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I only had that one a year....got it going in to my jr. year of high school.  Going into my sr. year, dad got me a new Ford Escort.  It was a stick, and it was tough going for a while because I didn't know how to drive a stick.  

It took him several weeks to sell the Crown Vic, during which time he eventually took the keys away from me.  Due to my frustration, humiliation, and flat-out taking too long to get anywhere because I killed the engine when I stopped and couldn't get through my gears smooth enough, I kept eschewing the Escort for the old Crown Vic.  I would think "I'll be better at driving the stick next time.  This time I just need to get somewhere with no problems and I'll take the old car."  Dad noticed it was always "this time" so he hid the keys and gave me no choice.  

Determined not to let the engine stall out, I did a lot of peeling out in that car in the early days. 

....as much as you could peel out in a Ford Escort 

"I've got me a Chrysler, it seats about twenty..."

I was driving my dad's 1977 Buick Roadmaster station wagon from time to time. 

It's too bad I was so useless with girls... Or possibly a good thing... Because I would have had PLENTY of room to get into trouble in that car. 

Not sporty. Didn't stop me from getting a ticket for squealing the tires, or a buddy getting a ticket in St Joseph Michigan for doing 93 mph. I was just surprised the thing went 93! (Yes, that was with the pedal on the floor in 4th gear).

Man, zero chance I had of squealing the tires on my '81 Dodge Omni.  That 1.7L Volkswagen engine made up for being really low-power at 70 HP, by also conking out and not starting at all on a hot day (which is every day in Texas from May through October) due to vapor lock.  And its max speed as far as I could determine, was about 69 mph.  Downhill.  With a really strong tailwind.

Thanks, Germany!

I'd include that POS in my rants of hatred, except neither my parents nor I bought the car.  It was a hand-me-down from my grandparents, they'd intended to use it as a toad behind their Winnebago except they only used the Winnebago 2 or 3 times.

cars from the 60s were no better

In Illinois you had to be 18 to have passengers.

Florida? No idea, but there are no laws here.

DELAND, Fla. (TMX) - A 12-year-old and a 17-year-old were arrested this week for allegedly street racing in Florida, officials said.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office released a video that showed a deputy stopping two vehicles for street racing shortly before 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, in DeLand, only to find one of the drivers was too young to be licensed.

“I was just, I was going, I was testing,” the 12-year-old sputtered when the deputy asked for his driver’s license.

The deputy asked the boy’s age as he placed him in handcuffs and sounded shocked when he responded that he’s 12.

“My bad, sir,” the boy says.

The deputy turned to the 17-year-old’s vehicle and asked who the car belongs to; he says it belongs to his mother.

“So she’s gonna be mad when it gets impounded today for racing on the highway?” the deputy asked.

“Yes, sir,” the boy says.

The deputy also spoke with with a 16-year-old passenger in one of the vehicles. He says they had been fishing nearby and he asked to call his mother.

The 12-year-old’s mother arrived at the scene and the deputy explained to her that both cars were “racing towards” him side by side.

The mother says something unintelligible, to which the deputy responded, “I cannot slap them.”

“Me?” she asked, apparently indicating that she meant she might slap him.

“That’s your child,” the deputy says with surprise. “Corporal punishment’s completely illegal.”

A man arrived on the scene and said the “fast Corolla” driven by the 17-year-old belonged to him.

“Well, he was racing a 12-year-old,” the deputy says. “So, he’s getting arrested today.”

The man and a woman seemed surprised, and the deputy confirmed that “racing on a roadway is illegal.”

“How fast were they going?” the man asks.

“It doesn’t matter!” the deputy says. “They lined up down there, I’m parked on the side of the road watching traffic and they come racing towards me. I’m not driving an unmarked car. I’m in a completely marked patrol car and they come racing at me.”

The man tried to talk the deputy out of arresting the teen.

“He’s not physically getting arrested and going to jail,” the deputy assures the man, “but he’s gonna get a crim cite [criminal citation] and he’s gonna have to go to court.”

Both young drivers were arrested and cited, though the sheriff’s office did not release their names or the specific citations.

According to the Ogden Police Department, they received calls about a reckless driver around 8 a.m. on April 27. Officers began to pursue the vehicle, but soon disengaged when they noticed the age of the driver and assessed the risk to the public.

The vehicle later hit a parking strip, and police responded to the scene of the crash. The children were found unharmed, according to officers.

The drive from the family’s home in Clearfield to where the car crashed in Ogden was about 10 miles.

“I went to the scene of the crash… and then I got rerouted to the police department,” Bush said. “They had already had – I guess – EMS come out and check on my kids and transferred them over to the police station.”

She said her 7-year-old has had some behavioral issues, although nothing to this extent before. Bush said that she had reached out for resources from the Department of Child and Family Services, the police, and even hospitals. She said that nobody had offered help due to his age.

“He’s got a family full of truck drivers. He’s gonna be a truck driver someday, that’s what he wants to do,” Bush laughed. “I told him it’s not gonna be today, he’s gotta wait.”

According to Bush, her son told everyone he was planning to go to McDonald’s. She said that he did pass several on his route and had the money prepared. He was also proud to say that he wore his seatbelt during the drive.

As a single mother, Bush said that this has been difficult. Her car is out of commission and in a tow yard. She’s not sure if it’s totaled, but says that it doesn’t look like it from photos.

“I’m not proud of him by any means,” Bush said, although she admitted it was impressive. “He’s in a world of trouble, he’s probably grounded for the rest of his life.”