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[quote=Anonymous]The fact you are asking this board for thoughts, shows me that you are not totally out of touch of what is appropriate. For normal average families, buying a 40K Jeep is not reasonable. It's not reasonable because it's new, expensive, not a safe car, bad for the environment, and does not teach your child the value of money. Are you going to finance her first apartment after college to make it the penthouse because she "deserved" it and got good grades?  When will it stop?  A car gets you from point A to point B and is supposed to be safe. A more practical reason to get a modest car is that teenagers are the worst drivers and will have the highest accident rate. A cool car will also lead to her driving her friends around which is just going to cause trouble (speeding, unsafe speeds on curves, texting, etc).

It also teaches that superfluous attributes (like status) is valuable.  It's troublesome to me that she even asked for a car like this, there's probably more than one instance of entitlement with her. [/quote]

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