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[quote=Anonymous]10:16 back

I never said sedate...  :wink:

I would disagree that a big car and certainly not an SUV is safer for a teen driver.  SUVs have too high a center of gravity. Big cars, you may not be able to get out of trouble because they may handle as well.  Even with bigger cars I would take the sports package car verssus the generic one -- Example Camry LE vs. Camry SE. The SE version has bigger tires (and contact w/ the road), bigger brakes, stiffer suspension...all thing you would rather have if something goes wrong.

The driver (any driver) needs to be focused on the driving task which is the road, other cars, the clutch/acclerator/brake -- the whole thing, a somewhat sporty car I believe increases that focus, and that's good...

So, to the poster who asked  -- three final choices we considered a well kept '82 RX-7, a first series Miata and an '86 MR2 (which we picked, it's a Toyota after all)  the Miata was good idea but not the two we looked at.

...and I was able to get in a test drive in a Lotus Elise as part of our search  :D  [Now that's a two-seater that no teenager should have access to  [b]EVER[/b]  :shock: unless they are on race track][/quote]

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