I feel like the days of kids learning to drive early are nearing an end. I mean not me. I let my daughter drive the Amigo on the highway when she was 10. It's not what you're thinking though. Then when I got a manual I taught her to drive that when she was 12. It's amazing how quick kids pick things up. She was starting in 2nd and pulling a trailer (empty) by her second time. She did tow the trailer behind the Amigo for 13 miles on dirt roads one year on a hunting trip.