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Jul 23rd, 2010 at 11:49am

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Diddy is in the habit of distributing cars to 16 year old boys.

Justin Combs, birthday in January, got a Maybach 57S (price maybe US$ 350 000), and Justin Bieber, birthday March, got in this month a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder that had been US$ 200 000 when new.

What cars would you give or get for 16th birthday?

Also the price range of these cars also fits the price range of new built single engine piston planes like Cessna 172. Is it practical to make a minor aged 15 a natural person Part 91 operator ahead of first solo on a student pilot licence on 16th birthday?
 
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Reply #1 - Jul 23rd, 2010 at 1:05pm
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When I became 16 I got a secondhand (or third or fourth) Puch moped. Rode it like a maniac at 45 km/h all the time.

Kids who get very expensive cars for their 16th (!) birthday are spoiled brats and their parents are utter morons. Who in a right state of mind gives a kid (which you are at 16) a car that's fast enough to kill you or someone else in 1 second?

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Reply #2 - Jul 23rd, 2010 at 2:19pm

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Kids who get very expensive cars for their 16th (!) birthday are spoiled brats and their parents are utter morons.


But Diddy is not parent of Justin Bieber. Justin Bieber also got as 16th birthday gift a new Range Rover - it was from his agent. His parents thus had no say about either car....
 
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Reply #3 - Jul 23rd, 2010 at 3:23pm
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You might be right. I don't know what his parents gave to this Justin Bieber (who ever he is), so I can't judge about that.

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Reply #4 - Jul 23rd, 2010 at 3:33pm

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chornedsnorkack wrote on Jul 23rd, 2010 at 11:49am:
What cars would you give or get for 16th birthday?

The minimum age for driving a car in the UK is 17 so that doesn't apply.
 

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Reply #5 - Jul 23rd, 2010 at 3:46pm

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Who in the hell is Diddy?  Huh
 

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Reply #6 - Jul 23rd, 2010 at 3:48pm

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I wish I had a Lambo when I was 16...

...I would have parked it up, waited until I was 17, passed my test, waited many years, then driven it.

Why not straight away? Well, the insurance would be unpayable (if existant for someone my age) and I wouldn't want to scratch it.
 

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Reply #7 - Jul 23rd, 2010 at 4:15pm

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Simple, Nobody under the age of 28 should be allowed to drive any form of high performance vehicle.
With the exception of those who are classed as top level racing drivers.
 
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Reply #8 - Jul 24th, 2010 at 3:32am

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im 18 got my P's and still dont have a car Cry
 

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Reply #9 - Aug 14th, 2010 at 4:55pm

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I got a handed down Ford Bronco when I was sixteen, drive a 350Z now (19). Never gotten a speeding ticket, never been in a wreck (aside from being rear ended once in the Bronco. Just about totaled his car, bent the bumper on mine). Knock on wood! Wink A first car should be something big, as it is much safer than those tiny toy cars every teen seems to get these days.
 

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Reply #10 - Aug 14th, 2010 at 6:50pm

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My first mode of transport on my 16th birthday (1950) was this little beauty...>>>

Fozzer's Little Speedster!

98cc's of pure fun!

Quickly followed by a 350cc Royal Enfield Bullet....

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Reply #11 - Aug 15th, 2010 at 3:14pm

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specter177 wrote on Aug 14th, 2010 at 4:55pm:
A first car should be something big, as it is much safer than those tiny toy cars every teen seems to get these days.


Like, Maybach 62 and not Maybach 57S?
 
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Reply #12 - Aug 16th, 2010 at 5:28pm

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I think he means something like my Swedish tank... or a Volvo
 

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Reply #13 - Aug 17th, 2010 at 2:38am

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Ivan wrote on Aug 16th, 2010 at 5:28pm:
I think he means something like my Swedish tank...

You mean Stridsvagn 103?
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Bofors+Stridsvagn+103...
 
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Reply #14 - Aug 28th, 2010 at 3:35pm

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Saab 9-3 or a Saab 9000

Basically something that you can mend yourself for the minor stuff, and strong enough to keep you alive in accidents
 

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Reply #15 - Sep 9th, 2010 at 12:23pm

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My Daughter turned 16 this year but in NJ she can't get her licence until she is 17.  So, when she turns 17 we will probably get her a Ford Focus.  I wanted to get her a V6 Mustang in which she liked that idea but that got nixed by the Boss!!  It will be her graduation present.

As for me, my first car was a 1961 Ford Falcon with a 200 c.i. six cylinder and 3 on the tree ( 3 speed manual trans for the younger generation here ) that my parent's gave me at 14 and told me that if I had it running and safe by the time I was 16 they would pay my insurance. It was ready!!

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