UPDATE: MIATA IS SOLD SO THE SUBJECT IS SETTLED!
My daughter (almost 18) currently drives a 1980 300sd (w116).
With diesel at 4 bucks and gas 2.89 , she suddenly announced she would like to start driving our 1991 Miata; which I was getting ready to sell.
I get knot in my stomach thinking about her in that little car in traffic and I want say NO; but yet most of us grew up driving absolute death traps compared to the Miata. She drives like a grandma and more conservative than most republicans. She never asks for anything, even Scrooge McDuck would be embarrassed at her frugality.
She is blonde and the Miata is red, double yikes.
Am I being an overly protective father by my concerns of safety?
(I don't need to sell the car, and yes the Miata would save money on gas and insurance)