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NP. No, it can also be about convenience and not just status. Some busy teens need to get themselves to school and their many activities on their own. Call it their car or an extra family car, it's all just semantics. Hondas are solid choices. Very reliable and fuel efficient. If 40K were no big deal I'd much rather buy a Honda than a ridiculous Jeep.[/quote]

All the kids driving nice new cars is 100% a status / ego thing for upper middle and rich families.[/quote]

The truth is simple:  new cars are safer and don't have the hidden issues of used cars.  If you have lots of money and can easily afford to buy your kid a new car, its really no big deal.  The only people, honestly, who make a big deal out if this are jealous people who cannot really afford to buy a new car.  If you rereading this and saying "no, thats not it, its tacky," to yourself, try and be honest, at least with yourself. You owe yourself that.  The only people who get upset about what other people buy their kids are people who cannot do the same.  [/quote]

+1, I always drove the new car as a teen as it had the better safety features.  My parents preferred if I crashed that I had the air bags and other stuff.  I always buy new and we drive them till it costs more in repairs than it does to buy new (which is where we are at now).  I don't want to buy someone else's problem when I have one of my own.  Sadly, for an SUV you cannot get much lower than $40K for a good sized one as I've been looking.  A year or two old isn't a huge price difference.

You can get your kid a new $15-18K car that will last them ten years if they take care of it.  That is what my parents did when I was in college.[/quote]

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