Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 15:42:12 -0000 From: SkodaPilot <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> Subject: Re: Any thoughts on safety?
In article <48b14d1a.0211260643.5560972fnopsaming.google.com>, stafford2525nopsamo.com says... > He doesn't hate the car, (we LOVE it) - but he just > does not GET it regarding how much safer this car is than the one he > wants - he'd like something newer like a used Chevy Cavalier - when he > says this our faces pale. > Well, rather than give him this Saab 900, tell him he can use while he finds his own car, on approval that he gives the Saab a couple of weeks trial, and you get to accompany him on any test drives of other cars he does, and you (as his legal guardian (i.e. parent) and responsible for his wellbeing) have final veto on anything he brings home. Make sure that he tests at least on other Saab, amongst the lesser cars. Once he's driven it for a while, you might find that he actually gets to like it, and won't be bothered buying his own, when he can use yours for gas money. -- Carl Robson http://www.bouncing-czechs.com