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Best Car for a new teenage driver

554 messages,  Last post on Nov 08, 2009 at 7:33 PM

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Re: ... [jack47] by pat HOST
Jan 23, 2007 (12:12 pm)
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Replying to: jack47 (Jan 23, 2007 11:30 am)

Hahahaha!! That's exactly what I had at 16, or no, wait, I believe it was only 10 speed!!
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Re: ... [pat] by kirstie_h HOST
Jan 23, 2007 (12:15 pm)
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Replying to: pat (Jan 23, 2007 12:12 pm)

A bike? You got a bike? I was lucky to get a pair of tennis shoes.
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Re: ... [kirstie_h] by qbrozen
Jan 23, 2007 (12:33 pm)
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Replying to: kirstie_h (Jan 23, 2007 12:15 pm)

you had tennis shoes??
 
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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Re: ... [qbrozen] by pat HOST
Jan 23, 2007 (12:34 pm)
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 23, 2007 12:33 pm)

Yeah? Well before I got that bike I had to walk to school barefoot every day three miles in the snow!!!
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Re: ... [pat] by qbrozen
Jan 23, 2007 (1:32 pm)
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Replying to: pat (Jan 23, 2007 12:34 pm)

... uphill ... BOTH WAYS!
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Re: ... [qbrozen] by jmonroe
Jan 23, 2007 (1:47 pm)
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 23, 2007 1:32 pm)

... uphill ... BOTH WAYS!
 
I knew it was just a matter of time until we heard that one.
 
.... but I actually did that once when I got lost in a new neighborhood.
 
jmonroe
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Re: ... [jmonroe] by british_rover
Jan 23, 2007 (2:07 pm)
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Replying to: jmonroe (Jan 23, 2007 1:47 pm)

In college I walked up hill both way to class sometimes in a foot or more of snow.
 
I lived on the back side of a large hill, borderline mountain IMO, and the campus sat on the other side of the valley by that hill.
 
So I walked up the hill then down the hill then up the other side of the valley to class. Rinse and repeat for the afternoon.
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Re: ... [graphicguy] by jmonroe
Jan 23, 2007 (2:25 pm)
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Replying to: graphicguy (Jan 23, 2007 9:31 am)

As you can tell, I've got some real issues with teens and their so called driving/car "entitlement" that I keep hearing about.
 
We seem to be in agreement, again.
 
Heaven forbid if the child has their own car and it is used and even worse, the wrong brand. I come from the generation that if someone could see the label on your shirt, you were told that you had your shirt on inside out.
 
Too much …. too soon…. too bad for the parent/child now and later.
 
jmonroe
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Re: ... [graphicguy] by explorerx4
Jan 23, 2007 (7:14 pm)
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Replying to: graphicguy (Jan 23, 2007 9:31 am)

for my family, the 'entitlement' is a convenience. it saves miles travelled overall, and a lot of time for my wife and myself. my kids have after school activities that we don't need to drive them to and/or pick them up anymore.
my parents didn't make me buy my own car or pay for gas, but i learned about it when i needed to.
we have told our kids, 'your job is to get good grades'.
so far, so good.
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$.02 on the Buick by daedalus34r
Jan 23, 2007 (8:17 pm)
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Yikes, i've been reading some buick-hating coments. Let me just say that i received a hand-me-down 98 Regal with 105k on the clock in '02 and it has treated me fine ever since. I received the car when I turned 16 and used it for senior year of high school, served its purpose well and now its a great car for oncampus college duties and going to and from home. those 3.8L V6 really are bulletproof, the thing will not die and has never faltered.
 
I think buicks are the perfect teenager car, big, comfy and fast enough. It gets you from Point A to Point B with absolutely no desire for you to exhibit spirited driving. Now any kid that demands something "better" is simply spoiled due to parenting or surroundings [associates w/ other kids that are spoiled with nice cars].
 
I agree with all those here deciding on the used sedan option, easy to drive cars that are fairly versatile.
 
Now for the thread creator's question, I like the idea of a CRV w/ awd, should get the job done just fine. Im unsure of the insurance though.

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