What would you do if your son crashed your car?

[niuniu]

I remember crashing the car my parents bought me when I was a teenager when I was stoned one evening. Totally wrecked the alloys on one side, wasn't even going fast. Total damage and workshop costs were around 1300 GBP, they didn't do anything to me, didn't even lecture me. Just fixed the car up and I was off driving around in a couple of days again.

They knew that I knew to be careful and that it was a silly accident that could have happened to anyone (they had build some jutting footpath areas onto the street that were hard to spot at night).

Over 10 years later and I haven't crashed a car again after that, people even comment that they feel safe with me driving.

 

[mscriv]

All in all this is a great learning opportunity if you can get past your frustration.

Think about it this way. Some guy hits you with his car accidentally. You jump out to make sure everyone is okay and they are. Then as the two of you are standing there looking over everything he points to your car and says,

honestly some touchup paint would make it look unnoticeable from any distance more than 3 feet away. - I mean c'mon man, it was an accident and I only hit you because that other guy cut me off...

* Bold part added by me

How angry/frustrated/taken advantage of would you feel. Well, that's what your parents are going to feel like if you have that kind of attitude with them.

No doubt about it car wrecks suck. Just take it in stride, do whatever your parents ask you to do, and move on. Lesson learned. Try to drive more defensively and be proud that you took responsibility for what happened. Lots of kids your age wouldn't and the fact that your parents are asking you to do so says something about your family and the kind of person they want you to be.