Paul,
My condolences.
You could start training yourself now, perhaps by
riding shotgun in some demolition derby contests.
Then, by the time you actually ride with your son,
nothing will upset you.
Carter
--- "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
wrote:
> Thanks you two for making me feel so much better!
>
> My son just turned 14, the age that he can get his
> learner's permit in Iowa.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Mostrom
> '77 Spitfire 1500
> '80 Ford F-100 (Triumph Support Vehicle)
>
>
> 'Black holes, where God divided by zero......'
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carter Shore [mailto:clshore@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 7:37 AM
> To: Jeff McNeal; Spitfire List
> Subject: Re: Tense driving lately
>
>
>
> Jeff,
> Waaay back when, SCCA used to require both passenger
> and driver seats in cars used for driver's school.
> This, so that the instructor could 'take the student
> for a ride', to familiarize them with how a racecar
> should be properly driven. My instructor was Hurley
> Heywood, and I still remember that ride. We were
> using
> the infield portion of the Daytona course. Up to
> that
> point, I had no idea that a car could be made to go
> around a corner at such speeds (and slip angles).
>
> But it was nothing compared to riding with my
> teenage
> son on our first outing.
>
> So I feel for you, buddy! (It does get better, if
> you
> survive)
>
> Carter
>
> --- Jeff McNeal <jmcneal@ohms.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's been a real strange three days of driving.
> > ... Then, this
> > evening, I let my 15-year-old son drive me around
> in
> > our 12-year-old Maxima ...
> >
> Do You Yahoo!?
>
Do You Yahoo!?
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