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Anonymous wrote:I have read on other similar posts to look for a used Nissan Leaf. So following to see if anyone on this thread has input.

Nice cheap (but more pricey than it used to be) clean electric but not very reliable. Not sure I’d stick a teen with it.

It's unreliable, and while most EVs have this issue, the range and charge are badly affected by cold weather, so it depends on where your teen will be or where they're going to college.

Impossible a civic is now 30k out the door

Penfed car buying service (free) website search engine that pulls in all local cars for sale at dealerships.

if you are willing to play the odds a bit more, facebook maretplace. i have seen 2021 cars for only 3k, some 2012s for free.

Anonymous wrote:Go down to Florida for a week. Post an add on a dozen retirement community message boards or talk to management. There are tons of gently used cars that and up ownerless when the owner dies or goes to a care home.

They may tend to be land yachts and American brand, but worth a try while on vacation

And all those cars have serious water damage. But sure, genius advice.

Anonymous wrote:Moms,

Where is the best place to find a used car for my new teen driver? Prefer to spent $10,000 or less.

Less than 10k?! That sounds like one unsafe vehicle. I always bought my teens new cars with all the safety features. Nothing extravagant, but enough to keep them safe and a reliable car (think Japanese or German).

Anonymous wrote:Moms,

Where is the best place to find a used car for my new teen driver? Prefer to spent $10,000 or less.

2010.

Go down to Florida for a week. Post an add on a dozen retirement community message boards or talk to management. There are tons of gently used cars that and up ownerless when the owner dies or goes to a care home.

They may tend to be land yachts and American brand, but worth a try while on vacation

OP here. Thank you all so much for your tips. I especially like the car rental sales (Hertz) idea. There are several cars in the $10K to $20K range on that site.

When any dealer sells a car they have to mark it up from whatever they paid to get it. At the lower range ($10k), this can be a good chunk of the price of the car. I bought my last two cars from neighbors who were buying new cars and sold them to me for roughly the amount offered by the dealer.

Both times I posted on my neighborhood listserv that I was looking for a car and heard from multiple people each time.

Here is a nice example under $11k. https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/1fc4c0fb-0d2d-4be4-b382-1b309c1886d1/

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Anonymous wrote:Give your kid your car. thats what most parents do. Better safety features.

+1 I wouldn’t let me new driver have a car I didn’t have full knowledge of it’s history. I will but myself the used car.

My kid drives the newest car. It’s not like it saves us money having them on a different one. And the safety features give us hope they may avoid or at least survive ana accident.

Insurance is more expensive on a new car, especially for young drivers, especially for male young drivers. That's why it makes more sense to give them your older car, and you buy a newer car.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.hertzcarsales.com/rent2buy.htm

Not even they have cars for under $10K.

I would go to 1990.

Anonymous wrote:I have read on other similar posts to look for a used Nissan Leaf. So following to see if anyone on this thread has input.

Tiny. I wouldn’t want my teen driving this. Plus, my teen would be embarrassed to drive this. Sometimes I tease him that we will get him a Subaru.