[Z06] Hopeful
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this won't be your average discussion. The C5 Z has been beat to death here. Anything I want to know I can find. That's great, and I love it.
This is a bit different. I'm going to be spending time in my home state (The bluegrass one. Where Vettes are assembled ya know. And with great care) over the holidays. I have a 15 year old nephew who cares more for video games than car's. How do I change that? He's human. Male, but I have no idea what girl's his age think are hot. Take him to the strip? An HPDE? Assuming either would let me put him in the passenger seat. Let him drive it on the street? Please, help me make a gear head out of him. Do I explain what 4, 8, 10 and 12 cylinder's mean and how they work? I'm betting he's got that, at least in pure science. Do I explain he should never buy an English or French car? That the Italian's at least have passion? The German's engineering? What?
This is a bit different. I'm going to be spending time in my home state (The bluegrass one. Where Vettes are assembled ya know. And with great care) over the holidays. I have a 15 year old nephew who cares more for video games than car's. How do I change that? He's human. Male, but I have no idea what girl's his age think are hot. Take him to the strip? An HPDE? Assuming either would let me put him in the passenger seat. Let him drive it on the street? Please, help me make a gear head out of him. Do I explain what 4, 8, 10 and 12 cylinder's mean and how they work? I'm betting he's got that, at least in pure science. Do I explain he should never buy an English or French car? That the Italian's at least have passion? The German's engineering? What?
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From: SANTA CRUZ CA
Originally Posted by BoulderVette
t.......... I have a 15 year old nephew who cares more for video games than car's.
what happened to him?
Burning Brakes
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You could not tell me a THING at that age. I look back and think about times when my dad was telling me some truth and I didn't want to hear it. I played the hell out of some video games too. Mostly racing though. Maybe 'cause I couldn't actually drive yet but there is hope. A lot of people grow out of vids, maybe he will too.
I think an open-track event would be the best shot, if it doesn't scare the fluids out of him! I don't think you can really make him like something but I'm sure your intent is to try and influence him into venturing out. Maybe he just needs someone to take him out and show him what a good time is!
I think an open-track event would be the best shot, if it doesn't scare the fluids out of him! I don't think you can really make him like something but I'm sure your intent is to try and influence him into venturing out. Maybe he just needs someone to take him out and show him what a good time is!
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Well I am 44 now and grew up on Pong at age 9, then Atari from 10-12, then Colecovision from 12-14. However we still went outside in good weather and played tackle the man, road our bicycles, and basketball. In being a kid with all of that stuff to do, I still subscribed to Car & Driver and Motortrend in Jr High and High school. I remember drooling over the Lamborghini Countach and the Callaway twin turbo Corvette in those magazines. I have always been a huge sports car fan and wished I had a dad who could have taught me how to work on cars. Thankfully my granddad showed me the basics. A kid either likes cars or he doesn't. One of my stepsons has a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse GTS and loves cars, the other has a 1995 Mustang GT vert and could really care less.
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I'm assuming you've already done this (and it's kind of dependent on how modded your car is power-wise) but give him a ride and go WOT for a while. I had the car bug early but I remember the first time I rode in a decently quick car. Don't laugh but a friend in high school had a swapped motor N/A civic, it was probably good for low 13s. He went WOT in that while I was in the car and I was amazed. It felt like a rocket ship compared to all the family sedans I had ever been in before. Needless to say, my car goal has since been to have something fast. My obsession with speed is probably the reason I think my cammed Z is slow but whatever.