

[·clyde·]

I was 15, thought I knew everything there was, so... one day I found the keys to one of my dads taxis (he owned a couple). I waited until he went out and took the car for a ride. He came home and saw that the car was missing and called the cops to report it stolen. In the meantime, I took a turn too fast and became one with a tree. :bawling:

Did you have a fare in the car? :angel:

[Artslinger]

Sure putting a teenager in a big SUV might save him from killing himself but he will be more likely to kill or injure other drivers. I vote for the teenager driving a rusty old Sentra or Honda and spare the rest of us from his poor driving.

[Spiderm0n]

It's not about the teenager in a big SUV debate... it's about his carjacking comment.

Joel, for Pete's sake, it wasn't a jab at you. I believe your story about the multiple attempted carjackings. (it's really not hard to imagine how a young teen in a flashy ride would make an appealing target) . I was questioning your friend's parent's decision on two fronts: 1)the big SUV to make him safe fallacy and 2) getting a young kid a $60k vehicle when other young kids at the same school are fending off car-jackings.

[swchang]

If my kid were getting carjacked at school, I think I'd ask the school administration to increase security in the parking lots...

[Artslinger]

How hell do you get carjacked in the middle of the day in a upscale high school parking lot?

[j2]

I never put a scratch on any of my parents' cars, but my mom did total my car when I was 17.

Her car developed a problem that required it to go into the shop, so she borrowed my car for a few days and the next time I saw it, it was in a junkyard. :yikes:

I think she was a bit embarrased about the whole thing.

Needless to say, her car became mine for a quite a while and I was pretty pleased about it because it was much nicer than what I had. :bigpimp: