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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: 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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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 23, 2007 12:33 pm)
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Replying to: pat (Jan 23, 2007 12:34 pm)
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 23, 2007 1:32 pm) 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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Replying to: jmonroe (Jan 23, 2007 1:47 pm) 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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Replying to: graphicguy (Jan 23, 2007 9:31 am) 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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Replying to: graphicguy (Jan 23, 2007 9:31 am) 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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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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This begs the question, are we really doing our children a disservice by handing over a car to them. Personally, I think we are. Before I get preachy (and I'm about to), I've made the same mistake. I believe my only child (20 year old son) has had it pretty "cushy". I pay for his college tuition (he pays for books and fees). He won't have student loans to worry about when he graduates. He lives at home (I'm not asking for rent). He's got plenty of food. Really, all he has to do is to do well in school, and work part time (weekends only...full time in the summer)) to cover his car expenses, gas, insurance, maintenance and incidentals. I'm not a complete ogre. When he's real tight on cash, I do flip him a $50 bill on occasion. I'm a single parent and have overcompensated at times with my son because of his Mother and I divorcing. So, I'm guilty of some of that "over compensation" at times. I believe it's easier for a parent to buy a car for their kid(s) than it is to teach them some life lessons. Does giving them a car make them a better person? I don't see how. Taking the time to teach them about a budget, about cash flow, about building some cash for life's "gotchas" (like unexpected car repairs), is much harder than just handing over the car keys to them. But, without some skin in that game, the teen learns nothing. Hopefully, the little lessons he's learning about car ownership will serve him well, not only about cars, but about life. He knows he's got to come up with an extra $75 this winter to get a new battery. Better to save for it now and replace it before he gets stranded down the road. Better to keep a clean driving record that to face astronomical insurace premiums he'd have to pay to keep the wheels on the road. It's better to keep that car tuned up to get better MPG than to pay for more gas than he has to. Giving a car, without the responsibility that goes with it, really is a disservice to our kids. Yes, it's easier (for the parent) to just hand over the keys. It's better to have them learn something from having a vested interest (financially) in the car. There's so many learning opportunities by doing so.....some of them are very hard lessons. It just takes more of our (any parent's) time to do so, though. I think our kids are worth it, though. Preaching over!!!!!!!!!!
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