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Originally Posted by masraum
Actually, you should just write it off now.
First cars should always be disposable. Not every kid will destroy a car in their first 3 years, but most will turn a car into something that's not worth much at best.
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+1, my first car was rear ended and totaled before I made it to year two. Pickup truck in front of me stopped for a left turn, I stopped, young 19 YO behind me speeding in a big pick up was not paying attention, crushed the whole rear of my 944 in. Remarkable his bumper hit well below the hatch as he was on the brakes, the hatch stayed intact. Not so the rest of the car, the rear wheel wells and wheels were trying to occupy the same space, the sun roof got knocked open as the whole car shortened.
It was pretty scary from my perspective, I was sitting still, looking at the oncoming traffic to see when a opening was going to come, when all of a sudden I was driving into the truck in front of me despite putting my foot deeper on the brake. When I heard my tires locking up I released to get a little more traction, even though I had stopped with a decent distance to the lifted truck in front of me, I still ended up underneath his truck and got a small dent on just in front of the hood.
I practice at a track that rents a fleet of karts to the general public, the average Joe and Jane are such terrible drivers on a track, I'm amazed safety is as high as it is in the USA.