[fred cook]

When my son turned 16 and got his learner license, I bought an old worn out Dodge Dakota truck. The deal was that he had to help rebuild the worn out stuff (mostly everything) and that I would only work on it when he was also out with me. The end result was that he got a pretty nice truck, knows how to use most tools and is not helpless around his vehicles like most of his friends. I remember the first time he got really greasy, the horrified look on his face, etc. Now it doesn't bother him too much to have to reach into dirty oil to fish out a drain plug! He wound up going to Georgia Tech and got his undergrad degree in Mechanical Engineering and later went back to GT for a masters in International Business! I'm pretty proud of the way the boy turned out!