<p>No wonder people aren’t reading papers any more! I would have missed this story entirely if it hadn’t been for CC, and then my blood pressure wouldn’t being spiking! Are we supposed to feel good for this kid? He “kept his grades up” and step-daddy shells out more than the average American’s yearly income for a super-machine. A car salesman made his sale, and insurance salesperson is going to get a big fat commission and we can only hope that the kid drives responsibly. If not, do you think the Seattle Times will hit the news feed with a story about the resultant accident? The whole thing makes me ill.
BTW- my D graduated at the top of her class and still doesn’t have a car, while her 15 year old brother is just sure that his father is going to give him one rather than drive him to track practice.One can only hope that the man has some common sense, which he has never exhibited up to now…
My first car was a white Corvair-remember those??- which had to have an anvil and 100 lbs of oats under the hood in order to keep it from blowing off of the expressway! The engine seized up and died on the way to my college trig final- something my prof did not believe ( she was from another country and wasn’t familiar with the wonderful engineering of the Chevy Corvair, much to my dismay…).</p>