Ferrari Mailing List: Re: HS Coach Lends His Car...[]errari Digest, Vol 33, Issue 5

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hey Steve,
   Sounds like you raised a great young man!   Unfortunately,  there are 
not a lot of fathers that can
be so secure in their trust of their kids.  I have 3 kids - and I firmly 
believe each is born with
a unique set of values - not that values aren't taught - but let's just say, 
some kids are more
*receptive* than others to the things we try to teach them.  At least that's 
been true of my kids as
well as others I've observed around me.  Now that we're having grandkids I'm 
seeing the same
things over again.  Some kids come out of the starting chute with a fearsome 
determination to
be as anti-disciplene as possible while others absorb every bit of knowledge 
that comes their
way and then they are determined to *use* that knowledge to become the best 
person they can be -
excelling in everything they attempt..

   Anyway - the biggest problem comes when a group of testosterone filled 
teens are put together
in such a machine a a Ferrari - any Ferrari,  and they decide they have 
something to prove - often to the detriment of others.  4 of a kind can be 
dangerous.

   Then there's the insurance - yours is a unique relationship if they had 
no problems covering a teen who just rec'd his drivers license taking off in 
a Ferrari.  They have much to lose.  But that's their choice.

   Thanks for telling us about your son - he sounds like a great kid! 
Goat-roper or not. ;-)

Enjoy your weekend -
LarryT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <BRIGANDBAR [at] aol.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] HS Coach Lends His Car...[]errari Digest, Vol 
33,Issue 5


> I guess I must be out of touch, part of the MTV generation or something 
> like
> that.
>
> While I wouldn't loan my Ferrari(s) to students had I been a teacher in 
> his
> position, my 25 year old son drives the Ferrari when he was in college and
> came  home on his spring or fall break and it doesn't phase me a bit. I 
> remember
> what  I would have been like if we had a Ferrari in the family when I was 
> his
> age and  cannot imagine my father telling me not to drive it. While he is 
> what
> we used to  call a "Goat Roper" and now teaches agriculture in a high 
> school
> in TX, and if I  asked him which vehicle he would like to take home with 
> him
> the F-350 4x4 might  edge out the Ferrari at any given time, what 
> difference
> does it matter.
>
> Gentlemen, these are automobiles. Fine automobiles, I'll give you that, 
> but
> still just an automobile. They can be replaced with an "in kind" 
> substitute if
> necessary, and there are competent shops that can make any necessary
> repairs. I  would be concerned about injury but then again, WWDHD [what 
> would Dad
> have done]  at that age, do exactly as I suspect he does, drive it like 
> you stole
> it, just  obey the law and don't get any tickets. In fact, that is the 
> only
> guidance I  give him whether it is a Ferrari, an ATV or a PWC. In the end 
> he is
> as  responsible as I have asked and educated him to be so I am responsible
> for his  actions in some secondary way should some adverse event occur. 
> And he
> is 25  years old, and while I don't think that there is an exclusion on my
> insurance  policy I can't imagine it being anything less than 21 years old 
> and in
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