They pull reckless driver's license for a reason. It's given back to you after a period of time to hopefully give proof that driving is a privilege to you. I remember after my accident they pulled my license. 9 months later, I got it back, and haven't been the same driver. if the situations were any different like you're hoping for TegyDriver, I wouldn't have my license either.
Thru what he's said, it's rather obvious he's learned his lesson the hard way. I also had to learn my lesson the hard way. hell, if you can still find posts that I made back in 2004 I was all about street racing. it's dumb, really, but it took a wreck that almost killed me to figure out how honestly stupid and wreckless I was being.
The DWI will always be on his record now, and he's going to constantly be cursed with that. no more jobs that have anything to do with driving, no more cheap insurance rates, sometimes AA meetings... there's a lot of negatives attached to fucking up.
I think taking the time to build the car up and making it fast again isn't a bad idea entirely... knowing how to manage that power on the street is different.
There are 3 types of people driving cars:
1. Just driving so we can get some where
2. Driving because we enjoy the sport and understand the true potential of the car
3. Driving because we like that adrenaline, and honestly don't understand the potential of the car.
for the first 6 months of my license, I was a #3 driver. Maybe that's what ACMatt was too, but from the speech he gave right away in his first post, I'm willing to bet he learned the same I did.