kid gets 2010 Camaro SS for his 16th birthday

[ALIEN3T]

This is why my daughter and I are building her car, She wants a 65 or older bug, She wants for us to build it together, (doing a pan of semi cistom). Seh will love it more, she will respect it more. BUt we will do gas cause well she has perfect 4.0 and is startign hihschool in na advanced class. So 2 years of building.

 

[coyfish]

I find it funny how people will say it's a stupid thing to do, the kid is gonna get hurt and crash, he's gonna be irresponsible, ect ect. If you had that kind of money to throw around I bet your kids would not be driving some hunk of crap so they are "safe". I am not saying you would buy them a sports car but when you can drop 40+k on your kids first car and your wife is driving a new BMW M5 things are a bit different. When I have children if I have the funding to buy them a nice first car you bet your ass I will. Just because something is given to a kid at that age doesn't mean he is not going to respect it or be responsible with it. s*** I bet half of the guys on this forum drive more irresponsible on the street than that kid will in his camaro because he knows if he messes up it's gone. One of my good friends got a 240sx with a fully built RB26DETT motor pushing out over 600hp at the wheels at age 17 and you couldn't pay that kid to get on it because he knew it was gone the second he messed up. Cut the kid some slack, he seems like he's thankful for what he's got. I can see how some may be jealous of a 15 year old driving a nicer car than you but someone always has something nicer, doesn't matter if they are 15 or 115.

I think it does matter. You are making some assumptions. Sure not every 16 year old is reckless. But in general most kids are, regardless of how they were brought up. Not to mention peer pressure. Just remember your own high school days. Im young so those days aren't too far off but I definately remember some of the stupid stuff I did. And I was a rather laid back / shy kid.

I think if a kid knew about cars and was given an rb26det 240sx than he would respect it a lot more than a kid who just asked for a "fast" car. The kid just got a brand new car that he wanted. . . why wouldn't he be thankfull?

Anyway this isn't a rare occurence and the camaro isn't that fast. I don't see a big problem with it.

I was raised with an upper class lifestyle and went to a high end school. Most of the kids, including me, were given 30K+ cars. My parents gave me the safest thing possibe lol . . . a slovo. Never a ticket or accident though.