Wanna see how great of a driver you really are? Go take a performance or defensive driving class. Take some of that money you've been given and go take one. You think your a great driver til you hit a wet skid pad and hydroplane and slide out of control. You'll do it probably a dozen times before you get it right (so bring extra shorts!). I did it when I was 18, and I believe everyone should do it at one point or another (the sooner the better). You really have more respect for what a car is after that, and the skills I learned from that saved my rear end countless times on the road. About a year after that class I was driving home late one night with a friend in a really bad storm, doing 55 in a 70 on the highway, hit a puddle and hydroplaned. The car spun around, but I remembered what I had learned and turned it around (did a full 360) never slowed below 40mph. I straightened it up and kept on driving... then looked at the guy in the passenger seat.... he was holding on to anything he could and his eyes looked like
. My uncle really convinced me to take that class, he picked is BMW X5 up from the factory and did their training class there that they offer.... he was in his late 50's when he did it, been driving since 14, and learned a lot. Its good for anyone
