Updated on July 25, 2016
CRASH VICTIM’S ADVICE: USE CAUTION WHEN BUYING A USED DRIVER TRAINING CAR
COMBINATION OF PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE PEDAL AND WIFE’S RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME “WAS A DISASTER,” HE SAYS
Searching craigslist, Knurl McFaskett of Doughboy Springs happened across a discussion forum for atheist discount coupon traders. But that wasn’t what he was looking for.
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| “I hadn’t even had a chance to peel off the ‘student driver’ stickers yet,” said Malibu owner Knurl McFaskett |
“I was actually shopping for a good, late-model used car for a bargain price,” said McFaskett, a retired flyweight Sumo wrestler. “That’s when I saw the listing for the Malibu.”
The 2008 Chevrolet had served since new as a driver training car, and at just $7,500, McFaskett knew a good deal when he saw one and purchased the vehicle.
Like many driver training cars, McFaskett’s Malibu was equipped with a second brake pedal in the passenger-side footwell.
“I figured I’d eventually get around to removing it,” he said before admitting, “I should have done it right away.”
You see, McFaskett’s wife Urina Mae suffers from restless leg syndrome, which caused her to repeatedly but inadvertently slam on the car’s brakes, he said.
“We’ve been rear-ended, oh, eight or ten times, I suspect,” said McFaskett. “I finally stopped fixing it.”
Asked what advice he would give to someone considering the purchase of a used driver training car, McFaskett replied, “Just take out that damned second brake pedal. And do it right away.”
