Would you let your kids drive your Puma?

[Lord B]

Was I mad, took my 2 Sons 11 and 14 for a lesson today 3 1/2 hours of abuse to Puma, and its still running, no dual controls, however I taught wife to drive, so have nerves of steel :roll:

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[Ian G]

Starting them early!

Is that a special facility for the purpose?

 

[Lord B]

Starting them early!

Is that a special facility for the purpose?

yes, Cardrome in Romford £15 for as long as you want

 

[myweepuma]

Hahaha naw! I don't even let my kids who have a full licence take it off the drive to get there cars out!

 

[Thunderpuma]

I barely let my wife even when I bought the car mainly for her

 

[Wild E. Coyote]

My wife is not allowed to touch it. She has a Mk2 focus TDCi titanium; this is, after all, an old car :wink:

 

[PaulQ]

Well done! I did that sort of thing with my sons on an abandoned aerodrome. The next lesson should be "heel-and-toe" and "J-turns". After that you can do "Drifting at speeds over 100mph." :thumbs:

 

[johno441]

My Dad taught me on various fields (both grass and a disused airfield) I was eight Yrs old when I 1st 'drove' (I'm not counting sitting on his knee aged 4 ish and 'steering' the old Mk1 Cortina) 1st drive was a Ford Escort Mk1, 13GT - I suppose that's kind of equivalent to Puma these days. I think teaching kids early is good, by the time they get on the road they can already control the car easily so only have to 'learn' how to anticipate the stupid behaviour of other drivers

 

[gingerdave]

Taught my son to drive at the cardrome when he was 8 years old.My wife had a fiat 126.I chocked up the pedals and away he went.By the time he was 15 he had driven over 2000 miles in rural France and one night he was driving back with me from a 2day fishing trip and was stopped and breathalysed in a small village.As we stopped he said "oh fcuk I'm gonna get done" I said "don't worry you haven't been drinking :lol: " .Gendarmes tested him and sent us on our way!When he took his UK test on his 17th birthday the examiner asked him where he learnt to drive and he said on a private estate in France :lol: This was all about 25 years ago.That is such a good facility they should have more of them.

 

[zinc2000]

All for getting kids early training, all of mine got behind the wheel on a hebridean beach well before they were 17, one daughter now a qualified driving instructor so guess she caught the bug.

I taught myself to drive when I was around 7/8 by watching the driver who took us on holiday every year (parents never drove) back then there was bench seats so sat in between my Dad and the driver, went from there to make my own "car" with a garden seat, wooden pedal set up and an old Rover 100 steering wheel complete with wooden column gear shift lever :!: Could move a car with ease when I was 10 even though the pedals were sometimes a stretch.

Then my first car was at 16 when I worked in a garage and also moved all the cars in and out of the workshop and showrooms so by the time I was 17 I could thread any car into any space backwards or forwards, made test manouvres a doddle.

Any practise gives much needed confidence and as above means they can then concentrate on avoiding the idiots, well done :grin: