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My 16 year old, Noah, is about to take his drivers test this coming Saturday, the soonest we could schedule it after he becomes eligible this week. PA’ s law is that new drivers have to drive with a permit for 6 months with a licensed adult (me). Through no prompting from my myself or my wife, he started working part time at Wendy’s at 15, then at 16 went to Walmart. The pay is pretty good for a kid his age. He’s been hell bent on buying a car since he started working. He does well in school, keeps his grades up, plays in the band, sings in the choir, decent lacrosse player. On his way to being an Eagle Scout. Has a super pretty and lovely cheerleader girlfriend. Just an all around good kid. He makes us very proud.
A colleague of my wife was looking to upgrade to a larger car and sell this 2011 Toyota Prius. 97,000 miles, well maintained. It got the woman back and forth to college and beyond. We agreed it would be an excellent first car for a new driver. Figured out of all the possible choices, this one is the least likely to get him into trouble.
I drove the car home from the notary last night, and while the headlights aren’t horrible, the LEDs in my MINI and my wife’s Subaru have me spoiled. Looking at them today, they’re not the haziest I’ve ever seen, but they’re not great. I’ve seen lens refinishing kits and I’ve watched some videos. I’m led to believe that refinishing plastic headlamp lenses is a lot of work to get right. Does anyone here have experience doing this? I’m pretty handy, don’t own a buffer, but do have an orbital sander. Or, I can get a new pair of headlamp housings at Rockauto for $211.00
I took the Prius for a longer drive today. It had more guts than I thought it would, honestly. But I had a 3 hour round trip to make today on my day off. Decided to take the MINI, instead. It may get half the gas mileage of the Prius, but it’s at least twice as fun to drive. It’s been said that MINIs handle like a go art. Don’t know about that. But if it’s true, then the Prius handles like a shopping cart. A good shopping cart though, maybe like the ones at Target.
A colleague of my wife was looking to upgrade to a larger car and sell this 2011 Toyota Prius. 97,000 miles, well maintained. It got the woman back and forth to college and beyond. We agreed it would be an excellent first car for a new driver. Figured out of all the possible choices, this one is the least likely to get him into trouble.
I drove the car home from the notary last night, and while the headlights aren’t horrible, the LEDs in my MINI and my wife’s Subaru have me spoiled. Looking at them today, they’re not the haziest I’ve ever seen, but they’re not great. I’ve seen lens refinishing kits and I’ve watched some videos. I’m led to believe that refinishing plastic headlamp lenses is a lot of work to get right. Does anyone here have experience doing this? I’m pretty handy, don’t own a buffer, but do have an orbital sander. Or, I can get a new pair of headlamp housings at Rockauto for $211.00
I took the Prius for a longer drive today. It had more guts than I thought it would, honestly. But I had a 3 hour round trip to make today on my day off. Decided to take the MINI, instead. It may get half the gas mileage of the Prius, but it’s at least twice as fun to drive. It’s been said that MINIs handle like a go art. Don’t know about that. But if it’s true, then the Prius handles like a shopping cart. A good shopping cart though, maybe like the ones at Target.
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