lotusmadandy
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 07:45 PM |
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Oh my god.
Today my 17 year old son passed his driving test.
He has gone to the cinema tonight in his car and i am worried sick!!!!
I thought that when the kids started to grow up,i would be able to
stop worrying so much.It has all started again
What have i done.....Giving him a car has turned me into a nervous wreck
Andy
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mookaloid
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 07:51 PM |
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mmmmm I know the feeling
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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jacko
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 07:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
mmmmm I know the feeling
And so do I
Jacko
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 07:58 PM |
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Oh and before he went out,he asked me when
he was getting a go in the indy.
I think not
Andy
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scootz
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 08:01 PM |
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I have no kids but I got a taste of parental responsibility a number of years back!
I was up staying at my folks and my (then) 14 year old sister asked my dad if she could go to the youth disco at the neighboring village. He said no
and she got quietly upset!
I was on the wind-up and kept pestering my dad by pointing at my poor wee sisters sad face and calling him a grumpy old man. Eventually he crumbled
and said that I could take the decision as to whether or not she could go, but to remember that if anything happened to her, then it was my decision
that led to it. My wee sister got all hopeful, but as the reality of responsibility sank into my head, she could see from the look on my face that
her chances were slipping (again)!
I eventually agreed with my dad... she couldn't go!
It's Evolution Baby!
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 08:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by lotusmadandy
I thought that when the kids started to grow up,i would be able to
stop worrying so much.Andy
Not a chance. My youngest is 43 and I still worry about them.
They will always be your children.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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stevec
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 08:14 PM |
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My 17 year old went on a road trip round Devon, Cornwall, Somerset a week after passing his test, its worrying but you gotta let them get on with it.
Mine asked when he could drive the Indy as well, He could tell by the laughter that he could dream on.
Steve.
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owelly
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 08:42 PM |
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My boy often drives the Bongo around*. It's an auto which is just as well as he can't work the pedals and see through the windscreen at
the same time. He's six....
*private land only officer..!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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trialsman
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 08:44 PM |
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My 18 yr old son could care less about my se7en even though all his friends love it. I still say he is adopted!!!! Russ
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steve m
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 08:57 PM |
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I can understand,
both mine drove me nuts, and when Lee passed and i Yes me, paid £500 for an orion, called Brian,
My wife was very upset, but you have to let them spread there wings
My Mother, had to endure me on motorbikes, and would not fall asleep, untill she heard the garge door open/close, and i was home
Its called being a parent, and sorry for the doom and gloom, but it gets worse, my grandkids are 11 and 19months, and i worry about them
sooooooooooooo much!!!
regards
steve
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A1
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 09:01 PM |
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i see it from the other side, working the folks up to the idea of a bike license now...
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l0rd
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 09:14 PM |
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I started driving a car when i was 7 on my uncle's knees. and at 9 i started driving the tractor on my own.
At age 12 i was driving around the village on my own. My mother always used to tell me how worried she was specially as i didn't get my driving
license till i was 18 (here in Greece)
Happy days.
Now, with the baby on the way, i am looking at building a mini 7 for him. 
[Edited on 19/10/11 by l0rd]
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wilkingj
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 09:25 PM |
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They learn how to pass the test, but have not yet learned how to drive.
My youngest passed his test 1st time, and is a relatively good driver.
He still wrote of my £250 Ebay Fiesta (was a nice little car as well, and I refused to replace it!).
On a dark november night 11.30pm, with drizzle and wet roads.
He was "playing around" with the hand brake! (Oh and on the bends of a twisty back road)
He put it on its side and backwards into a ditch.
Fortunately he was not hurt, and no one else involved.
He bent every panel on the car but did not break one piece of glass.
He was lucky the stream under the bridge on the bend, was not in full flood, as it was a couple of weeks later.
Talking to him later on, he admitted that I was right and he did not know all the tricks of driving (after 40 years of driving, I still dont know them
all).
As for me, it was rolling a Bubble car at about 15mph!! Again no one hurt only my pride (I was just 17)
I wish I still had the Buble car, they fetch good money these days.
My Grandad was right... You cant put an old head on young shoulders!
I only hope your son does not make the same sort of mistakes.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 11:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by lotusmadandy
What have i done.....Giving him a car has turned me into a nervous wreck
Andy
But at least it won't give you that funny walk with the weight off all them notes you no longer have in your pocket!
Still remember stepson looking for a quote on the 106.. FOUR GRAND! I thought he was taking the **** until I saw it myself
(Incidentally it's 5 grand for him on the mondeo)
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wombat
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| posted on 20/10/11 at 06:36 AM |
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Yup sounds really familiar. Lasts at least 2 weeks before you start (and just start) to get used to it.
walked home from pub to find son at end of drive looking rather pale (he insured my cosa 1.4sxi @ 100 per month till he went to uni).
After informing us he/we had a problem my heart sank, luckily I had planned for such a situation and went through the list before going off on one
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1. Are you ok
2. was anyone else involved
3. Whats the damage
Turns out he had pulled the wheel arch trim off and scraped wing and door down a post whilst reversing.
Could have been much worse!
So 3 months later he's off to uni, mums worrying more about little Billy (all 6' of him)coping on his own and car still bent.
Took it for a quote yesterday and its 250 quid.
So I want the money from his savings account to pay for it, wife having none of it, but her brother and my sister in law agreeing. Fingers crossed.
Oh by the way, we ended up putting a curfew on during the week, otherwise we we awake waiting for him to come home, meaning both bloody knackered by
end of the week.
Good luck
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jossey
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| posted on 20/10/11 at 08:14 AM |
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get GPS tracker in the car thats my plan when the duaghter gets her first car.
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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Fred W B
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| posted on 20/10/11 at 08:56 AM |
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Kids don't learn till they make thier own mistakes, you just have to hope the first prang will be a minor one.
My Fathers Day this year started with being woken by a phone call in the early hours of Sunday morning. Youngest stepdaughter and her boyfriend had a
single car accident on the way home from a party, writing off his car.
He was driving too fast, almost hit a street light in the middle island, swerved and skidded over the pavement on the left and knocked down a good
stretch of a 6 foot high garden wall, bounced off, then hit a tree and spun back into the middle of the road. We had to scoop up a tearfull daughter,
pacify an irate wall owner, etc etc and take her home. Both ends of the car stoved in and how they got out alive with just bruises and a few cuts is
an absolute miracle.
Yes, booze was involved and there were some very stern words spoken later.
Good luck!
Cheers
Fred W B
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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bobinspain
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| posted on 20/10/11 at 09:03 AM |
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Our daughter is 20 and drives a 7 year old Citroen C3 1.4 diesel. Car cost 3 grand, which is what insurance will cost over less than 4 years.
Not many companies will quote for under 25 yrs old over here, much less under 21.
Our son's 16 and already eyeing a car for his 18th birthday. Insurance for him will be even more expensive. Probably prohibitively so.
On the plus side, the four of us went out for dinner last saturday, a 10 km drive. My daughter just said casually, "I'll drive dad, then
you can have a drink." Real do !
The other big plus is that she's at Uni and comes home every weekend, so I don't need to act as 'taxi-driver.' Bliss !
It doesn't stop you worrying about them though. I insist she texts to say she's reached her destination safely, and I'm still not
keen on her driving in the dark.
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Macbeast
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| posted on 20/10/11 at 09:08 AM |
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I still find this funny ( from a previous thread ) although I'm sure it wasn't for those concerned.
" She passed her test at 09:30 in the morning, the fire brigade were cutting the roof off by 11.30 as she stuffed it up the back of a focus
"
I'm addicted to brake fluid, but I can stop anytime.
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 20/10/11 at 07:22 PM |
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Thanks for all the reasuring comments fella's.
He has gone out to see his GF again tonight and its lashing down
As said i make him text me when he reaches his destination
just to let me know he is safe.
Insurance on his old 2000,w plate 206 1.9 diesel is £1510.
Not quite as bad as i thought
Andy
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