Sorry, must have been a six. My bad.

 

You know not every 16 year old gets into accidents. My first accident wasnt till I was almost 17 if not 17 already. That accident wasnt my fault either since I was broadsided by a drunk driver. And yes my car had a V8 under the hood so it had power going to the back wheels. So you saying that every 16 yea old gets into accidents is just plain crazy and sounds like you are just trying to catch anything to make it sound justifiable.

 

I'd say the bad things happen from inexpierience and testosterone

 

Lucky kid. My parents bought me my first car for $100.00 dollars LOL!!! The day i got my drivers license (16 years old), i got my first job so i could buy gas and up-keep for my car.

I didn't have my first car wreck until i was 29 years old.

 

I would also add... dude, seriously, that wasn't called for. I only added 'And get off my lawn' as a joke, c'mon, man lighten up.

To make it right in your circumstance... I had a 1978 Mustang II, and yes, I didn't touch anything but air. When it broke for the *last time*, I got a 1966 Ford Thunderbird. That was tboned by an OLDER person, in their thirtys, and if it had been anything other than my tank, I woulda been in the hospital. But that was when I was 17 or so.

I then had yet another Tbird while that one was getting fixed, and that one I was in rush hour traffic, looked over my left shoulder to verify blind spot area looked back, *blam*, right into a station wagon. Which didn't suffer any damage, but that Tbird we fixed before mine.

Those two wrecks taught me the best two rules out there: Do not assume everyone is paying attention to you. And do not assume you have paid full attention either.

Get off the high and mighty. Nobody's perfect. I was just saying you can't generalize, because there are real world results that disprove that type of thing, and yes, indeed, my siblings and I managed to get out of 16 without a scratch.

17, on the other hand...

/Sounds like someone had a case of the Mondays.

 

You don't even make sense. Almost 17 is still 16. Anyone can be involved in an accident, at fault or not. What I am saying is that's it's irresponsible for his parents to give a 16 y/o a car like that. It's a proven medical fact that the human brain's logic and reasoning capabilities don't reach their peak until a person is in their mid-20's on average. So a 16 y/o with 426 hp underfoot and a cell phone in his hand is a recipe for disaster. Believe me I hope I'm wrong. I drive for a living and all you have to do is travel the highways of America and start counting the crosses on the roadside, especially on straight stretches of highway. A lot of people are getting killed just driving down the road in regular cars, let alone ones with the capabilities of a Camaro SS. And to not just offend young people. I see plenty of older people that have no business driving a high performance car either. So go ahead flame away!!!

 

Sorry dude, a few cold beers and I was a little too specific. I should have said most every 16-18 y/o and you proved my point. And, I'm not trying to be high and mighty. I've been 16 and 17 and 18 and now I'm a parent of a 15,20 and 25 y/o. I crashed a car two weeks before my 17th and MOST everyone I knew growing up had some kind of fender bender. My point is you can increase or decrease your crash risk by the type of car you drive. (Ask your insurance person) The car I crashed was a '68 SS Camaro w/4-spd. Doing donuts on a dead end street,ftl. Wouldn't have happened in my mom's '67 Stationwagon.

 

Almost every guy in my high school totaled a car before graduation, 3 died in the process. 16 with this car? Insane idea...

 

Truth be spoken here.

 

And not just with cars, I'd imagine...

 

Hope he does not regret that decision...

 

Make sure to come back here and post the link when he totals it racing.

Don't care how responsible he is, he's is 16. <--period

 

Good thing it isn't a 426hp Toyota...

 

Yeah, 'cuz with a broken trans input shaft, at least you know the Camaro won't be accelerating out of control during a hard launch.
Anyway, lucky kid. Hope he doesn't wreck it or do some "typically dumb teen" crap behind the wheel. Better appreciate how good he got it.

 

That's just too much hp for a kid to handle. And I totaled my first car too A pretty nice 77 Volvo 242. I was older than 16 through.

 

Not me for a couple of reasons. One I'm not buying my kids a brand new vehicle, payed it off in full I don't care what my financial situation. Two first cars don't usually last very long. And three no way in hell my kids will touch something with alot of power till they are old enough to respect it and/or buy their own. Matter of fact my 9 year old said something the other day about when will they get to drive the GTO. I laughed and told him when he's 30.

 

For the record, I've never had a fender bender or accident of any kind. Ever. At least, not with me driving. I did slide into a ditch once in my late teens on a rock road corner, but that didn't involve any other cars, and there was no damage. I guess you could count that if you want. But, should I have been given a Camaro SS? No. If I had, who knows, I may have gotten into an accident. My first car was a 4-cyl Mustang and I used it for many years.

On a related note, I used Millers First Insurance a number of years ago, and despite my flawless driving record, they canceled my insurance. There stated reason was unemployment. Didn't matter that I had cash to pay them. I was at the time unemployed so they canceled my insurance. I've never lost my hate for them over this kick me while I'm down move. I like to bad mouth them whenever I get an opportunity to.

 

Never heard of them. But that just sucks. F them.

 

That does not sound humane you paid for insurance and that's the end unroll perhaps a mishap or renewal why is it any of their beeswax what anyone does