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Smart Shopper Best Car for a new teenage driver
554 messages, Last post on Nov 08, 2009 at 7:33 PM
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Replying to: 1racefan (Jan 23, 2007 9:48 am) |
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Replying to: 1racefan (Jan 23, 2007 9:48 am) kids can get a decent used vehicle if their parents take the time to go through the process with them. and we should. because they'll ultimately be better knowlegeable about their ride and what things cost to fix - so so so - they'll have a tendency to take better care of it. i liked the other poster's comment about having 1/2 the kids money (at least) into the purchase. yes sir. if it's gonna be a "right" of passage, then responsibilities come with it. not responsible? no vehicle. this isn't like being duped into bringing home a new puppy or kitten that they will loose interest in in about a week. |
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Replying to: user777 (Jan 23, 2007 10:12 am)
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Replying to: au1994 (Jan 23, 2007 10:36 am)  (thanks to Extra Strength HostMagic™)
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Replying to: kirstie_h (Jan 23, 2007 10:44 am) WOW Kirstie....with all of your trademarked products, you should be rich by now..... 
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Replying to: au1994 (Jan 23, 2007 10:36 am) They do it every time. I've watched others' teenagers start driving through our area. I'll see the parents with the new driver and their temporaries driving carefully along the roads. After months I'll see the new driver alone on short runs to the grocery for example driving just as carefully and at and below the speed limit. Then a couple of months later the car is moving quicker and quicker. The stop signs are mere blips in the rapid movement of life. Then the car shows up with a fender dented in, if we're lucky. That happens in a high, but undetermined percentage of my observations. I've got a youngin' coming along that will want a license. He had been observing the neat cars well-to-do parents had provided for their youthful drivers in and around the school at practices for band. He asked a few months ago what kind of car I was going to buy him when he got his license. I told him he was riding in it. An almost 10-year old full-sized car is what it will be with air bags, seat belts, and lots of metal and a good crash record. Then maybe he'll get to drive the used pickup I think I'll buy myself about the time he starts driving. A pickup is a neat school car for many youngins' round here. I've always wanted one for those visits to Lowes and Home Depot and so on to carry stuff home. |
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Replying to: exb0 (Jan 23, 2007 8:19 am) Like a 24 speed BICYCLE.
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Replying to: jack47 (Jan 23, 2007 11:30 am) 
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Replying to: pat (Jan 23, 2007 12:12 pm)
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Replying to: kirstie_h (Jan 23, 2007 12:15 pm) i shared used bowling shoes with my 6 brothers. I got them on Saturdays and had no place to go in them. ;b
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