Posted by AuntieMel on March 16, 2005, at 8:52:50
In reply to Thanks Guys - Mel and Stresser, posted by mair on March 15, 2005, at 22:04:29
My daughter's first car was the minivan I drove for hears before that. It was a stick shift named dimples (I got it cheap - hail damaged.) I wasn't about to get her anything new till she had more practice, which turned out to be a good move as she kept hitting non-moving things like posts.
The other good thing about it being the 'first' was that it had a tendency to overheat so I knew she wouldn't go far.
I've got to give her credit here. She didn't complain about dimples for a good while and even had fun in it 'cause it could carry a lot of kids.
Even though she went to a high school with a parking lot full of BMWs, etc. One girl she knew got a brand new mustang for her 16th birthday. She got mad at her dad because it wasn't the porche she wanted so - get this - dad took it back!
She complained a lot at first about having to drive a stick (nobody else does) but she changed her mind pretty quick when all the boys thought she was cool for being able to drive it.
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