Are you the Parent of a young driver? If so, please heed this little piece of advice. At least every 6-8 weeks, drive the vehicle that your young driver is using, for a couple of reasons. First, they love their freedom, and driving their vehicle, they don’t want to give it up for even 2 seconds, so they tend to ignore noises, check engine lights, etc, because they know this means, that they might have to be without their vehicle for a few hours. Secondly, being a seasoned driver, you are going to notice things, that a newer driver wouldn’t realize could be a problem, like vibration when braking, little things like that, that they may think are normal. I know this from experience, my daughter, who was raised in this industry, came home from college a few years back, I thought that her car sounded a bit louder than normal, so I asked her about it, and she said, “Nope everything is fine.” The next morning as I am pulling out of our driveway, I look over and low and behold, there is her car, with the whole muffler missing. This is when I realized she didn’t notice it, because of her music being played so loud. She had NO idea!! After that I would routinely check on her car, educating her on the importance of things I just assumed that she knew. Now her friends all come to me with car questions, so much so, I have threatened to rename the shop “Mom’s Garage”.
