Anonymous
Post 04/26/2013 11:49     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
Anonymous wrote:so... my DD just got her license and she goes to school in VA (we live in Bethesda). so we were looking for an affordable car to get for her. prefereably from CL.

what do you reccomend as a first car?


What can she afford? Has she saved her money?

I would recommend that she should buy whatever car she can afford with money she has saved, perhaps doubled by you as an incentive to save. And whatever car she can afford to insure and do maintenance on. I do not recommend gifting a car and then paying for all maintenance for a teen.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2013 11:41     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It she has half a brain she'll be fine on the beltway (and a step above most others). Get her a stick with the most air bags available (VW? Honda?). Driving a stick will almost ensure no texting/talking while driving which is your biggest threat - not her actually being behind the wheel. We had to learn on the family manual car before we could drive the automatic and it was one of the best things my parents ever did.

And it was 1980.


I learned to drive in 2003 on a manual. My dad wanted me to learn in case I ever found myself in the situation where I needed to drive someone else's. In college I had a friend get a manual. She wasn't great at it sober and definitely couldn't drive it drunk. I drove home that night.

Well I hope you know CPR because there's a much greater chance that you'll need that before you'll ever need to drive a stick in an emergency.


I did know CPR, but I never used it. I did then and still do have friends with cars they really can't handle sober, much less drunk, or in snow, or in rain. I am very glad to have the skill.


We drive a Mercedes. Stick. Yes they still make them, and yes it's an important skill. Like PP I drove a friend's car home from a party in the 90's when she had been drinking. Good thing I knew how to drive her manual transmission. My kids will too.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2013 10:40     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
Anonymous wrote:
ThatSmileyFaceGuy wrote:Kid gets your car, you get something new


Doesn't work for us - while I don't object to me driving a fancy German car, I don't want my teens doing that. Also our cars are a bit too zippy. We wanted something underpowered for the kids. So we bought a used CRV.

Besides, I waited 40 years to get my luxury mobile. I don't want it handed to my 16 yr old for playing bumper cars in the high school parking lot. I lover her too much for that.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2013 10:37     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
ThatSmileyFaceGuy wrote:Kid gets your car, you get something new


Doesn't work for us - while I don't object to me driving a fancy German car, I don't want my teens doing that. Also our cars are a bit too zippy. We wanted something underpowered for the kids. So we bought a used CRV.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2013 23:03     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
Dont we have to know how much you want to spend before giving a car rec?
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2013 16:09     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mistubishi Lancer Evolution or Subaru Impreza WRX STi.


No 300 horses just isn't enough for a 16 yo. Go with a Cadillac CTS-V - 0-60 in under 4 sec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mov4R2ua1yA

(sarcasm obviously)


AWD will be great for the 2" of snow we get there.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2013 15:52     Subject: Re:pick my car: teen edition.
volvo. no question that is what I am getting my kids. older, but with airbags.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2013 08:16     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
BMW 3 series with a manual transmission.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2013 08:13     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
Anonymous wrote:Mistubishi Lancer Evolution or Subaru Impreza WRX STi.


No 300 horses just isn't enough for a 16 yo. Go with a Cadillac CTS-V - 0-60 in under 4 sec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mov4R2ua1yA

(sarcasm obviously)
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2013 08:05     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
Mistubishi Lancer Evolution or Subaru Impreza WRX STi.
ThatSmileyFaceGuy
Post 04/22/2013 07:48     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
Kid gets your car, you get something new
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2013 22:08     Subject: Re:pick my car: teen edition.
We got a used CRV. Safe, reliable, underpowered. It's been great.

We chose an automatic because DC is ADHD and we preferred that all the attention be focused on the road rather than the shifting process. After a couple of years of experience we did teach DC how to drive a manual.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2013 20:53     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
Mazda 3
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2013 20:40     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
Anonymous wrote:A BMW. Bike-Metro-Walk.

Good one grandma.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2013 19:36     Subject: pick my car: teen edition.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It she has half a brain she'll be fine on the beltway (and a step above most others). Get her a stick with the most air bags available (VW? Honda?). Driving a stick will almost ensure no texting/talking while driving which is your biggest threat - not her actually being behind the wheel. We had to learn on the family manual car before we could drive the automatic and it was one of the best things my parents ever did.

And it was 1980.


I learned to drive in 2003 on a manual. My dad wanted me to learn in case I ever found myself in the situation where I needed to drive someone else's. In college I had a friend get a manual. She wasn't great at it sober and definitely couldn't drive it drunk. I drove home that night.

Well I hope you know CPR because there's a much greater chance that you'll need that before you'll ever need to drive a stick in an emergency.


I did know CPR, but I never used it. I did then and still do have friends with cars they really can't handle sober, much less drunk, or in snow, or in rain. I am very glad to have the skill.