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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm pretty surprised by the responses here. DS and DD were able to pick out a car in the price range we saw fit (20-25k) when they started to drive. I was given a BWM convertible on my 16th birthday and I still love and miss that car today, my parents required I make all As for them to pay the insurance and gas. We have the same policy, Bs mean the child pays for gas and Cs mean you pay the insurance anything else and you lose the car. [/quote]

Aren't you and your kids soooo lucky? Gosh, it must be nice to be you.
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Yeah, this discussion came up at the pool this summer.  One of my Mom friends asked my DH what car we were thinking of buying for our DD when she starts to drive.  My DH's response was that DD can get whatever car she can afford to buy with money earned from summer and part-time work or she can drive one of our two family cars just as he and his siblings did growing up.  This provoked an "I think that is a good idea" from another friend and a discussion on the types of jobs teens can find and do.

The reality, of course, is that we may have to spring for a 2nd car for my DH that DD would actually use.  My car is an SUV - totally inappropriate for a teen driver - and my DH's car - a BMW 325i - is probably a bit too fast and not safe for a teen driver.  So, DH will buy himself a "big, slow car."  [/quote]

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