Actros617,

Thats the wrong approach! Never tell your parents I'll do something if you do something. They may do it.

Time to be a man and say "its mine, I drive it, I fix it, I feed it".

If mom wants to play the safety angle say its built like a tank and with the big shift of people moving to smaller cars it becomes more safe to drive every day.

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