Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking to stay under 30k ish.

Everything wrong with this country summarized in one dcum post.

This is ridicules. Not sure if OP was a troll or not, but if they aren't, who cares if they can afford to spend this much on a car for their kid?

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. I received my own brand new car when I was 16. I am still here and none of my friends died or were maimed. We will likely buy a new car for a parent and pass down a car to our daughter.

+1. I lived in a town where there was no public transportation. All my friends had their own cars, and no one had anything other than a small fender-bender. My parents were thrilled when I could drive and they didn't have to drive me around to all my activities.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get my own car until 26, and then I paid for it myself. But If I could rewind and my parents bought me a car at 16, I would LOVE a vintage VW bug. My parents sold theirs (an orange one) for $500. I so wish they had kept it! now I have 2 kids, a husband and a dog, and a bug is impractical, but I so desperately want one. for Christmas, please santa.

+1 One of my friends had a vintage VW bug, nicely restored with a light blue paint job (bought by her grandparents, not her parents). We all thought that was the coolest car!

NOT appropriate for young drivers. Way cool, but just not safe. I love the look, but really not safe.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking to stay under 30k ish.

dafuq

wow. clearly I will have little advice to give, since that is one expensive car.

that said.... why not wait until your kid has had a chance to total it before buying a pricey one. Buy something safe and used and then replace before college once driving skills are better?

Anonymous wrote:A new Honda Civic. A little under 25k with tax.

Safe and reliable ride.

Anonymous wrote:We just handed down our 2007 Accord this summer to DS. I got the new car.

This sounds perfect to me.

My DS will have access to a car when he's 16- I take him to sports practices almost every night of the week and am ready for a break. We will buy another car when he does get his license, but it will be for getting himself to various sports fields. He will also be allowed to use it to get to his job (if he gets one and can't walk/metro to it). He will have to ask us to use it for other instances.

Anonymous wrote:I would never buy my child a car. That's number one.
A 16 year old has no business owning their own car. They have no business having a license either, but that's a different story. They are definitely not mature and responsible enough to own their own car. That's number two.

That sounds like a bunch of #2 to me.

Volvo?

We just handed down our 2007 Accord this summer to DS. I got the new car.

My oldest child is 14 (will turn 15 in March) so we haven't bought a child a car yet. Currently, the plan is that dh will get a new car and our son will get use of his old car (2010 Jeep Wrangler.)

Um none. Turning 16 does not mean we bestow upon our kids a car. They buy their own

I would never buy my child a car. That's number one.
A 16 year old has no business owning their own car. They have no business having a license either, but that's a different story. They are definitely not mature and responsible enough to own their own car. That's number two.

Anonymous wrote:I get my own car until 26, and then I paid for it myself. But If I could rewind and my parents bought me a car at 16, I would LOVE a vintage VW bug. My parents sold theirs (an orange one) for $500. I so wish they had kept it! now I have 2 kids, a husband and a dog, and a bug is impractical, but I so desperately want one. for Christmas, please santa.

+1 One of my friends had a vintage VW bug, nicely restored with a light blue paint job (bought by her grandparents, not her parents). We all thought that was the coolest car!

I get my own car until 26, and then I paid for it myself. But If I could rewind and my parents bought me a car at 16, I would LOVE a vintage VW bug. My parents sold theirs (an orange one) for $500. I so wish they had kept it! now I have 2 kids, a husband and a dog, and a bug is impractical, but I so desperately want one. for Christmas, please santa.