Found this sticking out from bottom of the front bumper on my son's XA. Can one of you tell me what it is and where it goes. Thanks.

 

Looks like it's just a part of the splash guards under the engine bay.

 

yepp.. ur son must be one reckless driver going like 40+ on dips lol

 

splash guard from underneath the engine area... look underneath.. probably just came loose from him running over things he shouldnt be running over

 

it goes between the wheel well and the engine bay (bottom), vertically with the pointy part facing down I believe.

 

Thanks, kids. Appreciate the help.

 

By the way, is it just me or does it seem like it's typical for this generation of teenage drivers to have little interest in keeping their cars looking good and learning even the basics of auto maintenance.

 

if you bought your "kid" the car thats how they act.. i bought my car at 18 and i cherish it. but hey if my mommy and daddy bought me one i would give a ____less about it

 

you know, I have the same prob with my 2 kids, 21 and 24.. got the 21 an Xa, and the 24 an Xb. 3years ago for school .. I'm always on there back about taking care there cars.. drives me nuts...

thanks for lettting me vent.
Keith.

 

not necessarily. i had to buy my own car as well (at 22 y.o.). i think you have to judge if your kid is ready for a car or not. i'm sure i would have loved and babied my car if my parents bought it just as if i had bought it on my own. because i know that if i didn't there would be no, "it's okay, i'll fixed it...blah, blah". the kids that don't take care of their things are the ones that have always been given everything: every toy, every piece of candy, every shoe etc.

 

i think it just depends on the person(child). like me, personally, ive always had a passion for cars. in fact im about to go to UTI in orlando in a few months. but my younger brother on the other hand, doesnt have the same respect for his car like i do for mine. my parents gave him a jetta and it seems like all i do is fix what he breaks. right now its not currently running b/c he ramped it and i told him this time i wouldnt fix it, so he is s.o.l.

btw, i bought my tc whereas my parents gave my brother his car!

 

there are a lot of kids out there like that, but a lot of the people on here, if you havent noticed, take very very good care of their cars, modding them and maintaining them

 

lil off topic but its gets the same point across...

An example of why giving your kids 300HP cars as their first set of wheels is not a good idea
Location: Bennett Field Brooklyn,NY
Two inexperienced brothers each driving G35 coupes. One car had a passenger
9:30PM Sunday night
Brothers raced each other and one lost control bumping into the other. pwnage ensues....


before


after




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32541141...ws-new_york_ny

Two teens could face reckless endangerment charges for a car accident at New York City's first municipal airport that landed both young men in the hospital.NYPD investigators say the two 18-year-old men were driving at "a high rate of speed" at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday. But investigators stopped short of saying that the teens were drag racing.
Nevertheless, the two cars, both Infinitis, collided and one of the vehicles flipped, cops said.


One of the men is in critical condition and the other is in serious condition at two area hospitals.
Drugs and alcohol are not considered a factor.
The accident happened on a public road at Floyd Bennett Field, which is under control of the National Park Service

 

why are they just chilling on the side of the road? is the police station or junkyard right there?

the one in the rear is lucky to have made it out

 

I wanted an echo for my first car, and my parents got me a 97 acura 3.0cl when i was 17. Now, I bought my xA myself, but I still have the cl, and I have no plans on getting rid of it. Everything broke in that car and I love it more for it because now I know what every sound means, every clunk, every wrong shift, I know what's wrong.

Getting me that Acura with the crappy transmission was the best thing my parents could have done for me, as far as learning about cars goes. Yah, I've been stuck on the side of the road, cursing out that car for overheating on me, I slam the doors when I'm mad at it, whatever, it's all love. That car has 265k on it now and it's still, hands down, my favorite car.

Your kids will learn to love whatever car they are given, just don't let them think it's theirs. Tell them you're letting them drive your car so they have to take good care of it. But, don't restrain them too much, I still got to put my sub in it, change out the headunit, and put a set of rims on there, but if my dad wanted to drive it, he could - simply because he paid for it.

 

^^^True, my parents gave me my 07 tC when I was 17 i took care of that thing like if it when I was around them but on the weekends had alot of fun, when I was at school I parked right in front underneath a camera never had a problem, raced once hit a wall at 120 and learned my lesson (in the tC) and now I am stuck with the payments due to recent money problems with my parents and I understand what it costs for insurance and payments every month
(sorry a little of topic)

 

i was very appreciative of my first car, it was my dad's old 95 ford explorer. he made me work so hard to get it that i did not take it for granted. but being a POS ford, it fell apart on me anyway, no matter what i did. so i got the scion, and it has been my baby.

so make your kid either pay to fix it, or start paying for insurance or making car payments, gas maitenance whatever. when he has to pay for that. maybe he won't beat on it.