[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by jerry455

The Fiero was not what the kid would like, we got it for free. I had to put a motor in it. What better way to teach your kids the value of a dollar and take care of what they helped build. I also enjoyed spending many hours working together with them. My son would not have wanted anything Japanese or German. We live in metro Detroit and those are not what we drive .

That is a really big part of it right there. I bought that 89 5.0 for $500 as a running driving car but it was a mess. My son and I both restored it, painted it, fixed all the mechanicals on it. He learned to respect the car, learned what things cost and the work involved to make it what it is, and as a result I have no worries of him going out and doing stupid things in it. He worries where he parks it, doesn't like to drive it when the weather is bad, etc.. and this type of mentality has carried over to how he treats his other car as well. I've taken him to the drag strip where he's raced his mustang on a few occasions so he knows how to handle a car, what to do and what not to do. I've let him drive our 70 RA Formula, the 69 Z/28 and other cars here as well. He's going to be the caretaker for this stuff when I'm gone so they have to learn sometime.

It's all about how the kids are brought up and how you approach the car hobby with them. I didn't have to push him into it. He grew up around it and loves this stuff.