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10-06-2004, 08:21 AM
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Where did I go wrong? Oh the pain...
While driving my seven year old daughter to school this morning we became engaged in a coversation about me possibly replacing the '81 VW Rabbit LS diesel with a MB diesel wagon. "The Rabbit is our Baby", she kept reminding me as we drove. So I simply asked her if she still wanted the Rabbit for her first car or would she like to have a MB like mommy and daddy? The words that came out of my own daughter's mouth cut me like a knife. I couldn't have been more shocked if she had used profanity. She said, "I'm gonna be a gas girl when I grow up". Oh the heartache! I have scheduled a paternity test for this afternoon. Her mommy and I will be headed to the lawyer's office depending on the results of that test.
Kevin 
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10-06-2004, 10:30 AM
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Cut her off now and buy diesel cars with that college fund.
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10-06-2004, 10:39 AM
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That is a smart girl to understand that conceptual difference at that age... You must simply keep setting as good an example as possible...and when she has gathered a few more facts she will see the light....it may take as long as letting her make the money for her own car insurance.....
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10-06-2004, 12:53 PM
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Words from an experienced parent
I had a similar experience with my son. My wife and I are firm believers in standard transmissions, but my pre driving age at the time son disagreed with us in ways only a teenager could without being killed. That is, of course, until he saw the car of his dreams, and it had a standard transmission.
She's young yet, she's just getting started not realizing what life's about.
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5 speed '91 190E 2.6 320,000 mi. (new car, fast, smooth as silk six, couldn't find any more Peugeots) 5 speed '85 Peugeot 505 2.5l Turbo Diesel 266,000 mi. (old car, fast for a diesel, had 2 others) 5 speed '01 Jetta V6 (new wifes car, pretty quick) 5 speed '85 Peugeot 505 2.2l Turbo Gas 197,000 mi. (wifes car, faster, sadly gone just short of 200k ) 5 speed '83 Yamaha 750 Maxim 14,000 mi. (fastest) 0 speed 4' x 8' 1800 lb Harbor Freight utility trailer (only as fast as what's pulling it)
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10-06-2004, 12:59 PM
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My 13 year old daughter honestly looks at me when I drive my Mercedes and asks me "if I am embarrased to drive these cars because I cannot actually think that they look good, can I"? I will admit that she has good taste in general, but this kind of stuff shocks me. She just wants plastic, new and expensive without regard to quality. Maybe she will learn.
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Alan Hamm '87 300SDL 277K Miles '89 560 SL 68K Miles
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