Just waiting on my insurance rates to climb!!!

sarge · 01-07-2010, 11:12 AM

So , I'm working in the basement Monday night ( finishing a bed room for my 16 year old ) oblivious to the fact that it was snowing. My son was at a friends house ( or should I say , was supposed to be at a friends house..... not running around in the Jeep ) .......

I get the call .... you parents of young drivers know what I mean when I say " THE CALL " .....

yep ! parked car hit . :mad: :mad: :mad:

No one hurt just alot of damage ! I should say damage to the parked car !!! the Jeeps carnage list was very short , fog lights, marker light and a couple small cracks in the grill :

The Car on the other hand .........

DONE !

I just hope this is that wake up call that he needed and got it out of his system !!!!

Flxratd · 01-07-2010, 12:32 PM

i got a ways to go before that day but i know its not if its when and at least no one was hurt i suppose and no driver in the other car to have any life long injuries. jeep 1 contour 0 or whatever it was.

GPER · 01-07-2010, 12:33 PM

To tell you the truth, I told my oldest she couldn't get her drivers licence until she was 18. Unless she got a job, saved enough money to by a car and then she could get them. She got a job at 15 and had her a car at 16.

I see no reason for my kids to tear up my cars when they can see what it takes to get one of their own. I can tear my own stuff up.

Sorry to hear about it and he wasn't the only one. The youngest has friend and her brother ( I think he is 19) was in a 4 car wreck and he had no insurance last night.

RuffedUpXJ · 01-07-2010, 12:54 PM

Sure was fun leaving work at noon and making it home before **** was getting bad. Still fun though in a Civic Sedan with two baldish front tires.

Bear Chow · 01-07-2010, 01:17 PM

So since he's grounded and car less, he can finish his own bedroom.

My daughter just turned 15, she has a great sense of responsibility but is so persuadable by friends. I don't think I'm going to install a passenger seat at tall, when she starts driving on the street.

Flxratd · 01-07-2010, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Bear Chow

I don't think I'm going to install a passenger seat at tall, when she starts driving on the street.

thats a great idea on the seat and a manual trans or no cup holders so there hands can be free of there cell phone

GPER · 01-07-2010, 03:30 PM

Don't forget the rev limiter set at 1500 rpms

JET455 · 01-08-2010, 10:44 AM

Ouch! I gave my 17 daughter a big car just in case she needs to use it.... she has only taken out her own mirror and and ran into a ditch so far.

cheech · 01-08-2010, 06:15 PM

Dont forget to tell him four wheel drives may go good in the snow but stop just like everything else.

sarge · 01-09-2010, 05:12 PM

I took him out thursday evening and showed him what he did wrong and how to drive in the snow , a little late I know but ..........

GPER · 01-10-2010, 08:46 AM

Hopefully the youngest will drive better than her sister. I started the lessons earlier so maybe she won't drive like her mother.

Rubi06 · 01-13-2010, 10:09 AM

I knew that bumper was good for something when I put it on there! How did the unibody hold up with the tie-in plates?

itbrokeagain · 01-13-2010, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by RuffedUpXJ

Sure was fun leaving work at noon and making it home before **** was getting bad. Still fun though in a Civic Sedan with two baldish front tires.

Same civic we put the engine in?

RuffedUpXJ · 01-13-2010, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by itbrokeagain

Same civic we put the engine in?

Of course it is but its about 5 engines later. Dime a dozen these engines.

sarge · 01-15-2010, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by lilbluexj

I knew that bumper was good for something when I put it on there! How did the unibody hold up with the tie-in plates?

It held up great ! only thing it did was bend the stinger about an inch . No uni-body damage that I could find.

Now I need to get busy on the rear bumper ...... it's the spot on the Jeep thats not bullit proof

01-07-2010, 11:12 AM	#1
sarge Pure Bacon Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Trenton, Oh Posts: 1,098	Just waiting on my insurance rates to climb!!! So , I'm working in the basement Monday night ( finishing a bed room for my 16 year old ) oblivious to the fact that it was snowing. My son was at a friends house ( or should I say , was supposed to be at a friends house..... not running around in the Jeep ) ....... I get the call .... you parents of young drivers know what I mean when I say " THE CALL " ..... yep ! parked car hit . :mad: :mad: :mad: No one hurt just alot of damage ! I should say damage to the parked car !!! the Jeeps carnage list was very short , fog lights, marker light and a couple small cracks in the grill : The Car on the other hand ......... DONE ! I just hope this is that wake up call that he needed and got it out of his system !!!!

01-07-2010, 12:32 PM	#2
Flxratd Retired Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hamilton/Ross Posts: 645	i got a ways to go before that day but i know its not if its when and at least no one was hurt i suppose and no driver in the other car to have any life long injuries. jeep 1 contour 0 or whatever it was. __________________ One of these days Zuk 2.0

01-07-2010, 12:54 PM	#4
RuffedUpXJ On XJ 2 Now Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairfield Twp. Posts: 314	Sure was fun leaving work at noon and making it home before **** was getting bad. Still fun though in a Civic Sedan with two baldish front tires. __________________ 88 XJ - 5" lift - 35" BFG's - Bumpers - Rock Rails - Homebrewed OBA - Roof Rack - Tube Doors - Trimmed - Dented 87 XJ - D44 - Disco D30 - 235's - 231TC - Stock for now

01-08-2010, 10:44 AM	#8
JET455 Your wifes pimp! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Everywhere!!!!!! Posts: 548	Ouch! I gave my 17 daughter a big car just in case she needs to use it.... she has only taken out her own mirror and and ran into a ditch so far. __________________ if i am not currently offending you, i will be shortly.

01-07-2010, 12:33 PM	#3
GPER Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kettering, Ohio Posts: 811	To tell you the truth, I told my oldest she couldn't get her drivers licence until she was 18. Unless she got a job, saved enough money to by a car and then she could get them. She got a job at 15 and had her a car at 16. I see no reason for my kids to tear up my cars when they can see what it takes to get one of their own. I can tear my own stuff up. Sorry to hear about it and he wasn't the only one. The youngest has friend and her brother ( I think he is 19) was in a 4 car wreck and he had no insurance last night.

01-07-2010, 01:17 PM	#5
Bear Chow Jeepless Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oxford, Oh Posts: 302	So since he's grounded and car less, he can finish his own bedroom. My daughter just turned 15, she has a great sense of responsibility but is so persuadable by friends. I don't think I'm going to install a passenger seat at tall, when she starts driving on the street.

01-07-2010, 03:30 PM	#7
GPER Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kettering, Ohio Posts: 811	Don't forget the rev limiter set at 1500 rpms

01-08-2010, 06:15 PM	#9
cheech Join Date: May 2007 Location: cincinnati Posts: 18	Dont forget to tell him four wheel drives may go good in the snow but stop just like everything else.

01-09-2010, 05:12 PM	#10
sarge Pure Bacon Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Trenton, Oh Posts: 1,098	I took him out thursday evening and showed him what he did wrong and how to drive in the snow , a little late I know but ..........

01-10-2010, 08:46 AM	#11
GPER Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kettering, Ohio Posts: 811	Hopefully the youngest will drive better than her sister. I started the lessons earlier so maybe she won't drive like her mother.

01-13-2010, 10:09 AM	#12
Rubi06 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lebanon, Ohio Posts: 114 Images: 53	I knew that bumper was good for something when I put it on there! How did the unibody hold up with the tie-in plates?