Originally Posted by Feldman
Talking to anyone who sells insurance, they will tell you that the accident statistics bear this "bias" out in fact. Maybe old Honda 600's are too big and powerful for this age group--maybe it's time to bring back the old East German Trabant as a beginner car!
The Trabbie would probably make safer drivers of teenagers while giving them a marketable skill (auto mechanic). Reminds me of a joke poster I saw advertising the Trabant....
"Burns same fuel as Porsche and Ferrari"
"Same body construction as Corvette" (it's made of plastic)
"Runs on same roads as Lamborghini"
Better yet, let's put the teenagers in those 3 wheeled vehicles that can be found in India and some other places. Those things would be harder to soup up and lack the power/space for all the gazillion watt stereos and entertainment systems.