I let my oldest drive my 69 for short piece. He was so afraid he'd screw up he was perfectly safe. Now, would I let him take it and go? Nope, not anymore then I let me wife take my WJ when it is unneeded. I've seen kids drive once they get used to a car. My wife is a slob to her cars, indifferent to narrow parking places, potholes, briars along the road etc; I try and tell them, cars don't "heal" it ain't magic, once scratched dinged and dented they seem to remain so. My son gets it, but he's still a kid. My wife is hopeless, so I let her be angry about it, like yesterday she needed to travel with a friend and wanted the WJ. I said no and stuck to it. If she doesn't want her friends to ride in vehicles like hers she shouldn't let them get that way. -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II " Chronic Pain Hurts" -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Bruce Griffis" <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> > I'm a grandpa driving kinda guy, too. Not a grandpa yet, but my kids > are 22, 18 and 12 - so, ... > > Anyway, I'm seriously weighing whether to let the kids drive the > Rambler at all. We've had discussions about speeds and brakes and > shifting - but I can hear the tires squeal on the corner when they're > in the Miata or beating on my Corolla. Think once the Rambler is > running right, I'll give them the grandpa's version of driver's ed. > > (Although their real grandpa drove over 100 in his Windstar with them. > New minivan, not paying attention to the speed - kinda got carried > away. But we won't talk about how fast real grandpa's drive.) > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Joe Smith <know_ware@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I drive mostly like a grandpa. I am not exactly a grandpa yet, but my > identical twin has 2 grandchildren and all of our kids call us both dad, so we > call me grandpa joe. :-) > > > > Regarding the front brake drums: Doug Galvin found 2 that are still within > specification in his parts yard. I bought them. I am also getting the > alternator bracket from him and then I will purchase an alternator from TOPS > Automotive in Santa Ana, CA on the corner of Bushard and Lincoln. > > > > http://360.yahoo.com/karl_haart > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080316/a5058d8e/attachm > ent.htm > > _______________________________________________ > > Amc-list mailing list > > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list