Teen Driver and Boxster

[coreseller]

Back to the OP....I believe the above banter from both teenagers and older "seasoned" members is pretty illustrative as to whether or not to give / lend / trust your 16 year old with a Boxster. I've got a few kids, they're all different and will be trusted accordingly, none of them will get sports cars to drive right off....period. If they want a sports car they can go out and earn it later in life, it will likely be more appreciated then. Nothing will be given to them with a bow on it either, there will be conditions and rules, violating said rules (if I catch them, we were all 16 once) will result in the forfeiture of their driving my car....period. In Ohio, driving is a priviledge, not a right, if the parent or guardian does not sign off on the driver's license the kid cannot drive until the age of 18. My job as a parent is not to be cool, it is to raise the kids well, provide for them, help educate them and lead by example. Any exposure or experience to sport cars is purely a bonus....lol.

[eightsandaces]

IMO, The correctly chosen four banger can be a very fun car to learn on with plenty of back road spirit and without the temptation of great quickness. The economy helps lengthen the teen's gas cash, (a selling point) and certainly lowers the insurance liability. There are times when people treat every Porsche encounter as a chance to squeak their tires and tell about the time they beat a Porsche in a race with whatever they drive. As an adult, it's easy to watch and laugh as a teen it's easy to chase and potentially cause great harm..Just my opinion but even my 944 was too fast for a teen.

[markzeronine]

I got a Civic for my first car when I turned 16 (I'm 22 now)

I never crashed it, but I broke it every time I tried to fix it. I wore out axels when I lowered it. If the trans. wasn't so forgiving it would have been toast.

I messed up some little things on accident. I'm really anal now, that car got a ton of little dents that would really annoy me if it were a nicer car.



My dad had an 01 Corvette. I'm lucky I never killed myself or anyone else when I took that out.. 150mph +, hard cornering etc..

My dad did however, put me in Kart racing at a young age. That probably did give me the skill to not crash any of the fast cars I've driven while I didn't have much experience.

The Boxster feels pretty slow to me compared to some of the cars I've owned, so at first I was like why not. On second thought, I could have very possibly got myself into some serious trouble if I was daily driving a Boxster instead of a Civic at first.

Just my .02