mspiegle

hmm... fix the throttle so it only opens 1/2 way?

Mark Anderson

The only thing we did is let him buy the car. It's his money that he earned over the last few years. He does web work for me and he sells stuff on ebay.

GlenL

You are crazy.

I did get my teenage kids (good students, fine people, yadda^3) a 944 N/A. A stylin' Porsche. Just about 170 fewer horsepower.

Koenig928

Wow, what a great deal for $7k!

My wife and I remember meeting your son at Sharktoberfest last year, I'm sure he will do just fine. If there's anyone to teach him how to drive a 928 (properly), it's you Mark!

I'm sure he already knows how to take that thing apart...

AJK

At 16 I was driving my dad's Studebaker. However, soon thereafter I had a MG TD in which I actually double dated. (Double dated? Wonder if anyone knows what that means anymore?)

Susan K Thomas

Mine was a '71 Pinto that was pale yellow. It never broke down on me and my dad installed a HUGE Tach on the steering column...way cool. I was sad to see it go...we were the original owners and I had been riding in that car since I was 6 or 7 years old.

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Jim_H

And thus the '200 MPH Lady' was born.

Nicole

Hy first car (in Germany you must be 18 to drive) was a bright yellow 40 HP Ford Fiesta that I inherited from my mom when she was no longer able to drive. Two years later I got a 96 HP Renault Fuego GTS - dark green metallic and only two years old, a really beautiful car. If I think back and remember my first three years of driving, I got myself in quite a few life-and-death situations - I'm not sure I'd still be alive, had these happened at 928-speeds.

Some friends of mine owned faster cars, including Porsches. At 20 I was a passenger in my friend's 911 SC when we got into a rollover accident (not his fault). The roof collapsed on my side, but I'm alive thanks to always wearing and often tightening my safety belt. Shortly after the accident we read of a young kid who got a 928 for his 18th birthday and wrapped it around a tree - with three friends in the car (all dead).

Mark: I know your son is not a wild kid. And I think he learned to appreciate the cars and their capabilities. Maybe you can take him to the track or auto cross a few times to make sure gets the idea of "pushing the envelope" out of his system. And I'm sure with you as an instructor, there is a lot he can learn...

bcdavis

My first car was also german. But a little less powerful.
A '62 VW bug.

I sure hope you know what you are doing.
Because I was also a great student, and an intelligent and reasonable teenager...
I was not all wildly into drugs or peer pressure.
But I still got the need for speed.
Once you get behind the wheel, it all changes.
On my own, I was crazy with that car.
Doughnuts in dirt fields, etc, etc...
And then once I got a fast car, my 280Z, I started street racing, going for top speeds in excess of 130mph, etc...
And still I was the perfect son, perfect grades, etc, etc...
Over all those years of speeding, racing, tickets, eluding police, etc, I learned a lot about cars and driving.
But looking back, it was really dangerous...

So on one hand, a sturdy 928 may keep him safer, as opposed to being in a tin can.
But there is something about being in a sports car.
It just begs to be pushed. It's FUN. That's the curse, and the lure.
It's totally fun to mash that gas pedal and go fast.
But you don't really understand the risks until you are much older.

If I were you, I'd stick him in a big ol' Mercedes or Volvo or something, if you want it to be safe.
But if you can accept the fact that he *will* do those things, the 928 is much more forgiving of mistakes.
But don't fool yourself into thinking that the bug will not bite. It will. Especially in that car...

justin

My first car was a Masda GLC ,my dad bought it for 100 bucks.

perrys4

Was that hose #11 in the top picture? There are several number 11's. Some are obvious to us mechanically challenged some arent.

Mark Anderson

It is #11 on the top picture and #17 on the 3rd frame down.

G Man

first car was a 73' MG Miget. God that car was tiny.

goliver

When I turned 16 it was a '73 AMC Gremlin for me. That sucker would spin the right side little bias ply tire a good fifty feet. Had three on the tree and a straight six. What a POS. I desperately wanted to buy my Uncle's 911 which I had saved up enough money for but my folks rightly said NO WAY! Did manage to get it backwards coming home from a party that he graciously let me drive it to when I was 17. Nothing like experiencing trailing throttle oversteer in a borrowed car. Had to buy two new front tires for him as I flat spotted them significantly. Lucky I didn't kill myself. The exuberance of youth.

Anywho, after hearing Lucky Eckman describe at great length about the 928 being aluminum and steel bubble wrap for humans at the last Devek Days, My daughter will be getting an S4 for her first car if she keeps her grades up. In watching her ride her quad when she doesn't know i'm watching i've found she is more responsible at 15 then i'll probably ever be when it comes to motorized things.

Congrats on the good deal.

Cheers,

Daniel Dudley

Safer than a motorcycle, faster than a speeding bullet. The lure of speed is irresistable. The place to use it is the track. But let me ask you this - have you ever had a car that you didn't open up at least once? Two things slowed me down as a kid. One was realizing that I might live but someone else might not. The other was that once I had a taste of true speed on the open road I realized that blind curves and crests do not mix with top speed. Just because the car can handle it doesn't mean that it is safe. Besides, that's where the cops hang out. There is a rythym and a safe speed for every road and condition. Teach him that, and your son will be safe for life, God Willing. LOL