The safety thing is the main reason I am thinking against it. seeing the jeep that hit the vette and 57 belair makes me want to re-think driving it myself. let alone a kid driving it. jeep guy was high and just plowed through them both. walked away fine since it was a new jeep 4dr. passenger of the 57 died and the driver is seriously injured. no fault of their own. vette might be repairable, since it took a glancing blow.