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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are definitely not rich by dcum standards. All five of our kids got cars the summer before their junior years in high school.  We bought them inexpensive, older used cars.  It made my life easier for sure!  Why would I choose to haul around my teens when they can drive themselves.  It’s also a big step in maturity and independence.  My kids drove to school every day their junior and senior years. I would not want to send an inexperienced driver off to college. [/quote]

If you bought cars, helped pay for insurance and gas for FIVE, FIVE kids, yes, you are rich.[/quote]

If they were rich, they wouldn't be buying older, used cars.[/quote]

Define older and used.  For one person it is a $20k car 3 years off lease.  To, me it is a 15-20 year old car.[/quote]

I’m the PP with five.  Their cars were around 3500.  And thankfully, we didn’t have to buy them all at once.  We are not rich. Two Hyundai Elantras. A Ford Ficus.  And a Jeep.  The Jeep was the most expensive.  My DH got a new one and handed down his ten year old Wrangler.  Insurance is dramatically lower if you choose an older car, take drivers ed, and have good grades.  Adding teen drivers through USAA was much less expensive than I anticipated. Also, we told the kids that if they ever got a ticket, they had to pay for their own insurance.  None of them ever did..until they were out of college.

Also, I cannot think of a single college kid without a car. And I know a lot of college kids.  [/quote]

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