In his own driveway is no excuse for lack of safety.
You learn from your mistakes, and from people riding the hell out of you.
Had he plowed into a van load of nun's and orphans while sexting and drinking would be totally understandable because that would just be stupid, we all have done stupid things.
Was your dad easy on you the first time you did something wrong?
Mine wasn't.
Maybe we are being to hard on him, maybe next time he is in the Costco parking lot and it is a little kid he backs into.

 

i'm in agreement here. safety first, no excuses and be more careful in the future. move on and get back to the bumper options. done and done

 

maybe the next question he was going to ask the forum would have been about that death wobble, but he never came back and lost control after hitting a pot hole on the highway and crashed into a church van full of nuns and their bus flew off the road into a costco parking lot full of little kids...

anyhow, i see this devolving into a real crash and burner

 

My dad bounced when I was 6. He made a lot of decisions I won't be following. When I screwed up, my mom made it clear that I did, made me fix it, and that was it. She didn't ride me into the ground like you and lr are doing to this guy's kid.

And do you let your kids run around in large busy parking lots unattended? That sounds more like a parenting fail than anything.

 

I never said I let my kids run around parking lots unattended.
Some people do, I dont.

 

Obviously everyone here is perfect has never had any kind of driving violation, nor has eaten while driving. Switched lanes without a blinker always walk fully around their vehicle before moving, obviously nobody has ever been 1mph Iver the speed limit nore have they ever blinked during driving.

What's more important than your bumper is teaching you to be a jerk dad, and the 500$ replacement isn't punishment enough, your son deserves a summer at penn state.

 

I don't think i was anywhere near that hard i just suggested riding around with your son for a day and teaching him how to be a better driver. i even stated that he will always be your baby and i understand "mom" that he is good boy but its always good to have a refresher course with a parent. I told you i was not trying to be a dick and was voicing my concern. I hope you don't disappear from the forum and that we or I can help you with something else later on down the road. I also did not know you lived out in the country when I mentioned a child but it was just a reference point. Safety is very important at all times.