Is buying your teen daughter one of these a parenting status symbol?

[Anonymous]

Didn't know they were a thing but my 16 year old son wants one when he fianlly gets his license (we are in DC). I personally think they are the coolest car a kid can drive (Im a mom) and I wanted one as a teen too. Not getting him a new one though. The new ones are a little cheesy IMO. Used are way cooler (and cheaper).

[Anonymous]

Terrible safety ratings, bad gas mileage/bad for the environment, uncomfortable, the list goes on. No.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it is. If you want your message to be "I suck as a parent."

My DD is getting a car at 16 and it is about 2 years old, low mileage and a Honda and her comment was "If I get a car at 16, I am going to be excited about whatever car it is!" She is getting a car because I am tired of being the chauffeur and yet I want her to continue being involved in so many awesome activities.

[Anonymous]

That goes against all we stand for, so

no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn't know they were a thing but my 16 year old son wants one when he fianlly gets his license (we are in DC). I personally think they are the coolest car a kid can drive (Im a mom) and I wanted one as a teen too. Not getting him a new one though. The new ones are a little cheesy IMO. Used are way cooler (and cheaper).

Gaz-guzzling is cool?
Big ugly car is cool?
Not to mention safety concerns...

You must have been living in an ignorant, new money, kind of environment.

[Anonymous]

It's never a status symbol for the kid. They did nothing. Teens in their right minds don't confer status to other teens based on parent, and only parent, success.

[Anonymous]

My 12 year old DD is obsessed with Jeep Wranglers. Why so popular? Curious.

[Anonymous]

One of "these"? What is "these"?

[Anonymous]

Ha!!! Now you are making me feel bad about my Wrangler - which I love. Can fit 8 people - can drive over 2 feet of snow so I never had to shovel - great in flooding. Also one of the few cars that you can still get in stick. Turns into a convertible in the summer. Yeah...gas mileage sucks but I live in DC and drive less than 5-7K a year. And my friends call me when it snows or bad weather threatens to be the carpooler.

Definitely can't get for under 30K -even used. Tried to buy a used one but they hold their value. My kids don't' realize how lucky they are that this will be their car when they are old enough to drive and I can go back to a tiny one again.

Oh...and did I mention for all you killjoys - how fun they are to drive?? I used to hate them...way back when...but I love, love, love mine. Makes me happy every time I clamber in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:fyi the Jeep in OP's post costs over $45,000

They buy their kid a 45K+ vehicle to drive to school and park in the student parking lot? Lol.

[Anonymous]

Lol, what is wrong with you people? We are on our fourth wrangler and are about to get a fifth, or a Tesla. It’s a toss up right now. Yes, we bought our DD a brand new two door wrangler for her 21st birthday. She is a lovely person and deserves to have a vehicle. It was toss up between a Porsche or the wrangler. She decided on the jeep although, it was a tough choice. That jeep isn’t even one year of college for us. Kids have been getting jeeps since before I was in high school. They aren’t going away until the last drop of oil is fracked out of the crust.

[Anonymous]

Jeeps are the worst. I have no idea why kids covet them so. Giant trucks are a big deal with the boys around here. My child got my old mom car and I got a new Volvo.

[Anonymous]

We just had a Jeep Compass rental on vacation and it was the worst car ever! Kept falling out of gear and felt like I was driving a golf cart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha!!! Now you are making me feel bad about my Wrangler - which I love. Can fit 8 people - can drive over 2 feet of snow so I never had to shovel - great in flooding. Also one of the few cars that you can still get in stick. Turns into a convertible in the summer. Yeah...gas mileage sucks but I live in DC and drive less than 5-7K a year. And my friends call me when it snows or bad weather threatens to be the carpooler.

Definitely can't get for under 30K -even used. Tried to buy a used one but they hold their value. My kids don't' realize how lucky they are that this will be their car when they are old enough to drive and I can go back to a tiny one again.

Oh...and did I mention for all you killjoys - how fun they are to drive?? I used to hate them...way back when...but I love, love, love mine. Makes me happy every time I clamber in.

Jeep Wranglers can seat 8 people? There's a third row?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha!!! Now you are making me feel bad about my Wrangler - which I love. Can fit 8 people - can drive over 2 feet of snow so I never had to shovel - great in flooding. Also one of the few cars that you can still get in stick. Turns into a convertible in the summer. Yeah...gas mileage sucks but I live in DC and drive less than 5-7K a year. And my friends call me when it snows or bad weather threatens to be the carpooler.

Definitely can't get for under 30K -even used. Tried to buy a used one but they hold their value. My kids don't' realize how lucky they are that this will be their car when they are old enough to drive and I can go back to a tiny one again.

Oh...and did I mention for all you killjoys - how fun they are to drive?? I used to hate them...way back when...but I love, love, love mine. Makes me happy every time I clamber in.

I dated guys who drove jeeps way back when. They were fun and very cool vehicles. I don't remember them being uncomfortable back when I was 19 or 20. Of course my view might change now that I'm 50.

I can totally understand the appeal of a jeep. But the safety rating makes that a no go for my own teen drivers. And that 40K+ price sticker on the one in the Op would be a definite - no way in hell.