Wow, touchy aren't we? I don't know what other New Englanders have been talking down to who else about what but it hasn't been me. Maybe your Dad has a point ya think? Maybe like myself he's just looking out for your best interest. You have like 6 posts, you talk like you're in your teens and thinking your bullet proof and also like your dad, I've been there too. You did not ask a technical question but my advice was sound none the less but since it is merely the truth and not what you want to hear I am not surprised that it was dismissed so readily. Sorry you took offense to it but it was not a cheap shot at all. Maybe it's just because my car was totaled a while back by some fast and furious kid with the same attitude that I'm trying to sway you but some folks just need to make thier own mistakes in order to learn and that is fine, I just pray you don't learn the hard way like this kid did. I'm sure his eyes will be clearer when he gets out though and his parents may even have a house for him to live in again by then, who knows.
Best of luck to you, get back to me in 20 years or so when you have kids ready to drive and let me know how you feel about it then.