What your mother casually calls 'burning rubber' was really a nationwide youth movement against parental tyranny. We didn't spin our tires for fun. We did it so future generations of teenagers would never experience such unspeakable cruelty. You should be thankful for the selfless actions of your fearless father, who wore out several sets of perfectly good tires while fighting for teen rights. She's subconsciously trivializing traumatic events to erase the pain of those horrific times.
Teenagers still have to pay for their own gas and auto insurance.