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Re: cars & education Posted by Ari [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: cars, darcyt, Thu, 25 Apr 2002 04:01:12 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
In terms of used, there probably isn't much of a price difference between an older 900 and 9000. So if you like the 9000 better, go for it. The 9000 seems to come up as slightly safer than a 900 (the difference between Really, really safe, and Really, really, really safe). The 9000 also has more room for hauling Stuff around.
So don't feel that you need to go to a 900. A good, clean car of either type will cost about as much.
As to the 2.0l auto being safer than a turbo, I'll disagree. No offense, but the turbo isn't the dangerous part - it's the driver. I have both turbo and non-turbo 9000 autos. No question, the turbo is faster. But the non-turbo (a '92) is so smooth, I find myself at 85 mph without realizing it. And the drawback of the non-turbo is that it can be pretty slow. You might think that's 'safer', but if I'm trying to merge on the highway with a dump truck barreling down, or pull out into traffic, more power may mean the difference between a sucessful merge and significant bodywork.
An irresponsibly driven car is dangerous, no matter how much horsepower. All the turbo does is get to speed a little quicker. I've seen plenty of kids and not-so-kids in little underpowered S***-boxes weaving in and out of traffic at 95 mph, or playing Grand Prix on side streets.
Get your daughter a safe car, and if it happens to be a turbo, don't sweat it. You want to keep her really safe? Then invest in a driving course. Not Sears, but Sears Point, or a Bob Bondurant defensive driving course. She'll learn the skills that will keep her safe. She'll also learn to respect what a car can, and more importantly, can't do, and the heavy downside.
Giving a kid a car is giving them a gun. It doesn't matter much if it's a big gun or a little gun. If you're going to do that, invest in training, as that's the best safety device out there.
Good luck!
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