What's the best car to buy for a new driver right now?

[Anonymous]

For an older adult new driver? Practicing in a chevy sedan impala I'll probably trade in or keep? IDK what's the best thing to do right now but I plan to put down a 10k down payment for the car. Torn between subaru, expensive toyota, or honda. Ideally, I'd like an SUV. Ideas?

[Anonymous]

The Subaru Crosstrek is a stable car for new drivers. It is a great tradeoff of $ and features.
The hood shape makes it easy to see as well as it is sloped so you get better line of sight.

[Anonymous]

An older adult who has never driven???
A junker, something that runs but is hail damaged, dented, etc. There will be fender benders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An older adult who has never driven???
A junker, something that runs but is hail damaged, dented, etc. There will be fender benders.

I would not get anything too old, as modern cars have emergency breaking, and such which are huge safety improvements for a new driver

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An older adult who has never driven???
A junker, something that runs but is hail damaged, dented, etc. There will be fender benders.

I would not get anything too old, as modern cars have emergency breaking, and such which are huge safety improvements for a new driver

You mean ABS and power assist braking I assume. Anything from the early 1980s or newer will have that.

[Anonymous]

I got a Mazda cx-50. It’s really pretty nice. And we aren’t talking about ABS and power assist. The new cars have far more safety features

[Anonymous]

Why do you want an SUV?

I’m an older adult and just bought my first ever brand new car - last November so I could beat the tariffs. I didn’t want to spend a lot but wanted very reliable and low ownership cost plus high resale value so of course I bought a Toyota. I had previously had a RAV4 for 19 years, I bought it gently used and it was 25 years old when the engine finally seized.

My new one is a Corolla hatch, which I love - it reminds me of my first ever car when I was 18 which was a Rabbit GTI hatchback.

The Toyota hatch is excellent quality and the safety features are phenomenal - it would be a very good car for an older adult learner driver. It helps you steer straight, it keeps you from rear ending the car in front of you, it helps you back up safely with cameras and safety alerts. It’s like a little space pod lol.

Really love it, don’t miss the low mileage and higher costs for an SUV which I don’t really need anymore living in civilization as I do - when I lived in mountains of Montana it made sense to have SUV but not in greater Boston area.

I average between 38-42mpg daily driving and it’s a full gas vehicle. After 19 years averaging 20mpg this is very, very nice.

Go test drive it, you might love it and you can spend the extra money on a nice trip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An older adult who has never driven???
A junker, something that runs but is hail damaged, dented, etc. There will be fender benders.

I would not get anything too old, as modern cars have emergency breaking, and such which are huge safety improvements for a new driver

You mean ABS and power assist braking I assume. Anything from the early 1980s or newer will have that.

Have you been under a rock? Cars after 2010 have a lot more safety features than abs and power assist braking.

Newer cars self drive so even the most basic of cars have self braking, collision avoidance, lane guidance etc. The cars use cameras.

If my car feels I will hit something it starts braking before I do and starts activating a system to prepare for a collision. It activates when deer and small kids jump out onto the road.

[Anonymous]

used honda

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An older adult who has never driven???
A junker, something that runs but is hail damaged, dented, etc. There will be fender benders.

I would not get anything too old, as modern cars have emergency breaking, and such which are huge safety improvements for a new driver

You mean ABS and power assist braking I assume. Anything from the early 1980s or newer will have that.

Have you been under a rock? Cars after 2010 have a lot more safety features than abs and power assist braking.

Newer cars self drive so even the most basic of cars have self braking, collision avoidance, lane guidance etc. The cars use cameras.

If my car feels I will hit something it starts braking before I do and starts activating a system to prepare for a collision. It activates when deer and small kids jump out onto the road.

Turn those features off. They cause more accidents than they prevent. Almost like the body shop industry and insurance corporations are working together to increase traffic accidents.

[Anonymous]

Used CX-30 should be nice and cheap. It's fine for 2 people in the car as it's small for 4. It has some power, it's wider and FWD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An older adult who has never driven???
A junker, something that runs but is hail damaged, dented, etc. There will be fender benders.

I would not get anything too old, as modern cars have emergency breaking, and such which are huge safety improvements for a new driver

You mean ABS and power assist braking I assume. Anything from the early 1980s or newer will have that.

Have you been under a rock? Cars after 2010 have a lot more safety features than abs and power assist braking.

Newer cars self drive so even the most basic of cars have self braking, collision avoidance, lane guidance etc. The cars use cameras.

If my car feels I will hit something it starts braking before I do and starts activating a system to prepare for a collision. It activates when deer and small kids jump out onto the road.

Turn those features off. They cause more accidents than they prevent. Almost like the body shop industry and insurance corporations are working together to increase traffic accidents.

They are so annoying. I have yet to figure out how to turn them off.

[Anonymous]

Used TESLA.

It is an amazing car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An older adult who has never driven???
A junker, something that runs but is hail damaged, dented, etc. There will be fender benders.

I would not get anything too old, as modern cars have emergency breaking, and such which are huge safety improvements for a new driver

You mean ABS and power assist braking I assume. Anything from the early 1980s or newer will have that.

No AEB

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-safety/automatic-emergency-braking-guide-a1780056935/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Used TESLA.

It is an amazing car.

No Thanks Elon.