It took three two hour lessons and now she NEEDS to drive my MCS05 MINI all the time instead of her Honda. Who would have thought! I'm stuck driving one of our other cars.

 

ouch!!!

 

airmini,

I'd find a reason (make one up!) to ground her and reclaim the MINI!

Sincerely,

RockC.

 

I once had an '83 VW GTI. I loved that car, it drove a lot like my MINI, and I bought a MINI in large part because it reminded me of that GTI. One day, my 17 year old daughter punched my GTI into the back of a '71 Cutlass. She was ok, but the GTI faired badly. End of GTI. Just a word to the wise.

 

I don't know if I could part with the mini for that long :/.

 

You better stop it before it starts!!

 

Well you could help her to trade in her honda and get a MINI!

Her MINI Virginity has been taken and there is no going back

 

nice accomplishment for the dad!

 

Got to put your foot down and put a stop to that before it's too late.

I'm going to be dealing with the same situation in a couple of months. I've already made it clear to my daughter that she can drive the MINI but it's not hers. I wonder if she's listening.

 

GT6 I wish you the best of luck. My 17 year old is hardly ever listening. I have to rip the ipod from her ears, shut off the TV, shut off her computer and then the only way I know she is listen is because her eyes are rolling. We have a play back tape "don't roll your eyes at me" because my wife and I are both tired of saying it. Oddly my older daughter never had the "eye rolling" problem.

 

AHH QUIT YOUR WHINNIG , In a couple of years they'll be out of the house and you'll be missing them like there's no tommorrow

 

Sounds like a great excuse for you to get a new Mini

Let her keep yours & trade her Honda in on a new Mini for yourself

 

Just what I was thinking
Here is the chance to get one with all the options you missed the first time

 

While I love my Mini as she is, If I were ordering a new one today, my experience has taught me that I would order a few different options

 

Well, we will probably have to trade in the Honda for MINI. Of course she NEEDS a convertible.

 

Good going... I hear Honda's are nice though, you'll enjoy it

 

Be careful...or better yet, warn her to be careful. My son NEEDED to use his mom's Xterra instead of his old Mazda. The Xterra wound up with a nice utility pole center stage...wiped out the front end, brush guard and windshield to the tune of $4300. Luckily he wasn't hurt, so we both were able to "kill" him.

 

Well, my dad has an SL500, and I asked him if I could drive it one day without him. His exact words were: "Buddy, that car may as well be a sculpture, with red velvet ropes surrounding the outside of it." That was last June, and to this day I still haven't driven it alone. Point there is I give you a lot of credit for letting her drive your Mini, but if you are as careful and protective about your Mini as I am, I'd be scared letting her drive it. So, that being said, give her yours, trade in the Honda and get that new one for you, as a reward for all of the moments you had while teaching her to drive. Have fun with that one, and don't let her near it!

P.S. Make sure you get an 'S'

 

Yeah...do what you want, but parents put way too much stock in what a young driver says they "need". Sure we love them, but there are lessons to be learned and that is our job here. Even though they (teens) are master negotiators, we (parents) need to look past their brilliant tactics and in our vast wisdom use some good, wise parenting skills. There is plenty of time for them to buy their dream car in their lifetime. I have four kids....they all had a car they adored...and they all got over it.

However...since she is a daughter...and you a dad (I assume?)...you are doomed. Daughters have super-powers. Do your best though...for them to grow up straight and tall is worth every effort we make.

End of lecture.

 

I was once a 17 year old myself, 15+ years ago, and from experiance I would say it is unwise to give such a young person a new car as they have a funny way of bumping them into other cars and driving them off of the road! Its not as much of a tragedy when they total an old civic as when they total a new MINI.

As accidents are INEVITABLE for young drivers resist buying them a new car! my 2 cents.

 

I agree with Jrzymini - having had two children go through their learning experiences with each one having a $5000+ accident I would not allow a 17 year old to drive my prized possession. An MCS is too much car for an inexperienced driver. Let her drive for at least 2 years without an incident before she graduates to a Mini. Around here you can count on the fingers of one hand the number of teens that have not had an accident. Plus, nothing wrong with a child learning that they don't get everything that they desire immediately. Just my two cents.

 

When I read the subject line, I thought that your daughter crashed your MINI. *Phew*

And for all the girls out there, I just want to thank every dad that teaches their daughter how to drive a stick. When I was 15, I was so resistant to the thought of my father teaching me a stick. I figured, NO ONE ELSE DRIVES ONE, WHY SHOULD I!!! Now, I can't imagine myself driving anything but a manual.

 

Lol no offense but it's not like the Mini is a $90,000 Mercedes . I consider the Mini to be a pretty inexpensive car. It's about the same price to get a comparably equipped Honda Accord (yuk) but for some reason people think the Mini is expensive & the Accord is 166-hp (Civic is 197-hp, way more than the Mini) so what's the speed danger difference lol. IMHO, the Mini isn't at all an expensive car. If there are worries then trade your daughter's car in for a non-S Cooper to slow her down a bit. My dad gave me a killer car when I was 16 (many many moons ago, a 1983 convertible Celica Sunchaser-the 1st year the US allowed convertibles back in the country) & I can't express my gratitude for it (granted we had a grade point average/attitude deal for me to keep that car but I kept up my end of the bargain & so did my Pop).

 

Bravo, airmini. It's rare enough to see someone teach a son to drive a stick but to hear you taught your daughter is great. Let here get better at driving that Honda and then get her her own MINI . For me, It's hard enough to let my dad drive our (my) MINI and he's the one who taught me to drive stick ...all 6 years ago. Seems longer than that. I learned on a Saturn with a bad throw-out bearing and a slightly slipping clutch; boy that was fun.

 

Yeah, but they move back in

Earl